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Hope is not a Strategy

August 11, 2016 7:06 am Published by In many ways and many situations hope can be a very powerful motivator. While the power of hope is undeniable, there are times when it takes more than just hoping for the best.
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What if Everything was 200X Faster?

July 27, 2016 4:33 pm Published by Making large files move faster, up to 200 times faster than standard methods like FTP, is what we at Signiant are all about, We think you might agree what a world it would be if we could make a few other things go 200 times faster too.
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A Year of Acceleration – and Collaboration

July 12, 2016 4:14 pm Published by Signiant and Talon form an alliance to help streamline cloud storage consolidation. Together the companies’ technology allow globally distributed data to be quickly and securely migrated to a central cloud storage and then made available as a single, consistent storage repository to all users across the globe.
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The Cloud: it’s not just Another Data Center

July 5, 2016 10:59 am Published by One of the interesting things about cloud discussions throughout our industry is that people have a tendency to believe the cloud is just a virtualized data center in somebody else’s facility. If you take that perspective, then the benefits of the cloud and the gains that cloud technology can actually deliver to you are sure to be overlooked. It’s time to think differently.
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Demand for High Res Content is Driving File Size Growth

June 29, 2016 3:25 pm Published by The demand for high resolution content is growing rapidly. Not a statement most of us would be surprised by. What might be surprising, on the other hand, is the size and scale of the files these high res videos yield. Is your team prepared to handle the data explosion?
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Interview with Michael Ball on using Media Shuttle SEND, SUBMIT and SHARE

June 28, 2016 10:00 am Published by In this interview with Michael Ball, Post Production Supervisor at Accord Productions, he gives an unusually detailed and insightful description of how they’re using Media Shuttle’s three portal modes — SEND, SHARE and SUBMIT — to streamline workflows and provide the highest level of client services.
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Lost in Transit

June 24, 2016 2:04 pm Published by Signed, sealed, and… In the 90s, as director of production at a commercial post house, I felt a vague sense of dread whenever a project wrapped up and we shipped our “baby” – the final production – out to the different TV stations that were going to air it. Then sometimes, the worst would happen and the masterpiece we had just labored over for a month had gone missing.