Media and Entertainment
The Real Impact of 8K TVs on Storage
8K is not about TV displays at all, but rather about data efficiency. Its effect on storage is somewhat of a paradox.
December 1, 2020 • 6 min read Technology
How Remote Life Fast-Tracked Connected Technology
The novel coronavirus has given rise to connected technology that supports social isolation and working from home. Here is where it's headed.
July 20, 2020 • 6 min read Technology
From Abstraction to Visualization – Tackling Data in New Media Workflows
From abstraction to visualization, making sense of the content across various platforms and formats is a game-changer for media & entertainment.
April 26, 2019 • 3 min read Data
Why Media Workflows are Turning to Abstraction
Media workflows have become extremely complex due to the diversity of data and the abundance of storage mediums, locations, and formats of today’s data pipelines. Here’s what you need to know about abstraction, a new approach to data management that’s helping media and entertainment get data bloat under control.
April 3, 2019 • 3 min read Data
What’s Hot at NAB 2019
NAB 2019 is just around the corner, and as every year, I want to take a step back to look at the big changes that took place in the industry and what are the hot trends we can expect to see at this year’s show.
March 27, 2019 • 4 min read Data
The Petabytes of Data Behind Montreux Jazz Festival’s Legacy
Here's the story of how the Montreux Jazz Festival invested ten years in digitizing 14,000 tapes to create a multi-petabyte archive.
February 9, 2019 • 4 min read Data
5 Reasons Enterprises are Finding it Hard to Adopt AI
Last year may have been AI’s biggest year. Yet its application in real-world use cases are still very far. Why are companies and enterprises struggling to adopt AI? We asked leading AI expert Yves Bergquist to explain the AI – enterprise bottleneck. Erik: How do you summarize what happened with AI in 2018? Yves: The […]
February 4, 2019 • 5 min read Technology
Introducing the New WesternDigital.com
This morning we launched a fully redesigned westerndigital.com—and it’s more than a visual makeover. This new site truly reflects who Western Digital is today. If you have been witness to Western Digital for the past six years, you might be familiar with our journey. We have made some notable acquisitions with HGST, SanDisk and Tegile. […]
November 12, 2018 • 3 min read People
Blockchain and the Media Industry – The Next Big Hit
Blockchain is the buzzword of the day thanks to the current frenzy over cryptocurrencies. But it’s much bigger. Blockchain can be – and perhaps will be – used for recording every type of smart asset transaction, across many industries. I sat down with Steve Wong (@SteveWongLA) to understand what you need to know about blockchain […]
June 18, 2018 • 5 min read Technology
How Object Storage Improves Digital Media Workflows
Media & Entertainment is an industry at the cutting edge of new technologies. But it is also one that is going under a painful digital transition. Higher resolutions, UHD TVs, immersive reality, and interactive content are contributing to massive data challenges. [Tweet “7 reasons #media #production companies need object storage “] It’s not just capacity […]
June 5, 2018 • 6 min read Data