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Should you invest in file transfer acceleration? Find out by listening to the CEO and Co-Founder of FileCatalyst.

Getting ready for a long distance commute for a Thanksgiving homecoming? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could use technology to your advantage and assure you would get there as fast as possible? We might not be able to send you from point A to point B faster, but we can get your files there faster!

How can you use your existing Internet bandwidth to the best of its ability, and what are the bottlenecks that keep you from doing so? The Workflow Show talks with CEO and Co-Founder of FileCatalyst, Chris Bailey, to discuss the history of file transfer technology, how it works, and how we can exponentially accelerate those file transfers.
File Catalyst

FileCatalyst technology is developed by Emmy award-winning Unlimi-Tech Software Inc., a world leader in fast file transfer solutions. Founded in 2000, the company has more than 1,000 clients with a user base of over 1 million. FileCatalyst provides software-based solutions designed to accelerate and optimize file transfers across global networks. Being immune to packet loss and latency, FileCatalyst can send files much faster than methods such as FTP, HTTP or CIFS, while adding security and reliability. Unlimi-Tech is a privately-owned company with headquarters and a product development center located in Ottawa, Canada.

After listening to this episode, you’ll have a better understanding of the benefits of investing in file transfer acceleration and how easy it is to send files much more quickly. So if you need something interesting to listen to while you are plodding through holiday traffic this week, the Workflow Show is here for you!

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Production Asset Management. Workflow Automation. Media Asset Management. A decade ago, most in the industry were fairly clueless about these phrases. Today, these terms are becoming an active part of the vocabulary of anyone involved in production and post production work.

One of the industry experts in this area is Dave Clack, CEO of Square Box Systems, the makers of CatDV. Dave recently sat down with Nick Gold, Chesapeake Systems’ Chief Revenue Solutions Consultant and Jason Whetstone, our Workflow Architect, to talk about shifting trends in production and media asset management and how they can affect your organization.

If you’re already familiar with CatDV, a sophisticated media asset management system that excels in production asset management, then this latest episode of The Workflow Show will update you on the direction Dave and his team are taking the software and what you can expect as far as future developments.

If CatDV or media asset management in general is new to you, this episode will satiate your curiosity, talking about the state of the software in general, what media asset management does for you, and how it can help you increase efficiency in your environment.

Two key areas we delve into are:

Workflow Design – How do you define that, why do you need it and how has it evolved over the last several years? We’ll take a look at the intentionality that’s behind the design process.

Using CatDV – Clients must understand CatDV before simply deploying it. Beyond asset management, the software looks at how content is secured, how it’s searched and how it’s used. Something that sets CatDV apart is its capability of native file format playback. During the podcast, Nick and Dave talk about the uniqueness of each customer environment and the human aspect of the workflow.

“We show how the technology and human touchpoint are really going to interact in a way that’s better for everyone,” Nick explains.

We would love to know your thoughts on this episode of The Workflow Show. Please email us your questions and feedback.

Until next time,
The Chesapeake Systems Team

How you store and retrieve your data on hardware/storage devices is controlled by a two-three-layer filesystem. Whether you have a desktop hard drive or a one petabyte storage system, it has a filesystem. Sounds simple enough, right?

In reality, there are multiple filesystems available, with each one using different data structures and methods for how that data is stored, accessed and modified. Because these filesystems use different structures and methods, they will vary in properties such as speed, security and storage capacity. Some filesystems are better for production storage, some filesystems are better for back-up. Some are appropriate for Nearline storage needs.

Why does this matter?

As capacity needs increase, storage systems and how the data is organized become increasingly important.

In the latest episode of the Workflow Show, the familiar voices of Chesapeake Systems’ Nick Gold, Jason Whetstone and Ben Kilburg join Senior Systems Engineer Brian Summa, a veteran and master in the industry, to discuss the basics of filesystems. They talk about the systems deployed by Chesapeake Systems and even discuss some of the questions they wrestle with when it comes to this side of data storage systems. They also begin the discussion of how filesystems compare to object storage (Stay tuned for more on this topic in a future show). And while many people focus on the IT/hardware aspect of data systems, they’ll explain why the layer of software, or management data, is just as important.

Tune in to see what we’re talking about.

Chesapeake Systems first met Ooyala’s Emily Hopson-Hill, VP of Services, several years ago, and quickly realized that she is one of the industry’s sharpest minds when it comes to an exceptionally thorough understanding of enterprise-scale IT systems architecture, and how to engineer a media supply chain. Ooyala caters to the largest-scale and most sophisticated requirements in these areas via their sophisticated Flex Media Platform.

We are thrilled to have her on The Workflow Show for a fun and engaging conversation around these topics, and what her experiences have been working in M&E, versus some of her previous industry experiences. As one might expect, we have similar needs as other industries, but media is always a bit unique about how it tackles increasingly complex technology and supply chain challenges. Emily provides useful insights across the board that you will not want to miss.

This episode of “The Workflow Show” features Chesapeake Systems’ trainer Luis Sierra, who shares his perspective on how training needs in post-production have evolved since the days of getting a bunch of people in a classroom to learn a new NLE. While the focus for training used to be complex client-side applications, those types of needs are met today by a diverse set of rich online resources, and thus, the need for professional instruction has seen a shift in emphasis.

Luis has been in the trenches training creative professionals throughout many industry transitions over the years. Along with “The Workflow Show” co-host Nick Gold, tune in to learn more about which areas an organization still needs to focus on when it comes to continuing professional staff development in today’s environment, from workflow collaboration techniques and systems to proper media asset management platform usage. They’ll discuss metadata tagging, and even that old-school offline-online technique, which is once again relevant in the age of heavier bitrate formats that are becoming increasingly popular.

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It’s not easy to find opportunities to respond to changes in your integrated environment when system uptime is critical for your business. If your media workflow is constantly impacted by technology changes, upgrades, and updates, then understanding the right support for your investment is just as crucial.

On this episode of The Workflow Show, hosts Jason Whetsone and Ben Kilburg chat with Chesapeake Systems’ Managed Services team, Marina Blandino and Brian Summa, and Louise Gebel from Business Development about what it’s like to get up close and personal with clients about their infrastructure, and the importance of actively understanding, monitoring, and supporting modern media environments. Their insight and experience offer a candid look at what you should consider when enlisting a Managed Services Provider (MSP) or vendor support for your organization.36

Does all the new technology for media management introduced tradeshow after tradeshow leave you adrift in a sea of information? Overwhelmed by all the tools creatives are asking for these days? Sounds like you need a little workflow therapy!

The specialists at Chesapeake Systems have their collective finger on the pulse of the media industry. What are the important takeaways from NAB 2019? Is the time now to deal with the evolution from 4K to 8K? Can the cloud and object storage provide that simple solution you desire? How should machine learning be integrated? What’s the latest on the Apple versus Windows debate for powering media-rich pipelines?

Co-hosts Jason Whetstone and Ben Kilburg explore all that and more on the latest episode of The Workflow Show, alongside Chesapeake’s Andy Shepherd, Director of Professional Services, and Peter Price, Director of Solutions Architecture.

Join hosts Jason Whetstone and Ben Kilburg in this episode of The Workflow Show as they discuss “the codec wars” with Nick Smith from JB&A Distribution. Can you survive the ever-growing onslaught of new codecs? Is Nick Smith really from Earth? Tune in to find out!

Primestream Co-founder and EVP Namdev Lisman has been candid about how media technology is supposed to make workflows easier, and that MAMs play an important role in that evolution.

However, in a recent TV Technology article, he notes, “You’ve got more and more media every day. MAM—media asset management—is supposed to make all your painful media issues disappear. But that hasn’t been the case.”

On this episode of The Workflow Show, join Lisman and his Primestream colleagues Alan Dabul, Director of Product Development, and JC Sierra, Director of Solutions Architecture, as they untangle some of the current frustrations with today’s media environments.

With Workflow Show co-hosts Jason Whetstone and Ben Kilburg of Chesapeake Systems, they’ll explore how to use MAM tools to enable global collaboration within organizations and discuss methodologies that work best for displaying metadata generated by AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning).

Listen in!

Are there right and wrong ways to purchase and deploy an asset management system? Ghost ships happen.

Is there a failed MAM or DAM deployment adrift somewhere in your data center? Were you sold a side order of MAM with your last shared storage system but were not successful in making it a valuable part of your day to day workflow?

Join The Workflow Show co-hosts, Jason Whetstone and Ben Kilburg, as they talk with Bryson Jones, Founder & CEO of North Shore Automation, and Jeremy Strootman, VP of Business Development for Squarebox Systems, about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of MAM, DAM, PAM, and WAM deployments. We discuss what it takes to make a MAM deployment successful, and what the common stumbling blocks are on the road to asset management nirvana.