May 14, 2013, Uptime Institute Symposium, Santa Clara, CA—Matt Stansberry from the Uptime Institute shared the results of an on-going survey of data center managers. The available results represent one thousand responses, mostly from the US. Other areas are being added as the survey is translated to other languages. Respondents indicated that 82 percent are [...]
April 7, 2013, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas—We talked with Avid about their latest tools. The latest creative tools start with Media Composer 7 for nonlinear editing, now available starting at $999 USD. The new version features accelerated and simplified file-based workflows including optimized HD delivery from high-res source material and automated media operations. [...]
April 6, 2013, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas—A panel moderated by Tom Scott from OnStream Media considered the issues for more immersive audio. Panel members included Jeff Levison from Iosono, Stuart Bowling from Dolby Labs, Wilfried Van Baelen from Auro Technologies, John Kellogg from DTS, and Kimio Hamasaki from NHK. The audio industry has [...]
March 19, 2013, GPU Technology Conference, San Jose, CA—Mathew Gueller from Harley-Davidson described the changes in their workflows and the resulting improvements in turn around time for new motorcycles. The new modeling and visualization tools enable better designs. Harley started making motorcycles 110 years ago and had a design flow that started with drawings, progressed [...]
Game Developers Conference, San Francisco—This conference had many technical sessions presenting at the Dev Days. The usual suspects included Intel with their perceptual computing and UltraBook groups, Google, Facebook, Unity Technologies, Imagination Technologies, Microsoft, Samsung, Amazon Web Services, Xsens, ARM, Sony Entertainment, Autodesk, AMD, Nvidia, and Adobe. In these sessions, the sponsors talked about the [...]
March 27, 2013, Game Developers Conference, San Francisco – We talked with Wesley Adams and Rob Hoffman from Autodesk about their entertainment creation suite. This set of tools was developed in conjunction with some production teams to make a different approach to development and to bypass beta testing. These game development products are focused on [...]
February 25, 2013, TCG Security Sessions, San Francisco—A panel considered the requirements for security in networks, critical infrastructure, and in environments with BYOD. Phil Schacter from Gartner moderated the panel. Panel members included Steve Venema from Boeing, Dave Waltermire from NIST, and Phyllis Lee from NSA. Venema introduced himself as involved with government and user [...]
February 14, 2013, EECS, University of California, Berkeley—The annual EECS status update focused on cloud and computer-based functions, and David Patterson showed how modern data management and analytic tools can help in the fight against cancer. His talk ” Cancer Tumor Genomics: Fighting the Big C with the Big D” opened the potential for better [...]
January 2013 – Since the 1970′s, the Canare Company has dominated the Japanese professional and live venue market with over 80% market saturation for cabling. Their products for both copper and optical cables and associated connectors & accessories (tooling, repair, etc) have been the staples of the industry. The group has now opened a direct [...]
January 9, 2013, Variety Entertainment Summit, Las Vegas—A panel looked at the evolution and challenges of delivering content to audiences watching across many type of screens. Guy Finley from M.E.S.A. moderated the panel. Panelists were Andy Hendrickson from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Chris Cookson from Sony Pictures TV, Darcy Antonellis from Warner Brothers, Lincoln Wallen [...]
