QStar Partners With Square Box Systems

QStar Technologies Inc., a provider of
enterprise data management and archive software, and Square Box Systems Ltd, a media asset management
company, announced a joint strategy and partnership to offer Media Asset
Management and LTFS-based archive solutions through their broadcast-focused
reseller channels.

QStar’s Archive Manager software for Windows or Linux supports a
number of tape libraries and technologies, all able to use the
standard LTFS file system.

CatDV is a digital asset management software
platform, providing flexible, simple, low-cost and powerful asset management
options.

Organisations deploying the joint solution will benefit from long-term
data protection, ensuring that information is preserved on a specified number
of media and stored in several geographically-dispersed locations. This will heighten the reliability of their data archives, which is of
importance for companies in the broadcast, video and M&E industries.

Archive Manager provides a volume-spanning approach to LTFS archiving,
where an ever growing set of media is seen as a single share or mount point.
Multiple sets of media can be maintained, each with their own set
of file retention and file management policies. In addition to using LTFS tape,
QStar offers support for a range of object storage solutions,
including HDS HCP, EMC Atmos and Cleversafe or Blu-ray optical
libraries, including the newly released Sony
ODA (Optical Disk for Archive) solutions.

CatDV provides a view of all assets on primary storage and in the archive,
simplifying asset searches, which is further enhanced by the addition of
data tags to asset metadata. It also includes flexible transcoding
capabilities at the client or automated, using the CatDV Worker (automation
engine). At the core of the CatDV solution is a powerful database that allows
assets to be recorded, then later searched and shared throughout the
organization, supporting the simple reuse of content.

Riccardo Finotti, QStar CEO, stated: "We
are extremely pleased to be working with Square Box to provide an integrated
solution for the broadcast industry. Digital Asset Management plays a crucial
part in the increased monetization of video assets and CatDV is a leading
solution in this market. QStar is pleased to add unrivalled flexibility in
archive storage choice and, in particular, leading LTFS-based tape archives,
that preserve these valuable assets for the long-term."

Dave Clack, Square Box Systems CEO, remarked: "One of CatDV’s key strengths is its ability to work with a range of
archive and storage solutions, and we are excited to work with QStar."