Accom's Affinity to use ATTO's SAN technology
"ATTO's leadership in Content Creation storage connectivity as well as their Fibre Channel and SAN expertise is an integral part of our AFFINITY/san solution," commented Phil Bennett, Accom executive VP of technology. "Accom continues to focus on its core technologies and sees partnerships like this one as the optimum way to quickly bring the most advanced solutions into the marketplace. Our approach allows shared storage to be more cost-effective than existing, local SCSI solutions. In an effort to drive down the cost of high-end editing, we see this approach rapidly becoming the standard for NLE workflow."
"We recognize the versatility and strength AFFINITY/san offers editors and are excited to pair with a world leader in digital video technology for television broadcasting, computer video, production and post-production," said ATTO director of marketing, Don Bauch. "ATTO reaffirms Accom's focus on improving an editor's productivity and we look forward to providing AFFINITY/san users with all the benefits a SAN offers."
AFFINITY/san is a high-end editing system with real-time video and key on background and overlay tracks, real time titles, Abekas-Powered frame-based DveousFX warps, lighting and textures and 100 layer single-pass compositing with interactive full-motion alpha keys. Files are stored in native QuickTime format, providing seamless interchange with all leading graphics and effects applications, and low storage costs.
Source: Accom, Inc.
With contributions by John McKnight, Assistant Editor