Atempo Digital Archive - The Archive Moves Center Stage

The Archive Moves Center Stage

Why Atempo is proud to sponsor Digital Archiving for Filmmakers by Studio Daily. A note from Atempo CEO Neal Ater.

Digital content just keeps getting bigger. Cable operators are offering scores of channels in HD, high-profile filmmakers are shooting in 4K, and 3D and animation are not just for kids anymore. Entirely new delivery channels and platforms are emerging, from on-demand to online delivery to the iPhone.

The biggest impact on the workflow is storage: how to store and manage these vast collections of often very large files. With storage, it's always about balancing availability, performance, and cost. But when your storage needs explode, can you be sure your digital content will be always available and instantly accessible—and that you can afford it?

At Atempo, more and more of our customers are turning to digital archiving to tackle these issues. Our customers are creating open, active archives that are accessed from all stages of their workflows—from capture and ingest, through edit, and into distribution. One of our customers is archiving 2.7 terabytes of dailies every hour, as soon as the footage enters their facility. Another customer gave editors direct archive access so they can easily repurpose content—and expanded their programming from 4-5 hours to 8-10 hours per week. A third is digitally preserving 70 years of film history, and is archiving 2.4 million files and 10 million metadata entries. And that's just for the first 100 titles.

These numbers may sound incredible, but to us at Atempo they're not surprising. Starting in 1993, we've delivered data protection and archiving solutions for enterprise customers worldwide, from Airbus to EFILM to ReelzChannel. Our technology roots run deep with some of the biggest names in storage, and we continue our tradition of innovation, building load balancing, failover, deduplication, and replication into our products.

Our commitment to media and entertainment means our software solutions are compatible with industry formats like MXF and DPX, and are integrated with workflow tools like Final Cut Server, Building4Media, and CatDV. Our experience gives our products and our company the stability to be there for your organization and your content, now and for many years to come.

We are proud to sponsor this Studio Daily guidebook, Digital Archiving for Filmmakers. We hope it provides you solid guidance for containing costs and delivering more revenue through your digital content, including strategies you can capitalize on today.

Neal Ater
CEO Atempo