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Tolis Group Announces DAM (Digital Asset Management) and Windows Tape Archiving Solutions at NAB '13
By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted May 8, 2013, 14:59
ArGest CreativeSTORE Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution
TOLIS Group provides market leading asset archiving-to-tape solutions and
is pleased to announce two extensions to these proven solutions. From Ingest
to Edit to Management to Archival and Delivery - TOLIS Group has the Broadcast,
Film, and Music Industries covered.
Major players in the M&E Industry as well as small shops around the world
are confidently utilizing our BRU technology, and we are pleased to highlight
our latest solutions at NAB this year in booth SL13105 in the lower south hall.
ArGest CreativeSTORE™ Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution
Lost treasures due to lost content and assets are far too often an unfortunate
fact of film production life.
The epic classic "Lost Horizon" is a great study in what happens
when the assets that make up a production are not safely maintained and archived.
After many years of searching the globe, "Lost Horizon" was reassembled
from film stock varying in quality from good to very poor. Additionally, over
7 minutes of the original film video is forever lost and stills, used in concert
with recovered audio, provide continuity in the restored film.
While many still hold on to the concept that physical film is the only true
long term archival medium for film safekeeping, quite often, history proves
otherwise. Little can be done to rebuild the parts of a film that were either
lost or damaged through time and use, or simply tossed during the editing process,
but modern productions don't need to suffer from this same fate.
Today’s file-based workflows require long-term archival, and digital
tape technology - specifically LTO - has emerged as the new standard of reliability.
Digital tape can not only be used to archive finished projects, it also effectively
allows for the archival of art that would normally be "lost to the cutting-room
floor" to be cost-effectively saved for future use. Given the 10's to 100's
of terabytes of archived content per project, the task to provide fast and easy
access to target files can be daunting. This is the realm of DAM (Digital Asset
Management) solutions.
But, not all DAM solutions are created equal.
TOLIS Group will be demonstrating its new ArGest CreativeSTORE DAM solution
in the lower south hall (SL13105) that incorporates best-of-breed software components
(including our proven BRU™ technology) to deliver the most cost-effective,
reliable, flexible, and scalable digital asset management solution available:
bar none.
BRU Producer’s Edition™ for Windows to archive creative
assets to tape
We are also launching BRU Producer’s Edition™ for Windows, a tool
to easily create tape archives of creative assets on the Windows platform. Creators
of art around the globe are finding that modern Windows-based workstations are
providing the power and capabilities required to support their Broadcast, Film,
Music, and Graphics Industry needs over the long-term, and this is the genesis
of BRU PE for Windows. BRU PE for Windows is an extension of our widely-embraced
BRU PE for Macintosh solution.
About TOLIS Group, Inc.
TOLIS Group is dedicated to provided leading edge native Unix, Linux and Apple
OS X data backup, archival and restore software, tape drives and automation,
and backup appliance solutions that deliver unparalleled reliability and excellent
value to organizations and OEMs. 100% homogeneous Windows environments are supported
by our proven bruAPP™ technology. The service marks of "Backup You
Can Trust" and "BRU ... Because it’s the Restore That Matters"
guide every aspect of TOLIS Group's business. Contact TOLIS Group at PH: 1.480.505.0488,
or on the Web at: www.tolisgroup.com.
View the specialized BRU Producer’s Edition solutions specifically designed
for the broadcast, film, and music industries on the Web at: www.productionbackup.com.
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