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  • People talking to each other at the Signiant booth at a conference.
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    Larger files sizes, the move to the cloud and Signiant product updates were the news at IBC 2016

    Take a look at this IBC Daily video by TVBEurope, featuring Greg Hoskin, managing director of Signiant’s sales in EMEA and Asia-Pacific, with new ways to store assets and our other product line news.
    By Jim Ball Read "Larger files sizes, the move to the cloud and Signiant product updates were the news at IBC 2016" post
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    Escape Storage Lock-In For Your Accelerated File Transfers

    Over the past year, a new trend has been booming in the entertainment world. And though it’s gained a foothold in Amsterdam, I doubt we’ll see it anywhere in the exhibit halls at IBC.
    By Jim Ball Read "Escape Storage Lock-In For Your Accelerated File Transfers" post
  • The Eiffel Tower lit up at night and seen from below. A Media Shuttle multifolder is superimposed over it.
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    Get Your Fix of Fast Transfers

    In the accelerated file transfer world, it’s likely we’ve witnessed this phenomenon more than most technologies. Because for file transfer, the “old way” goes back 45 years to the creation of FTP.
    By Rick Clarkson Read "Get Your Fix of Fast Transfers" post
  • The Accord production company offices with a reception desk, waiting area and an office behind.
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    Michael Ball from Accord Productions talks about the Power of Portals. See the video interview.

    One of our Media Shuttle power users, Michael Ball of Accord Productions, appeared in an interview with RedShark News. In the video, he makes the case that technologies like Media Shuttle allow smaller production companies to act and work much larger than they are.
    By Jim Ball Read "Michael Ball from Accord Productions talks about the Power of Portals. See the video interview." post
  • 4 icons of a paper with the corner folded down. Each paper is much smaller than the one before.
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    Signiant Executives Explain – Part 1: An Overview of Signiant

    We constantly talk with M&E industry professionals to uncover their challenges with extreme file transfers. Now in our “Signiant Executives Explain” video series, you can peek behind the curtain on what goes into our technology platform.
    By Jim Ball Read "Signiant Executives Explain – Part 1: An Overview of Signiant" post
  • The inside of a business with people working in different areas. There's a sign that says Better is Possible.
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    Hope is not a Strategy

    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.
    By Jon Finegold Read "Hope is not a Strategy" post
  • A collage of 12 pictures of various scenes from movies, some of them repeated.
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    From FTP to Open Source File Acceleration, Chimney Group Tried It All

    Chimney Group tried many different options to move media files throughout production, post-production and delivery — including FTP and open-source file acceleration — before adopting Media Shuttle.
    By Our Customers Read "From FTP to Open Source File Acceleration, Chimney Group Tried It All" post
  • The words What if everything was 200x faster? over several drawings of people in irritating situations that take a long time.
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    What if Everything was 200X Faster?

    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.
    By Katie McKay Read "What if Everything was 200X Faster?" post
  • The side of a warehouse painted with the words Atlanta Made.
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    Simplicity in sending media helps support Atlanta’s surge in production

    An influx of wildly popular episodic television productions such as The Walking Dead and The Vampire Diaries has invaded the state of Georgia. As a result, Atlanta-based creative post-production house Crawford Media Services has found its client base surging
    By Jim Ball Read "Simplicity in sending media helps support Atlanta’s surge in production" post
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    A Year of Acceleration – and Collaboration

    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.
    By Jim Ball Read "A Year of Acceleration – and Collaboration" post