Wow, it’s been a long time, but over the weekend, I was able to watch the Denver Broncos win Super Bowl XXXIII – again! You guessed it, I’m located in Colorado, USA, and fan of our local NFL team! I was able to hear John Madden’s funny commentary, see Shannon Sharpe, Terrell Davis, Ed McCaffrey, and of course, John Elway out on the field reclaiming the Vince Lombardi trophy – again! So many names I hadn’t heard for many years. It really was enjoyable to watch that re-run. And there are many others that Broadcasters are sharing with us from their video archives, since most new production filming and events are currently on “pause.”  The choices available to us are not limited to only those legendary sporting match-ups and show-downs that never get old to watch, like Schumacher’s last F1 race win, or 1985’s thrilling NCAA Tournament with Villanova upsetting Georgetown, or Nadal’s win over Federer at Wimbledon in 2008. There is also the slew of culture-impacting 90’s sitcoms, classic films from over the decades, and binge-worthy streaming programs making the options available to us almost endless.

Giving due deference and solemn acknowledgment to the world today, and global efforts to continue onward while caring for each other, we also need to feed our souls and seek forms of entertainment to do that. Enter television and movies. Enjoying forms of digital “art” have been a mainstay of modern-day culture thanks to all the technologies behind the scenes. It takes more than pushing “the clicker”!

After the filming and creation of video content, this imagery, or digital media files, must be moved to secure storage, which can later be accessed for playout as future uses of these assets. This is not accomplished “automagically,” and requires a file system that is tuned for video and video-like files. 

In more complex environments that support HD broadcasts and multi-platform distribution, StorNext end-to-end content workflow management software and storage appliances are the key to bringing these assets to life, to our screens. 

Broadcasters require this level of an integrated storage infrastructure to support their specific tools, while also facilitating sharing between dispersed groups and providing dependable high-speed transfer rates to prevent any interruption to the media workflow system.

Today, StorNext High-Performance File Storage is the de facto standard for storing, serving, and sharing video and video-like content. For the highest performance gains, StorNext‘s client software allows the shared file system to appear local, not as a remote NAS, which is especially beneficial for large files and streams – like video. Today, shared storage is a requirement for collaboration and workflow enablement. Designed with patented and Emmy-winning technologies, StorNext reduces latencies, promotes broader collaboration, and improves efficiencies to ultimately deliver high-quality content that we’ve all come to expect in our daily lives. 

So as you take a break from your day and escape with a funny video on Social Media, laugh at an old movie from the ‘70s, or in early May, watch Secretariat pull off a heart-pounding win at the Kentucky Derby (1977 that is), remember that these re-runs are a technological effort by many, and rely on world-class technologies like StorNext by Quantum. Enjoy!

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Wow.  Thank you so much.  I didn’t even prepare a speech.

OK.

First, I’d like to thank the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES for this recognition.  And of course our thousands of customers in this industry.  So many of our customers have created Emmy-award winning content that has enriched our lives, and for Quantum to be recognized with a Technology and Engineering Emmy award is a tremendous honor.

I’d like to thank our engineers.  Their innovations in data management (or “HSM”) software, going back to the early 2000s, have enabled our customers in media to produce content more efficiently, and preserve their content digitally for decades.  By making media workflows more efficient and more automated, our customers in broadcast and post-production have been able to focus on better collaboration, creating better content, and distributing that content to a larger audience.

I’d like to thank our partners – both our channel partners and our technology partners.  Without them, this wouldn’t have been possible.

And notably, Quantum is unique amongst the other recipients of this Technology and Engineering Emmy in that we are the ONLY VENDOR that has integrated our data management functions with all of the leading Media Asset Management providers.  Not only have we developed a sophisticated policy engine, but we expose those policies via API so third-party applications like MAMS, PAMS, DAMS can leverage the HSM capabilities we have.

I just spoke with a large broadcaster this week, and one of the reasons they chose Quantum is because:  “We can use our MAM to drive the StorNext policy engine, to move content between production, nearline, and archive tiers.”

This award is also particularly timely because later this year we will announcing another fundamental advance in data management technology, new capabilities that will help our media customers manage the content challenges of the next decade.

Our development of HSM began nearly 20 years ago, in early 2000. It was a cold winter day, and our engineering team…there’s the music.  OK, I’m getting the hook I’ve got to wrap this up.

Quantum’s StorNext ®, which combines a high-speed file system with data management software, incorporates HSM technology and has been widely adopted by the media and entertainment industry to address the growing problem of sharing, preserving, and analyzing massive volumes of unstructured data.

See you at NAB!

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