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Aspera high-speed file transfer technology integrates with IBM Media Hub Solution Framework
Aspera today announced that its whole suite of software products seamlessly integrates with the IBM Media Hub Solution Framework, enabling digital content to be moved at maximum speed with unprecedented bandwidth control, complete security and uncompromising reliability.
09 Jul 2008
Fixstars and Broadcast International form business alliance for video compression
Cell Broadband Engine™ solutions provider Fixstars Corporation announced today a business alliance with Broadcast International, Inc. for its CodecSys video compression technology.
14 Apr 2008
Sophoi-IBM Cognos demonstrate broadcast intelligence at NAB2008
At NAB2008, Sophoi, Inc., a leading provider of business rights and licensing management software, demonstrated business rights intelligence for broadcasters using IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI) v3.
14 Apr 2008
IBM Philippines bolsters ABS-CBN's digital content management
ABS-CBN, a leading broadcasting company in the Philippines, marked yet another industry milestone, collaborating with IBM as it embarks on a platform that will digitize all of its content, resulting in enhanced media content creation and management that is bound to benefit Filipino media consumers worldwide.
11 Apr 2008
IBM introduces first storage optimization services tailored for the media and entertainment industry
At NAB2008, IBM introduced the IBM Management Complexity Factor for Media, the first media-industry specific methodology and toolset designed to dramatically improve digital media storage environments.
11 Apr 2008
Broadcast International breaks bandwidth barrier with first-ever demo of live, HD video encoding at 3 Mbps at NAB
Broadcast International today announced it will demonstrate live HD video encoding under 3 Mbps at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference in Las Vegas. The demonstration marks the first time in the broadcast industry that video will be encoded from a live camera feed at this rate of video compression.
10 Apr 2008
NextIO technology now supports the IBM BladeCenter H solutions
NextIO, a leader in I/O virtualization solutions, today announced that IBM has developed a solution for the IBM BladeCenter H systems. NextIO is offering the solution immediately in sampling quantities to its customers.
10 Apr 2008
IBM moves closer to new class of memory
Computer memory that combines the high performance and reliability of flash with the low cost and high capacity of the hard disk drive could be closer than you think, thanks to a team of IBM scientists.
10 Apr 2008
N24 goes on air with IBM
German news channel N24 Gesellschaft für Nachrichten und Zeitgeschehen mbH (N24) has signed a several million Euro contract with IBM to deploy a new editorial production system.
09 Apr 2008
FileCatalyst on display at NAB 2008, integrates with IBM Media Hub Solution
Unlimi-Tech Software, the leader in accelerated file transfer software, announced that it will be demonstrating its FileCatalyst technology at the NAB 2008 trade show.
08 Apr 2008
ProSiebenSat.1 Group and IBM to set up first pan-European digital platform
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group is setting up a pan-European digital platform in partnership with IBM. The aim is to build an all-digital, tapeless technology infrastructure that enables the delivery of TV programming to multiple platforms across Europe.
08 Apr 2008
SAMMA Systems and IBM demonstrate an automated system for broadcasters to convert their analog libraries before 2009
SAMMA Systems, the global leader in media migration, today has announced they will team with IBM to create a cost effective, streamlined solution for content owners for the automated ingest and encoding of volumes of videotape content.
07 Apr 2008
Major League Baseball Players Association analyzes complex baseball statistics with IBM Cognos software
Cognos, an IBM company, and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the collective bargaining representative for all active Major League Baseball players, has selected IBM Cognos TM1 Executive Viewer to help analyze data.
28 Mar 2008
IBM unveils a prototype green optical network technology for sharing huge files in seconds
IBM Researchers today unveiled a prototype technology that could bring massive amounts of bandwidth in an energy efficient way to all kinds of machines — from supercomputers to cell phones — that could revolutionize the way people access, use and share information across many different applications.
28 Feb 2008
IBM WebSphere Application shatters industry benchmark, powers SOA
IBM announced that its WebSphere Application Server, a key building block for services oriented architecture (SOA), shattered an industry benchmark for scalability and performance by more than 33 percent using technology that costs half the price of the competition.
19 Feb 2008
National Football League gets ready for game day with IBM
IBM today announced the National Football League (NFL) has standardized its business on IBM BladeCenter® and System x™ servers. The servers from IBM leverage X-Architecture® — the company's design blueprint for x86-based servers
27 Nov 2007
IBM predicts the end of advertising as we know it
IBM Press Room - IBM Global Business Services unveiled its new report, The end of advertising as we know it, forecasting greater disruption for the advertising industry in the next five years than occurred in the previous 50.
08 Nov 2007
FOX Business Network debuts news production with IBM
IBM has created and implemented the digital newsroom for FOX Business Network’s debut to more than 30 million subscribers.
24 Oct 2007
Second Life, IBM in open borders for virtual worlds
IBM and Linden Labs, the operator of the Second Life virtual world, said on Tuesday they will work on ways to eventually let people use a single online persona in different online services.
10 Oct 2007
SintecMedia Benchmarks 1,000 concurrent business users running OnAir in record performance on IBM System p servers
SintecMedia, a leading provider of broadcast management systems, today revealed the results of a breakthrough performance test for OnAir.
07 Sep 2007
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