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NBC
Universal director, storage solutions, global
operations David Evans says, "With
the rapid move to digital media and broadband
connections, the broadcast industry has
forever changed. This shift in the broadcast
paradigm -- multiple distribution channels,
formats, and consumption models -- has resulted
in massive increases in the amount and importance
of archived media.
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It is not enough to simply store this content;
it must also be always on-line and instantly
accessible. Isilon IQ is uniquely architected
to address the business needs of NBC Universal,
enabling us to transform our digital media
assets into new breakthroughs in the creation,
management and delivery of high-quality
programming."
Isilon
says that it is being deployed to complement
and, in some cases, replace traditional
tape based technology which allows for faster
access times and increased reliability.
With major deployments of Isilon IQ, NBC
Universal's multiple broadcast and production
units now have instant access to the vast
libraries of media programming regardless
of physical location, enabling NBC Universal
to enhance live broadcasts or create new
breakthroughs in the delivery of programming
through NBC Universal's multiple media distribution
networks.
Next
year in Beijing, NBC is primed to deliver
the first-ever television broadcast of the
Olympic Games availablen completely in High
Definition. Following NBC's successful use
of Isilon IQ for the 2004 Olympic Games
in Athens and the 2006 Olympic Winter Games
in Torino, NBC is storing the majority of
the 2008 Beijing Games proxy and broadband
content on Isilon clustered storage, providing
NBC producers with access to critical content
for rapid review, identification and selection
operations necessary to quickly produce
and deliver coverage of Beijing Olympics
in the US.
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