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Artificial Intelligence, A.I., is a hot topic in many industries with Media and Entertainment poised to embrace more intelligent data management and automation in the coming years. Media companies have lead the explosive growth of big data technologies because it enabled them to drive digital revolution, exploiting more fully not only data which was already available but also new sources of data such as content from social media sources and user generated content.

Technology has yet again evolved into a different level. We are now hearing/reading of news about super advanced AI where the best eSport athletes are beaten on a 1 on 1 game of Dota2. Electronic cars that can outperform what was once considered super cars. Robotics so advanced and human-like that they weird you out. And a decentralised system of digital currency that outweighs the benefits of centralised systems such as banks.

Greg Taylor was tasked with streaming Digistor and ASE's live editing event. Here's an overview of the set up and how it went.

There's nothing worse than working on a sequence and hitting a show stopping error and needing to restore a project to recover a sequence from your last nightly backup (your projects ARE backed up nightly, aren't they?)

With the release of Flame Family 2018 (Flame, Flare and Flame Assist) on Linux, Red Hat is no longer supported. Supported operating systems are CentOS 7.2. Migrating to CentOS 7.2 requires a complete system rebuild using the Autodesk custom CentOS 7.2 ISO.

In today’s fast paced industries, including Media and Entertainment, the demand for more data and video to be produced, exchanged and stored in greater volumes is ever increasing. Not only is source material and deliverables in media becoming larger as formats like UltraHD, 4K and even 8K become more prevalent, but the needs of creatives and producers of content have become more complex and demanding.

Digistor Technical Services Engineer Atom Trujillio looks at Adobe Media Cache.

Digistor's resident 3D expert Syama Mishra looks at how to customise Deadline's 3D/VFX Render Pipeline to best suite your production needs.

While many studios use the Deadline render manager (and many other software packages) using only the functions immediately available as they came out of the box from hitting “next” on the installer before getting on with the day to day nitty gritty of media creation, it always pays to spend a little time customising it.

The NAB show is the world's largest gathering of the media production industry covering the development, management and delivery of content across all mediums. Digistor is sending a contingent to Las Vegas for the 2016 NAB to assess and communicate the developments at the show.

With the progressing proliferation of content being produced from a widening variety of sources and creative teams these days, the challenge of being able to manage this content effectively is becoming paramount.