Halo Post Production Secures Avid Workflows

London based Halo Post Production has complemented its Avid production platform with the integration of nearline object storage from Object Matrix Ltd.

Halo offers diverse services across the creative industry from TV drama (The Missing) to film (Paddington) and sound production for Downton Abbey.

It is growing having acquired Hackenbacker Ltd and has a number of sites located in the London area. In order to ensure continuity of the business across all workflows and sites the team at Halo sought to replace their existing nearline storage platform with a secure solution that could grow in line with the business needs.

“As more content enters the facility from a growing client base we recognised the need to implement a tiered storage and integrated workflow strategy that meets the companies tactical and strategic requirements. Choosing a nearline storage platform to fit into our vision meant that it not only had to fit into our current working environment but also be able to scale inline with future requirements” stated Daniel Napier, chief engineer, Halo. “We chose MatrixStore from Object Matrix as not only did the product match our requirements but also we have the ability to influence the Object Matrix roadmap.”

MatrixStore was chosen as it met all the elements
to the decision making progress included:

Ability to scale in line with business requirements.
Intelligent and self-managing solution that can support multiple workflows.
Integrated into existing Avid based infrastructure.
Integration with Avid Interplay.

“We are delighted to be given the opportunity to work with Halo Post Production. This is a perfect example of the traction we are getting in the market as more organisations realise they require intelligent and integrated storage solutions over more limited generic SAN or NAS solutions. Adding one of the top UK facilities to our growing global customer base is incredibly exciting for Object Matrix,” said Nick Pearce, co-founder, Object Matrix.

UK based Altered Images Ltd supplied the following Object Matrix products
to Halo Post Production as part of this enhancement to the workflow: