Cat 8 cable nears the gate

Cat 8 cable nears the gate
While “Category 8,” the classification for the next-generation twisted-pair cabling specifications, is still in the development stage, the outlook looks quite positive that it will be specified to 2 GHz, four times today’s bandwidth of 500 MHz, promising a new copper speedway for users who need high-capacity, but shorter interconnects.

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After Effects CC Harnasses Your Network As A Render Farm

After Effects CC Harnasses Your Network As A Render Farm:
If you’ve been working on your own project and your effects are taking forever to render on your computer. You either have to go away for lunch or coffee while it renders out your sequence, or invest in a pricy render farm rentals when going to your final render.  But Adobe has created a way for independent filmmakers to harness their networks and turn them into their own custom render farm thanks to Adobe After Effects Network Rendering.

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Sonnet Releases USB 3.0-to-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Sonnet Releases USB 3.0-to-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter | Post Production Engineer | Broadcast Engineer | Video Engineer | Studio Engineer:
Sonnet has introduced the compact Presto™ Gigabit USB 3.0, a USB 3.0-to-Gigabit Ethernet adapter. The Presto adapter provides users with a simple way to add Gigabit Ethernet-wired networking connectivity to Mac® and Windows® computers with USB 3.0 ports, exploiting the 5 Gb/sec SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface to deliver full Gigabit speed performance with suitably equipped computers. This Sonnet adapter is also backward-compatible with USB 2.0.

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OS X 10.9 Mavericks boost for post production

OS X 10.9 Mavericks boost for post production | Alex4D: Editing organazized:
Once post production work has to be done by more than one person at a time, the speed of the network becomes an important consideration. This is because it is much more efficient if editors, motion graphics artists and colour graders can get access to the same video source files and most up-to-date edits. This is done with shared storage connected to computers by a fast network.

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Ethernet and IP

Ethernet and IP | Distribution content from Broadcast Engineering:
Ethernet and IP are terms broadcast engineers use many times every day. But what, exactly, is the difference between the two?

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SDI Over IP

SDI Over IP: As bitrates increase and equipment prices drop, IP-based communication technologies – both fixed and wireless alike – are pushing more and more dedicated communication systems into retirement. The sheer amount of connectors currently found on professional video cameras make some of the advantages obvious that an IP/Ethernet-based solution brings.

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Reliable UDP (RUDP): The Next Big Streaming Protocol?

Reliable UDP (RUDP): The Next Big Streaming Protocol? - Streaming Media Magazine:
Those who have had a little experience will probably have heard of TCP (transmission control protocol) and UDP (user datagram protocol). They are transport protocols that run over IP links, and they define two different ways to send data from one point to another over an IP network path. TCP running over IP is written TCP/IP; UDP in the same format is UDP/IP.

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10Gb is Coming

10Gb is Coming:
You've all read that 10GbaseT is on the way. It's true. Very soon, you will be able to plug standard RJ45 connectors (just like on your Mac Book Pro) into your 10Gb Ethernet cards and switches. You'll be able to run CAT6A cable 100m (assuming the runs are clean runs) and have tons and tons of bandwidth between servers and clients. Who needs Fibre Channel anymore?!

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ATTO Technology Introduces 16Gb Family of Fibre Channel Solutions | Digital Production BuZZ

ATTO Technology Introduces 16Gb Family of Fibre Channel Solutions | Digital Production BuZZ: ATTO Technology Inc. has announced the launch of the industry’s broadest portfolio of 16Gb/s Fibre Channel solutions consisting of Celerity Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), FibreConnect switches and FastStream RAID storage controllers. These new products provide users the ability to create an entire Fibre Channel infrastructure that delivers high-speed, high-capacity storage on multiple platforms. The 16Gb/s family, along with ATTO’s entire portfolio of network and storage connectivity products, will be showcased at IBC 2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 7 through September 11. ATTO products are also featured in over 45 partner demonstrations throughout the show.

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Introducing Adobe Anywhere: Badass video collaboration

Introducing Adobe Anywhere: Badass video collaboration:
I’m delighted that Adobe has officially unveiled Adobe Anywhere, our collaborative workflow platform for video. You can use After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Prelude to manipulate assets on a server, letting people team up across locations, devices, and networks.

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Next-Generation Ethernet to Support 1Tb/s Speeds by 2015 - X-bit labs

Next-Generation Ethernet to Support 1Tb/s Speeds by 2015 - X-bit labs:
IEEE, the world's largest technology standard setting organization, has announced formation of the IEEE 802.3 industry connections higher speed Ethernet consensus group, to build consensus toward the development of the next speed of Ethernet. IEEE is looking forward towards 1Tb/s Ethernet standard by 2015 and 5Tb/s standard by 2020.

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Optimize Your Wi-Fi Network with Mac's Hidden Diagnostic Tool

Optimize Your Wi-Fi Network with Mac's Hidden Diagnostic Tool [Wi-Fi]:

OS X: Want to know how good your Wi-Fi network really is? If you have OS X 10.7 or above (Lion or Mountain Lion), a handy but hidden built-in utility can monitor your network's performance and show your network's signal strength.



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Running DHCP on Mountain Lion Server

Running DHCP on Mountain Lion Server:
DHCP is one of the services that Apple has removed from its server product in the latest release, Mountain Lion Server. Given that the Server app and serveradmin command line tools no longer support using DHCP, it would seem on the outside that Apple no longer supports DHCP. However, when enabling Internet Sharing, the DHCP service is enabled and started.

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Remote SSH using Back To My Mac

One Thing Well | Remote SSH using Back To My Mac:
If you have more than one Mac running OS X Lion and you’re signed in to the same iCloud account on all of them, you can SSH between them via iCloud’s IPv6 network.

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BRU Server Solution Achieves Remarkable Results with Small Tree 10 Gigabit Copper Video Editing Switch and Network HBAs

BRU Server Solution Achieves Remarkable Results with Small Tree 10 Gigabit Copper Video Editing Switch and Network HBAs: New Switch Improves Data Rate from 90MB/sec to more than 500MB/sec (Scottsdale, Arizona--June 12, 2012) Providing a robust server solution driving much larger system counts than a normal 1GbE environment can handle, TOLIS Group™, manufacturers of ultra-reliable data backup and restore solutions for end-users and OEMs, was impressed by the notable data rate improvements its server achieved with Small Tree’s 10GbE solution.

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Apple rolls out Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter for $29

Apple rolls out Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter for $29:

When it rains, it pours -- and today is a downright thunderstorm in Cupertino. If you need some wired internet access for your Air or Next Generation MacBook Pro, Apple's got you covered. The company added a Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter to its store. You can pick one of the "small and compact" add-ons up in the source link below.

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Final Cut Pro X - Apple Certified Trainer - Save Time Using QuickCluster In Compressor

Final Cut Pro X - Apple Certified Trainer - Save Time Using QuickCluster In Compressor:
I’ve been saving a lot of time by using the QuickCluster in Compressor so I thought I’d write a little post about it and let others know about this little-known secret. When you’re working with compressed footage that comes from DSLRs (or pretty much any video source that’s around these days) then you’ll typically need to transcode the footage to an editable format

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Aspera Unveils New Aspera Shares Web Application at NAB

Aspera Unveils New Aspera Shares Web Application at NAB: Breakthrough Multi-node File Sharing Web Application Enables High-speed, Secure Data Sharing and Exchange over Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure (Las Vegas: NAB 2012 Booth SL10315--April 17, 2012) At the NAB Show, Aspera Inc., creator of next-generation technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, is introducing Aspera Shares, a breakthrough new web application that provides a simple and intuitive way for companies to share content in the form of files and directories, of any size, within their organization or with external customers and partners.

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Facilis Technology at NAB 2012: Advancing Shared Storage

Facilis Technology at NAB 2012: Advancing Shared Storage:
Showcases TerraBlock 5.5 enabling end-to-end workflows; Previews new solid state drive technology (Las Vegas: NAB 2012--April 16, 2012) At NAB 2012, South Lower Hall #9019, Facilis Technology will exhibit its latest developments in shared storage solutions for post-production and content creation. The company will showcase TerraBlock 5.5, with the Facilis Shared File System for Mac, Windows and now Linux, which serves as the backbone of end-to-end post production workflows, and also preview solid state drive (SSD) technology currently in development.

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Enhance Technology Introduces Powerful Shared Storage Platform for File-based Media Workflows

Enhance Technology Introduces Powerful Shared Storage Platform for File-based Media Workflows:
Enhance Technology, a leading developer of professional storage solutions for digital content creation, announces the release of UltraShare™ NS, a powerful network storage platform that offers both file and block-level storage capabilities in one system. UltraShare™ NS Series, a new breed of performance-driven unified network storage solutions for collaborative Mac, Windows and Linux workgroups. UltraStor NS features a dual, mirrored 64-bit embedded environment for Enterprise-class, fail-safe system reliability and uninterrupted media availability. UltraShare™ offers industry leading features such as device-to-device data replication, volume encryption, snapshots, high availability (HA) clustering and powerful built-in backup services. UltraShare™ NS is the ideal network storage solution for distributed computing environments, file sharing, broadcasting, video surveillance, disk based backup and cloud storage applications.

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