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Entertainment and Media Digital Storage TAM to Reach $7.2 Billion in 2022 – Research and Markets

Toshiba and Western Digital In Arbitration
The high stakes moves to acquire Toshiba’s flash memory assets, which with Western Digital’s share...

WannaCry Ransomware Demonstrations The Value Of Better Security and Backups
Ransomware encrypts the data in your storage system or personal ...

Micron Makes a Storage Systems Move
There is value to the component companies to move into the storage subsystem market. This allows...

Memory Pools Continue Applications Acceleration
HPE is one of the companies pioneering the concept of memory pools, using the range of new memory...

See the POST magazine Storage Supplement and our ad on page 15!

How Big is a Ruin?
So how big is a digital reconstruction of a historical site? This year it will be about 20 TB but...

2017 Survey of Digital Storage Professionals
At the 2017 Creative Storage ConferenceSM, May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA, Tom Coughlin of Coughlin Associates, will present high-level results from the 2017 Survey of Digital Storage Professionals (our 8th survey). If you are a media and entertainment professional we welcome you to participate in this survey.

Toshiba May Sell Additional NAND Stake To Western Digital
Tom Coughlin consults and writes on digital storage and applications. He is chairman of the Storage Visions, Creative Storage Conferences as well as ...

Digital Storage Projections for 2017, Part 3
Storage efficiency is increasing with continuing developments in virtualization and storage, but...

HDDs, Optical Discs and Magnetic Tape in 2017
Solid state storage is dominating in high performance applications but there is still a need for...

Digital Storage Projections For 2017, Part 2
Forbes
Tom Coughlin consults and writes on digital storage and applications. He is chairman of the Storage Visions, Creative Storage Conferences as well as ...

Why Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) Stock Is Headed for Blue Skies
Thomas Coughlin of Storage Visions explained last week: “3D NAND is still ramping up at most suppliers, and as a consequence, there is an expected ...

Everspin and Qumulo Advances
verspin’s quarterly announcement shows a broader market acceptance of MRAM and encourages...

New Ways To Process and Store

The future of technology is discontinuous. It will be driven by major changes in computer...

The Persistance of Memory
The issue of loss of data is partly a hardware issue—data can decay on physical storage media, but...

Creative Storage Conference Keynote Speaker Roy Taylor Delves Into VR
Roy Taylor, corporate VP and head of alliances, content and VR, at AMD Radeon
Technologies Group, is bullish on the future of virtual reality, citing such
factors as some 300 startups in the VR/AR.

This comes out to about $0.30 per GB for raw storage capacity...

Flash Capacity, Endurance and Data Retention Trade-offs
F lash memory is finding its way into more and more consumer, industrial and enterprise...

Big Flash, Read Flash, All Flash

Checking the Trends at Storage Visions 2016 - Electronic Design

Storage Visions 2015 - SATA IO-5

Does Flash Memory have a higher Areal Density than HDDS?

DDN WOS Object Storage Wins 2016 Storage Visions Award

Driving Away from the Storage Visions 2016 Conference

Quantum's Xcellis Earns 2016 Storage Visions Award

Storage Visions to focus on women in tech and digital storage

Storage Visions Visionary Product Award

Press Releases

Registration Closes today for the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—Special Session on AI and workflows—
San Jose, CA, June 4, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces a session on AI and other tools for workflows at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. The Twelfth Annual Creative Storage Conference (CS 2018) will be held Thursday June 7, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). Today is the last day for early on-line registration. Following is information on this session: more...

Session on Workflow Acceleration with Solid State Storage at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—Discussing tools for next generation content creation—
San Jose, CA, June 1 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces a session on workflow acceleration with solid state storage at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. The Twelfth Annual Creative Storage Conference (CS 2018) will be held Thursday June 7, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). Following is information on this session: more...

Session on Collaboration in the Clouds at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—Discussing tools for next generation content creation—
San Jose, CA, May 22 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces a session on collaboration using cloud technologies at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. The Twelfth Annual Creative Storage Conference (CS 2018) will be held Thursday June 7, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). Following is information on this session: more...

Session on Preserving Digital Content at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—Discussing technologies for archiving and content preservation—
San Jose, CA, May 22 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces a session on digital archiving and preservation at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. The Twelfth Annual Creative Storage Conference (CS 2018) will be held Thursday June 7, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). Following is information on this session: more...

Quantum Keynote at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—Addressing Acceleration of Immersive Content—
San Jose, CA, May 16, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces that Quantum will provide a keynote speaker at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. The Twelfth Annual Creative Storage Conference (CS 2018) will be held Thursday June 7, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). Following is the talk title, talk abstract and speaker biography: more...

Broadcast Beat is Official Video Partner at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, May 9, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces Broadcast Beat will be the Official Video Partner at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. Broadcast Beat will be video recording many conference sessions as well as the sponsors and exhibitors at the show. more...

Session on IP Workflows and Storage Interfaces at the Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, May 1, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces speakers for a session Interfaces for Digital Media Workfloes at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. Speakers and panelists are being solicited for the 2018 Creative Storage Conference, until April 20, 2018. You can submit speakers/panelists for this premier event at http://creativestorage.org/2018SpeakersCall.htm. Following are details on the speakers for this informative session. more...

Session on VR Workflows at the Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, April 17, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces speakers for a session on Digital Storage in Virtual Reality Video workflows at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. Speakers and panelists are being solicited for the 2018 Creative Storage Conference, until April 20, 2018. You can submit speakers/panelists for this premier event at http://creativestorage.org/2018SpeakersCall.htm. Following are details on the speakers for this exciting session. more...

Quantum is a Platinum Sponsor of the Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, April 12, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces that Quantum is a Platinum sponsor for the 2018 Creative Storage Conference.

The Twelfth Annual Creative Storage Conference (CS 2018) will be held Thursday June 7, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). This event brings together digital storage providers, equipment and software manufacturers and professional media and entertainment end users to explore the conference theme of "Enabling Immersive Content: Storage Takes Off." At CS 2018 you can find out the latest developments in digital storage for media and entertainment, find out how other media professionals meet their digital storage needs and network with other industry professionals. more...

Creative Storage Conference (SM) Speaker Submission Deadline is April 20
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, April 5, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces that the deadline for speaking submissions for the 2018 Creative Storage Conference is April 20, 2018.

Speakers and panelists are being solicited for the 2018 Creative Storage Conference, until April 20, 2018. You can submit speakers/panelists for this premier event at http://creativestorage.org/2018SpeakersCall.htm. There will also be four keynote talks during the conference and perhaps a sponsored reception in the evening. Following are the currently scheduled sessions: more...

Wasabi Keynote at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, March 30, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces that David Friend, co-founder and CEO of cloud storage firm, Wasabi, will be a keynote speaker, talking about strategies for embracing the cloud to store media content.
Following is information on this keynote talk:

Title: How Cloud Storage 2.0 Promises to Change Everything in Media & Entertainment: Strategies for embracing the cloud to store your data and revolutionize your business

Presenter: David Friend, Co-founder and CEO, Wasabi

more...

SMPTE IMF Keynote at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, March 22, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces that Jay Batista, General Manager of Tedial, North America will be a keynote speaker, talking about digital storage implications of the SMPTE IMF standards at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. The SMPTE Interoperable Master Format creates new efficiencies for content management and distribution to multiple markets and channels, while economizing on communication bandwidth and storage of media content. more...

Survey Participants get free Registration for the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, March 19, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance will provide free full conference passes to media and entertainment professional end user participants in the 2018 Media and Entertainment Storage Survey who indicate their contact information at the end of the survey. more...

Wasabi is a Platinum Sponsor of the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, March 12, 2018— The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces that Wasabi is a Platinum Sponsor. Wasabi offers fast, reliable object storage at a massive scale at minimal, flat-rate pricing. Media and entertainment is a targeted market for Wasabi. more...

Session Focusing on Storage Needs of Digital Imaging Technicians at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, February 21, 2018—The Entertainment Storage Alliance announces that it will feature a session on the digital storage needs of Digital Imaging Technicians (DITs). Following are details on this session, which is moderated by Larry Jordan from Digital Production Buzz. more...

Aaron Semmel, Executive Producer Keynote at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, February 1, 2018— The Twelfth Annual Creative Storage Conference (CS 2018) will be held Thursday June 7, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). Aaron Semmel, Executive Producer and CEO of BoomBoomBooya will give a keynote talk at the conference. Following are details on his talk and background. more...

2nd Edition of Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics Released
—Provides a complete guide to technical aspects of digital storage for consumer electronics—
San Jose, CA, January 26, 2018—Coughlin Associates, Inc. announces that the second edition of Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Essential Guide, written by Thomas Coughlin is now available from Springer. You can order the book as an eBook or hardcover from Springer at:http://www.springer.com/us/ more...

Seeking Media and Entertainment Professional Questions for Storage Companies for the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, January 22, 2018—Coughlin Associates, Inc. is seeking media and entertainment professional questions and discussion topics to ask storage companies at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference. M&E professionals can submit their top three questions or topics at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NXRN5SL more...

Media and Entertainment Storage Survey Begins, Results Presented at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM)
—2018 Creative Storage Conference Features M&E End Users—
San Jose, CA, January 11, 2018—The 9th Coughlin Associate, Inc. survey of digital storage requirements and practices for media and entertainment professionals is now available. M&E professionals can participate in the survey through this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NXRN5SL more...

2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM) Announces Sessions Focusing on the M&E Professional
—Speaker Submission Deadline is April 20, 2018—
San Jose, CA, January4, 2017—The 2018 Creative Storage Conference (CS 2018) is now taking submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits.

The Twelveth Annual Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2018) will be held Thursday June 7, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). For the 2018 conference we are seeking media and entertainment professionals who can add real hands-one experience and independent suggestions for all the sessions. more...

2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM) Announces Call for Presentations, Sponsors and Exhibitors
—Speaker Submission Deadline is April 20, 2018—
San Jose, CA, December 4, 2017—The 2018 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2018) is now taking submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits.

The Twelveth Annual Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2018) will be held Thursday June 7, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). This event brings together digital storage providers, equipment and software manufacturers and professional media and entertainment end users to explore the conference theme of “Enabling Immersive Content: Storage Takes Off.” At CS 2018 you can find out the latest developments in digital storage for media and entertainment, find out how other media professionals meet their digital storage needs and network with industry professionals. more...

2017 Digital Storage for Media and Entertainment Report Released
—Significant increase expected in digital storage projections—
San Jose, CA—August 10, 2017—The 2017 Digital Storage for Media and Entertainment Report, from Coughlin Associates, provides 248 pages of in-depth analysis of the role of digital storage in all aspects of professional media and entertainment. Projections out to 2022 for digital storage demand in content capture, post-production, content distribution and content archiving are provided in 64 tables and 115 figures. more...

Digital Preservation at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Conference Registration Deadline is May 22, 2017
San Jose, CA, May 18, 2017—There will be an insightful session on Archiving and Digital Preservation for Media and Entertainment at the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017). The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Some sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are still available. more...

Cloud Collaboration at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Conference Registration Deadline is May 22, 2017
San Jose, CA, May 15, 2017—There will be an exciting session on Cloud Storage for Media and Entertainment at the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017). The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Some sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are still available. more...

Google Keynote Speaker at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Conference Registration Deadline is May 22, 2017
San Jose, CA, May 11, 2017—Dave Elliot from Google’s Cloud Platform will be a keynote speaker for the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017). The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Some sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are still available. more...

AI in Media and Entertainment at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Conference Registration Deadline is May 22, 2017
San Jose, CA, May 5, 2017—A special session on machine learning, Asset Management, Metadata and Security will be another highlights of the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017). The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Some sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are still available. more...

Exciting Session on 4K/HDR/VR Workflows at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Conference Registration Deadline is May 22, 2017
San Jose, CA, April 28, 2017—A special session focusing on content capture and post-production will be one of the highlights of the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017). The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Some sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are still available. more...

Michelle Munson of Aspera is a Keynote Speaker at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Conference Registration Deadline is May 22, 2017
San Jose, CA, April 18, 2017—Michelle Munson of Aspera, an IBM Company, will give a keynote on cloud collaboration with high-speed file transfer services at the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017). The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Some sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are still available. more...

Aspera is a Platinum Sponsor of the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Conference Registration Deadline is May 22, 2017
San Jose, CA, April 11, 2017—Aspera, an IBM Company is a Platinum Sponsor of the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017). The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Some sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are still available. more...

Quantum Keynote on 4K Storage Deployments at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Conference Registration Deadline is May 22, 2017
San Jose, CA, April 4, 2017—David Frederick from Quantum will be a keynote speaker at the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017). Ken joins Lucas Wilson from SuperSphereVR as a keynote speaker. The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available. more...

Google is a Diamond Sponsor for the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, March 28, 2017—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) will have Google as the Diamond Sponsor for the second year in a row. The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available. The speaker submission deadline is April 1. more...

New Exhibitors at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, March 23, 2017—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) will include exhibits by CineSys Oceana (DDP Americas) and by Kingston Technologies. The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available. The speaker submission deadline is April 1. more...

Independent Film Makers talk about Protecting the Life of Content at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, March 16, 2017—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) will have a special session, featuring storage companies and independent film makers speaking about Protecting the Life of Content. The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available. The speaker submission deadline is April 1. more...

2017 Creative StorageSM Conference Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, March 10, 2017—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) speaker submission deadline is April 1. The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available.
You can submit speakers/panelists for this premier event at http://www.creativestorage.org/2017SpeakersCall.htm. more...

Lucas Wilson Keynote on 360 Degree Video Workflows at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, March 2, 2017—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) features a keynote talk by Lucas Wilson from SuperSphereVR on 360-degree video workflows. We also have a new exhibitor, Caringo. The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available. more...

2017 Creative StorageSM Conference Announces New Sponsors and Exhibitors
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, February 9, 2017—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) will include new sponsors and exhibitors Microsoft and StorageDNA. The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available. more...

2017 Creative StorageSM Conference Agenda Focuses on Storage for VR and 4K/8K Workflows
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, February 3, 2017—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) has updated the conference agenda. The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available. more...

New Sponsors and Exhibitors at the 2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, January 19, 2017—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) will include new sponsors and exhibitors NetApp and SGL . The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available. more..

Quantum is a Platinum Sponsor for the2017 Creative StorageSM Conference
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, January 10, 2017—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) will feature Quantum as a Platinum Sponsor. The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA. Submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits are available. more..

2017 Creative StorageSM Moves By One Day
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, December 19, 2016—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) is moving one day, from May 25, 2017 to May 24, 2017. The conference is now taking submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits.

The Eleveth Annual Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) will be held Wendesday May 24, 2017 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). This event brings together digital storage providers, equipment and software manufacturers and professional media and entertainment end users to explore the conference theme of “The Next Act of Storage: Digital Storage Makes Art Happen.” At CS 2017 you can find out the latest developments in digital storage for media and entertainment, find out how other media professionals meet their digital storage needs and network with industry professionals.
more..

2017 Creative StorageSM Announces Call for Presentations, Sponsors and Exhibitors
Speaker Submission Deadline is April 1, 2017
San Jose, CA, November 29, 2016—The 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) is now taking submissions for presentations as well as sponsorships and exhibits.

The Eleveth Annual Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) will be held Thursday May 25, 2017 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org). This event brings together digital storage providers, equipment and software manufacturers and professional media and entertainment end users to explore the conference theme of “The Next Act of Storage: Digital Storage Makes Art Happen.” At CS 2017 you can find out the latest developments in digital storage for media and entertainment, find out how other media professionals meet their digital storage needs and network with industry professionals. more..

 

 

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