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Media companies today, more than ever, are looking for effective strategies to Archive their valuable content and assets that have been created or acquired. I’m constantly asked by customers, what are the trends out there for archiving, what are other companies doing to manage their increasing storage requirements.

Since OS X 10.8.x Apple has progressively been moving away from AFP to a more agnostic network protocol. Slowly transitioning services from AFP to Samba, then moving from Samba to SMB2/SMB3 to maintain compatibility with Microsoft.

Inside Film Magazine interviewed Digistor's Marketing Manager, Mark Richards, about Avid's new NEXIS | PRO shared storage solution and the changing collaborative workflow landscape.

While I know Digistor 3D/VFX customers are no stranger to V-Ray, it's used across many industries and the Chaos Group tours always see heavy turnouts, I still wanted to take a moment to describe it.

Digistor tech Services can perform a system-wide audit, providing a detailed report on the health of your facility, with recommendations to keep it at optimum performance and avoid costly downtime. Call us for a quote.

This article first appeared in Content+Technology March-April 2016. The interview with Digistor managing director Andrew Mooney was conducted at Digistor by Content+Technology editor Phil Sandberg. How Digistor helps customers navigate the digital media maze.

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.

Digistor 3D Specialist Syama Mishra looks at some of the latest news from the Games Development Conference including how virtual reality is becoming more accessible and what that means for games developers and beyond.

When cellular bonding systems were first introduced to newsgathering, it was a bigger game-changer than when John Montagu asked for his meat between two pieces of bread. It provided a method of sending a live shot back to the station from almost anywhere at a fraction of the cost of traditional uplink solutions.

The new Mac Pros out there can really pack a punch and throughput data is at faster rates than ever, but there’s still a few limitations that need to be considered to get your setup working as smoothly and efficiently as possible. This really becomes more relevant if you’re plugging in a lot of high bandwidth devices such as raid arrays, PCIe expansion chassis, etc.