DDN With Collaborative Non-Linear Editing Solution

DataDirect Networks, Inc. (DDN) announced a collaborative non-linear editing (NLE) solution that will enable workgroups in broadcast, post-production and special effects houses to share Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, and Adobe Premiere Pro projects on a single high capacity storage solution.

DDN’s solution will offer editors real-time collaboration, performance, and workflow flexibility, unlike current proprietary video editing storage solutions. It is a scalable enterprise workflow solution to provide frame-accurate quality of service, mission-critical availability, and central storage consolidation.

The solution was developed in partnership with FilmPartners BV of the Netherlands, combining FilmPartners’ MXF server workspace virtualization tools with DDN’s real-time, highly concurrent shared file access storage solution. As the NLE market evolves and editing workgroups demand a variety of products from different vendors, the DDN/FilmPartners solution enables customers to connect all of their NLE products with a single performance solution.

"Teaming with FilmPartners BV enables us to provide the most integrated collaborative editing solution possible, and gives editors the highest level of shared access, collaboration, and performance," said Jeff Denworth, VP of Marketing, DDN. "This solution enhances workflow quality, flexibility, efficiency and, most importantly, creativity."

"The collaborative editing solution we have developed with DDN enables editors to connect all of their editing tools with a single, high-performance solution," said Pieter Hornix, MD at FilmPartners BV. "The competitive advantage this will provide customers across the entertainment industry is significant and measurable in both production time improvements and reduced costs."

DDN will debut the collaborative editing solution at the 2012 NAB Show, April 14-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV.