CORRECTING and REPLACING ASACA and SGL Software Team to Provide High-Density Digital Data Storage for Avid Users.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CORRECTION...by ASACA Corp. SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2003 Please replace BW5107, (CA-ASACA/SHIBASOKU/SGC) ASACA and SGL SGL See Speculative Grade Liquidity Rating (SGL). Software Team to Provide High-Density Digital Data Storage for Avid Users; ASACA FireFly firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical. and SGL's FlashNet Archive Manager Bridge Storage Gap for Avid, with the following revised release. The corrected release reads: ASACA AND SGL SOFTWARE TEAM TO PROVIDE HIGH-DENSITY DIGITAL DATA STORAGE FOR AVID USERS ASACA FireFly and SGL's FlashNet Archive Manager Bridge Storage Gap for Avid ASACA Corp. and Software Generation Ltd. (SGL) teamed together today to announce combined support for Avid users that will enable video editors and media asset managers to easily create, share and archive gigabyte-sized digital files. Integrating ASACA's award-winning FireFly DM Series of digital virtual libraries, SGL's FlashNet(R) Archive Manager software and the Avid Unity TransferManager ensures video editors and media asset managers have virtually on-demand random access to very large, high-resolution video files at a total solution cost close to that of many tape-based solutions. Ideally suited to requirements of the video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. industry, SGL's FlashNet archive management software seamlessly manages the flow between the video server and the library, providing direct to archive, drag-and-drop file export allowing files to be quickly and easily searched and retrieved at the discretion of the video professional. Integrating as many as 192 200GB or 250GB Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (storage) Serial Advanced Technology Attachment - (SATA, Serial ATA) A computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. SATA is the successor to Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA), which was given the retronym Parallel ATA (PATA) to (Serial ATA See SATA. Serial ATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment ) disk drives and delivering up to 48 terabytes (TB) of data per library at an unprecedented 400MB/s, FireFly redefines the near-line storage expectations required by today's video professionals. "Paired with SGL's FlashNet and Avid's video editing solutions, the ASACA FireFly is fully equipped to address every aspect of the professional video production process," said Steve Atkinson Steven John "Steve" Atkinson (October 16, 1948 - May 6, 2003) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played the positions of center and right wing. Originally drafted in 1966 by the Detroit Red Wings, he was immediately traded to the Boston Bruins. , vice president of sales for SGL. "In fact, the level of reliability, simplicity, and flexibility offered by these combined solutions easily translates into a new definition of quality and overall efficiency for Avid users." "The rapid adoption of the Avid family of digital video editing solutions has generated an unparalleled demand for flexible file archival and management solutions," said Chuck Larabie, ASACA's director of sales and marketing. "Compatibility between the ASACA FireFly and SGL's FlashNet Archive Manager bridges the gap, providing Avid editors faster than near-line tape access to their oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. video files, gigabyte to petabyte One quadrillion bytes (one trillion kilobytes). Also PB, Pbyte and P-byte. See peta, binary values and space/time. (unit) petabyte - 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes = 1024 terabytes or roughly 10^15 bytes. 1024 petabytes is one exabyte. archival capacity and unmatched video file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. and file management capabilities." Integrated into an Avid environment, the FlashNet-enabled FireFly improves the digital workflow In print publishing, using the computer to lay out text and illustrations prior to creating film negatives for every page or going directly to plate. Prior to digital workflow, the typesetting and pre-press stages were far more time consuming and labor-intensive. , eliminating the need for traditional videotape archival and enabling native file format storage of both master clips and compositions for future use. Price/Availability SGL's FlashNet plug-in modules are available to deliver highly productive and truly scalable industry-specific solutions for digital asset management in print, publishing, broadcast video and other imaging-related markets. Products and services are sold through a worldwide network of authorized resellers, capable of providing appropriate local training, support and related services. ASACA's FireFly DM Digital Virtual Library systems integrating WD Caviar SE SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. hard drives are now available for immediate shipment through authorized value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. and systems integration companies worldwide. Individual libraries can be configured with one to 192 200GB or 250GB WD Caviar SE SATA hard drives each featuring an 8 MB cache buffer, 7,200 RPM and three-year warranty. Serial ATA drives capable of delivering up to 1.5 gigabits per second (Gbps) of sustained performance to each drive within the disk drive array. FireFly users can cluster as many as 10 cabinets together for up to 480TB of data storage. The FireFly DM starts at $100,000. About SGL Software Generation Ltd. is a privately held archive management software company headquartered in Southampton, England. SGL has been in business since 1989 and its flagship FlashNet product is installed in more than 4,000 customer sites around the world. More information can be found at www.sgluk.com. About ASACA Founded in 1971, the ASACA/Shibasoku Corp. has its U.S. headquarters in Golden, Colo. A leading developer of high-capacity, high-performance data storage solutions, the company is focused on serving broadcast and data storage markets worldwide. For complete information on the FireFly DM Series, visit the ASACA Web site at www.asaca.com. |
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