Apace
Systems Launches “Octopa Data System,” World’s
First Platform for Heterogeneous Storage and
Project Management, Collaboration, & Backup and
Virtualized Workflow
Apace Octopa Targets Facility-wide Storage and
Project Management for All Media Content
Independent of Editing and Access Program and
Storage System Islands
SIGGRAPH 2008
Booth #1156
ORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Apace Systems Corporation®, a leading
media dataflow and storage system provider,
announces availability of Octopa Data system, a
next generation web based data storage platform
tailored for intelligent collaboration, project
management, and communications, offering
interactive global reach for postproduction and
storage consolidation workflows.
Octopa means
media data control and management beyond a
single storage system and to cover all the
facility-wide collaboration, projects and
storage consolidation via its tentacles for SAN
islands, NAS’ and clients’ local storage for
data protection, productivity, and even remote
collaboration. Video, Audio and Graphics content
independent of the media editing and physical
workgroups is consolidated, and made seamlessly
available and effective collaboration and
management. The goal of the platform is to offer
centralized management working with
heterogeneous storage from different vendors and
architecture.
• World’s
first project and workspace management for
video, graphics, audio & animation
postproduction, backup and archive
• Support collaboration of multiple uncompressed
HD, 2K/4K workflow
• Support heterogeneous storage systems,
applications and platforms simultaneously
• Advanced data protection for storage
consolidation/instant backup and archival
services offered to any SAN/DAS/NAS workgroup
islands
Workflow
solutions offered by Octopa Data System:
a) Allows for
large scale collaborative editing of high
quality original media in the uncompressed HD,
2K and 4K formats.
b) Allows for collaborative real-time editing of
DV, DVCPRO-HD, SD, DNxHD, ProRes in support of
most popular video editing from Avid, Apple FCP,
GV/Canopus Edius, Harris Velocity, Adobe
Premiere, Sony Vegas, etc.
c) Allows for centralized and intelligent
management of entire facility content with
existing hybrid local storage (DAS) and shared
networked storage like SAN and NAS. It supports
specialty storage systems with applications
while gives a total view and management of all
your media content, anywhere at your facility.
d) Facilitates project communications and
management.
e) Works with optional Apace postMAM media asset
and workflow management system for even greater
productivity and virtualized workflow.
Octopa System is
intended to be a multi-faceted intelligent
system platform for collaboration, consolidation
and consumption of all media types independent
of application software, operating system,
client workstation, storage systems, and
location.
Apace Systems
will demonstrate Octopa Data systems in its
booth #1156 at Siggraph, Los Angeles Convention
Center, August 12-14th, 2008.
