Avid Delivers Breakthrough Pricing for Avid Unity Family of Shared-Storage Solutions; Storage cost trends allow company to offer up to 40% savings.TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Avid Technology "Avid" redirects here. For the "Advancement Via Individual Determination" educational program, see AVID. Avid Technology, Inc NASDAQ: AVID is an American company specializing in video and audio production technology; specifically, digital non-linear media editing (NLE) , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AVID) today announced a new pricing structure for the Avid Unity(TM) family - with up to 40% lower prices for the only shared-storage solutions on the market to offer true real-time and simultaneous sharing of frame-level media assets for collaborative postproduction post·pro·duc·tion n. A final stage in the production of a film or a television program, occurring after the action has been filmed or videotaped and typically involving editing and the addition of soundtracks. and broadcast environments. The new pricing structure - which extends the accessibility of Avid's shared-storage solutions to a broader spectrum of content creators See content provider. - includes Avid(R) Unity MediaNetwork systems starting at $40,000 USMSRP; new Avid Unity LANshare EX Ethernet and Fibre Channel system configurations starting at $24,995 USMSRP; and MEDIArray(TM) ZX storage devices starting at $24,995 USMSRP. "Avid Unity products have become the most widely-used shared-storage solutions in the digital nonlinear A system in which the output is not a uniform relationship to the input. nonlinear - (Scientific computation) A property of a system whose output is not proportional to its input. content creation industry - with more media professionals choosing shared-storage solutions from Avid than from all of our competitors combined," said Chas Smith Chas Smith (AKA Charles Vincent Smith) (1957 - 2007) was an author, musician, radio personality, and a Cleveland State University music professor. Smith taught and explored the cultural aspects of American Roots music for over twenty years. , vice president and general manager of Avid's video business. "At the same time, the cost of storage per terabyte One trillion bytes. Also TB, Tbyte and T-byte. See tera and space/time. (unit) terabyte - 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes = 1024 gigabytes or roughly 10^12 bytes. (Note the spelling - one 'r'). See prefix. continues to decline, and we are determined to continue offering best-in-class systems that lead the market in price-performance. By working closely with our suppliers, we've driven down the cost of manufacturing our storage systems, and we're pleased to introduce new competitive price points across the Avid Unity product family." Designed specifically for storing, accessing, and sharing media in collaborative workgroup environments, the family of Avid Unity solutions offers significant advantages over standard storage area networks (SANs). Unlike other SAN-based storage offerings, Avid Unity solutions integrate seamlessly into the production process, and efficiently deliver real-time, high-resolution media to creative workstations. In addition, Avid Unity systems offer stability in demanding environments, transparency and ease of administration, flexibility and scalability, and deep interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. with a powerful suite of complementary tools, including asset management, media transfer, transcoding, and archiving solutions. Avid Unity systems are available in a range of 2 Gb and 4 Gb configurations, with pricing as follows: --Avid Unity MediaNetwork and Avid Unity for News systems - starting at $40,000 USMSRP for 2 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity and $67,000 USMSRP for 4 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity; and, --Avid Unity LANshare EX and LANshare EX for News systems with support for four clients - starting at $24,995 USMSRP for with Fibre Channel connectivity, and $24,995 USMSRP for Ethernet connectivity. Avid Unity storage arrays, which are components of Avid Unity MediaNetwork systems, are available at the following new price points: --MEDIArray ZX system - 2 Gb solution starting at $24,995 USMSRP; --MEDIArray ZX4 system - pricing for this 4 Gb solution, which was introduced at NAB2005, begins at $29,995 USMSRP; and --MEDIArray II system - 2Gb Fibre drive solution starting at $8,595 USMSRP. All newly priced Avid Unity systems are qualified for both PC and Mac clients. Systems in 2 Gb configurations are available now. Systems in 4 Gb configurations can be ordered starting today and are expected to be available through Avid's worldwide reseller channel on June 10, 2005. For more information, visit www.avid.com. About Avid Technology, Inc. Avid Technology, Inc. is the world leader in digital nonlinear media creation, management, and distribution solutions, enabling film, video, audio, animation, games, and broadcast professionals to work more efficiently, productively, and creatively. For more information about the company's Oscar(R), Grammy(R), and Emmy(R) award-winning products and services, please visit: www.avid.com. (C) 2005 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Product features, specifications, system requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. , and availability are subject to change without notice. All prices are USMSRP for the U.S. and Canada only and are subject to change without notice. Contact your local Avid office or reseller for prices outside the U.S. and Canada. Avid, Digidesign, Film Composer, Pro Tools, Avid Unity, and MEDIArray are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. Avid received an Oscar statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and Technical Award for the concept, design, and engineering of the Avid Film Composer(R) system for motion picture editing. Digidesign, Avid's audio division, received an Oscar statuette representing the 2003 Scientific and Technical Award for the design, development, and implementation of its Pro Tools(R) digital audio workstation A digital audio workstation (DAW) is a system designed to record, edit and play back digital audio. A key feature of DAWs is the ability to freely manipulate recorded sounds, much like a word processor manipulates typed words. . Oscar is Oscar I, 1799–1859, king of Sweden and Norway (1844–59), son and successor of Charles XIV. His reign was one of social and economic advance. His book on the reform of criminal law and prisons had wide influence. Oscar was succeeded by his elder son, Charles XV. a trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Emmy is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS. Grammy is a trademark of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. is known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS. Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is a U.S. , Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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