Christie's Implements Group Logic MassTransit to Dramatically Improve Global Catalog Creation Process.World's Leading Art Business Relies on MassTransit to Move More Than 350,000 Mission-Critical Files Annually ARLINGTON, Va. -- Group Logic, the leading provider of enterprise file transfer solutions, today announced that Christie's, the world's leading art business, is successfully using MassTransit to increase the reliability of file transfers and improve productivity throughout its entire catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. creation process. The only enterprise software solution proven to transform digital file transfers into strategic business processes, MassTransit is enabling Christie's to transfer more than 350,000 digital files between internal users and vendors around the world every year. "Christie's catalogs are critical for showcasing our auction items, and we invest heavily to create the highest quality of product possible," said Neil McCutcheon head of catalog production for Christie's. "MassTransit is the only file transfer solution we could find to support this strategic objective, improving the way we manage our entire creation process - from photo receipt to pre-press, proofing and printing. We now have the confidence that all of our files will reach their destination and all of our partners and employees will meet our production deadlines." With global auction sales in 2006 that totaled PS2.51 billion / $4.67 billion, Christie's has 85 offices in 43 countries and 14 salerooms worldwide and prints more than 600 catalogs per year to support each of its auctions. To create each of these highly-customized catalogs Christie's relies on MassTransit to move 80,000 print ready PDFs and more than a quarter of a million high-resolution images annually. With image sizes averaging 30 megabytes, MassTransit provides Christie's with the superior scalability, reliability and performance required to support high volumes of extremely large file transfers on a daily basis. By deploying MassTransit, Christie's has eliminated time consuming and labor-intensive delivery methods such as CDs, DVDs and File Transfer Protocol A communications protocol used to transmit files without loss of data. A file transfer protocol can handle all types of files including binary files and ASCII text files. See Kermit, Zmodem and FTP. (FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ). Unlike these inefficient approaches, MassTransit easily integrates into the company's workflows and significantly reduces production times by ensuring that critical images are delivered quickly and reliably to dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. locations around the globe. "Prior to MassTransit, the process of moving files was as painful as you can possibly imagine," added McCutcheon. "Now with MassTransit, Christie's finally has an enterprise solution that is consistent, easy to use and speeds the file delivery process, giving us the productivity gains we required to support our global pre-press vendors and printers." Further simplifying Christie's catalogue creation process, Group Logic partners, Turning Point Innovation and IO Integration, sold, implemented and integrated MassTransit with a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system through a customized Web interface. Christie's photographers worldwide can now use MassTransit to easily upload photos into the DAM system and add critical meta-data for identifying images and their intended use. This ability to tag photos with meta-data at the time of upload provides major benefits. This unique, MassTransit Web Client-based process ensures that 100% of photos have meta-data and allows immediate, fully automated processing of inbound in·bound 1 adj. Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic. Adj. 1. inbound images as they are ingested in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. into Christie's DAM system. Not only to does this eliminate manual work and increase productivity and quality, but it also increases the value of the DAM system by providing ready-to-use images in multiple print-ready formats allowing broader, faster leverage of the assets by Christies' users. "MassTransit has a proven track record of delivering strategic value by helping customers create optimized, global file transfer business processes," stated Andy Lewis Andy Lewis may refer to:
About Christie's Christie's is the world's leading art business with global auction sales in 2006 that totalled PS2.51 billion / $4.67 billion. Worldwide sales for the first half of 2007 totalled PS1.63 billion / $3.25 billion, an increase of 32% by PS and 45% by $ from the same period last year and highest half year sales ever in art market history. Founded in 1766 by James Christie James Christie may refer to:
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