SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp. (NYSE:
QTM) today announced that Platinum Platypus, creator of video,
motion graphics and animation for both media and corporate
enterprises, has implemented Quantum StorNext® Pro Studio to
realize faster, more scalable storage and sharing of
high-resolution video content. Quantum's workflow-optimized
StorNext Pro™ Studio solution provides high-performance storage
that Platinum Platypus can expand smoothly and economically to
accommodate its rapid growth and its work with ever-larger media
files. The complete storage solution from Quantum supports an
efficient and agile workflow in which creatives can quickly and
simultaneously access and edit video. Connecting to a Scalar® LTO
library, StorNext Pro Studio also facilitates archive and
protection of older projects while keeping them available for the
creative team.
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Rapid Growth Demands a New Approach to
Storage
Platinum Platypus creates video, motion graphics and
animation for everything from Hollywood movies and the NFL to corporate
boardrooms, but the company began as a startup with a small
production team and a few Macs. As success brought the company more
and bigger projects, its use of portable drives for file sharing
grew unsustainable, requiring extensive coordination. Its
subsequent use of a file-hosting service failed to provide the
speed of access critical to meeting tight deadlines. The company's
increasing involvement in large-scale projects — with footage shot
in 5K resolution, often with heavy CGI — caused major delays that
created a backlog and prevented the business from seizing new
opportunities.
"As our work continued to attract more potential clients, we
found ourselves being asked questions like 'Can you do these movie
scenes for us right now?' and 'I've got a Fortune 500 client
sending video from three continents. Can you handle it?' " said
Pete Sussi, president of Platinum
Platypus. "We wanted to say yes, but the backlog got so big and the
delays were so long that we needed to do something different to be
able to keep growing the business."
Addressing Current and Future Needs With StorNext Pro
Studio
Knowing that Quantum's StorNext workflow storage is
used by major motion picture studios and large postproduction
houses, Platinum Platypus called on Quantum to help it identify the
optimal workflow storage solution for a small but quickly growing
company with a limited budget. With Sussi and his team, Quantum
assessed the specific needs of the business and its projects, as
well as the company's growth trajectory, and then specified a
StorNext Pro Studio workflow storage solution that would meet
current performance needs and provide a smart path for future
expansion.
StorNext Pro Studio is a complete appliance-based workflow
storage solution designed for smaller media production companies
that need streaming performance and room to grow. The Platinum
Platypus StorNext Pro Studio solution includes a dual-redundant
StorNext M441D metadata controller and high-speed QX-1200 RAID
storage. The company added to that a Brocade Fibre Channel fabric,
along with a Quantum Scalar LTO library to provide long-term
retention of the digital assets. With copies of the company's work
maintained on the Quantum Scalar library, the Platinum Platypus
team can retrieve older projects quickly and better meet customer
requests for repurposing or re-use of finished video content.
Building a Faster, Better Workflow
Quantum managed the
installation in a way that kept ongoing Platinum Platypus projects
on schedule. The racking, configuration and tuning of the StorNext
Pro Studio, fabric and library was completed rapidly, after which
the Platinum Platypus team was able to work once again with all its
usual Adobe Creative Suite applications, with files that were
presented through the Mac OS interface. Today within the new
StorNext-enabled workflow, all content is ingested into the Quantum
system, which gives the entire creative team access to the same
files over high-speed Fibre Channel connections to the RAID array.
As the company continues to take on new clients and projects,
StorNext Pro Studio also will provide a highly scalable foundation
for further growth.
"StorNext Pro Studio has helped my company realize gains in
terms of speed, time and money," added Sussi. "I really can't see
how the growth that we've had in the past year could have happened
without the Quantum storage solution. If I could tell a business
that's in the same predicament that we were in four or five years
ago, I would say, 'What you need is a Quantum solution.' "
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Photo Caption: Award-winning motion graphics and visual
effects company Platinum Platypus is now managing its massive-scale
media files with Quantum StorNext.
For additional details on the Platinum Platypus success story,
visit:
www.quantum.com/customerstories/platinumplatypus/index.aspx.
About Platinum Platypus
With over 25 years of ad
agency experience, Platinum Platypus is a full-service motion video
and animation specialist that provides innovative,
solutions-oriented results for a wide range of clients. The Long
Island, New York-based company's
projects include visual effects for major motion pictures and
television broadcasts, motion graphics for the NFL and Major League
Baseball, and animation for ads for everything from consumer
products to corporate videos. Platinum Platypus's international
customer list includes both not-for-profit public service groups
and some of the largest corporations on the planet.
About Quantum
Quantum is a leading expert in workflow
storage, archive and data protection. The company's StorNext 5
platform powers modern high-performance workflows, enabling
seamless, real-time collaboration and keeping content readily
accessible for future use and re-monetization. More than 100,000
customers have trusted Quantum to address their most demanding
content workflow needs, including top studios, major broadcasters
and cutting-edge content creators. With Quantum, customers can Be
Certain™ they have the end-to-end storage platform they need to
manage assets from ingest through finishing and into delivery and
long-term preservation. See how at www.stornext.com.
Quantum, the Quantum logo, Be Certain, Scalar, StorNext and
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