Channel sales company secures first technology manufacturer to springboard into Europe, Middle East and Africa
Burbank, CA July 20, 2010 ‹ Archion Technologies, a leading US-based, storage solutions provider has appointed EMEA Gateway, a leading specialist in the provision of sales and
marketing channels across Europe, Middle East and Africa as its business partner in the region. Part of its EMEA expansion strategy, this appointment by Archion Technologies will rapidly accelerate the company¹s reach into markets across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Archion will showcase its storage solutions for the first time in this region on EMEA Gateway¹s inaugural stand at IBC 2010 ‹ stand no. 7.G12 (RAI Exhibition Centre, Amsterdam, 10-14th September 2010).
Designed with the needs of the post-production and graphic design communities in mind, Archion Technologies is leading the way in storage intelligence and solutions for cross-platform, shared media workflows. So triumphant in this arena, Archion¹s high-performance, robust storage technology has been critical to the success of hundreds of TV and feature film projects.
"Our expansion strategy has always included a route to market in the EMEA region but we recognised we needed to find the right business partner, with the appropriate skills, to lead our charge into this geography ‹ and EMEA Gateway, with its depth of experience and established links, is the perfect choice for Archion," said Mark Bianchi, Chief Executive Officer at Archion Technologies. "EMEA Gateway not only understands the workflow challenges inherent in today¹s broadcast business and the needs of the ever-changing media landscape, but their ability to cost-effectively enable us to access new markets and revenue streams by utilizing their extensive network ‹ with a limited outlay ‹ is a very attractive value proposition."
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Now Across All Media Storage Categories, Archion Offers Complete Multi-Platform SANs, Shared File System Add-Ons and High-Powered Direct Attached
Burbank, CA (April 12, 2010) - The leader in storage intelligence and solutions for cross-platform, shared media workflows, Archion Technologies is strengthening its leadership position in storage solutions for today's high throughput workflows at this year's National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB 2010). Designed for post-production and graphic design requirements, including file-based and uncompressed HD workflows, Archion's storage solutions are on display at NAB 2010 in Booth SL9112 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, April 12-15.
Ranging from completely integrated, full-featured storage area network (SAN) solutions to highly compatible, uniquely intelligent, add-on RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks), storage systems for other popular SANs, Archion's systems have been integrated with the full range of popular content creation tools in Avid, Apple, Adobe, Autodesk and Pro Tools® environments. All of Archion's storage solutions are powered by the award-winning Vdisk™ technology for a more flexible and scalable experience.
"At this year's NAB, we are showcasing a range of new storage systems that extend the performance, high reliability and protection that Archion has provided to broadcasters, TV networks, post facilities, studios, equipment rental facilities, houses of worship, corporations, universities, sports facilities and governments for more than a decade," said Mark Bianchi, Chief Executive Officer of Archion. "As post production and graphic design requirements move from 2K to 4K and 8K and HD to 3D, we are showcasing a full range of products to meet and simplify these demanding workflows."
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Affordable, Reliable RAID Protection on Tap at Craig Murray Productions and Philo Television
 Burbank, CA (August 25, 2009) - Continuing to strengthen its leadership position in delivering storage solutions to the world's leading creative professionals, Archion has announced that Craig Murray Productions here in Burbank, CA, and Philo Television in San Francisco, CA, have added Archion Synergy HDu™ Storage Systems to expand their Avid Unity™ MediaNetwork 5.1 shared storage networks.
"We are delighted that these two innovative companies, as well as so many other leading agencies, post houses, studios and broadcasters, are part of our growing Synergy HDu family," said Daniel A. Stern, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Archion.
"This is strong confirmation of our company's continuing success in providing a hardware RAID storage solution that works seamlessly with all Avid Unity systems from 3.x through 5.x and fits into any type of creative workflow," added Reuben Lima, Founder and Chief Operating Officer for Archion.
One of Hollywood's top motion picture advertising companies, Craig Murray Productions specializes in theatrical trailers, television and print campaigns for major movie studio releases, such as Up, Pixar's tenth consecutive #1 film.
With the single goal of helping a movie open well at the box office, the company often creates multiple versions of trailers and television spots. To store all of those versions and the original source material, Craig Murray Productions has between 16 and 42 terabytes (TB) of Archion storage on its Avid Unity MediaNetwork 5.1 system in each facility, explained Jim Van Loo, System Design Engineer at Craig Murray Productions. The company chose Archion's Synergy HDu to expand those systems and gain the benefit of affordable hardware RAID storage.
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 Burbank, CA, November 3, 2008 - Twentieth Century Fox has turned to Archion to provide the storage solution to four of the studio's major, upcoming feature film releases, "The Day The Earth Stood Still," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," "Night at the Museum: Escape from the Smithsonian," and "They Came from Upstairs." The studio is utilizing Archion's Synergy HDu™ storage technology for these new films, all of which are currently in production. Archion is the only digital media storage company that seamlessly performs with all Avid Unity™ platforms.
Archion's client, Kory Voxen, Director, Digital Editing Operations, Twentieth Century Fox, said, "We are currently using Archion's Synergy HDu™ storage systems for four of our major upcoming films. Currently we're running our Archion Synergy HDu's configured in RAID 5. This maximizes our storage space yet maintains the bandwidth needed for the demands of our HD cutting rooms. The safety and redundancy involved with RAID 5 gives us the protection we need as well."
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 Burbank, CA, November 1, 2008 - -Archion Technologies, the media and entertainment industry's leading provider of intelligent storage for content creation, will be exhibiting their award winning Storage Area Network (SAN) Solutions at Worship for Facilities Conference and Expo (WFX) in Houston from November 6th - November 7th. Archion, founded in 1999, has become the storage standard for many of the leading Film Studios, Broadcasters, and Post Facilities throughout North America. In addition, Houses of Worship like Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Willow Creek Community Church, Gateway Church and others have turned to Archion for guidance on shared storage solutions.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries implemented Archion's Alliance Pro™ SAN Storage Solution earlier in the year to enhance their HD workflows. "We went non linear about 4-5 years ago, and one challenge we ran into was that we were dealing with multiple manufacturers. We re-thought what we were doing, and we looked into Final Cut and Apple, but identified some aspects of Apple storage that did not match our particular needs and workflow," said Mr. Kelley Hemphill, Senior Technical Purchasing Agent, with Kenneth Copeland Ministries. "We continued looking into alternatives for storage. We ultimately decided to bundle Archion with our Final Cut systems, after we learned that Archion had a proven track record working with Avid and Apple systems. We decided to go with a SAN for the online storage, and recently added Archion's Alliance Pro SAN Solution with 24 TB of storage capacity to our workflow."
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 Burbank, CA, October 9, 2008 -Archion Technologies, the Media and Entertainment industry's leading provider of intelligent storage for content creation, today announced that New York based post house Full Circle Post NYC has acquired the company's award winning "NODE 800™" Storage Area Network system for their growing post demands.
"Archion's NODE 800 is working out great for us," said Rob Burgos, Owner/Senior Editor, Full Circle Post NYC. "Our editors here are very happy with its performance. We are currently cutting 26 episodes of a lifestyle reality TV series for HGTV, and the NODE is handling the large demand for storage capacity perfectly."
He adds, "Archion has also provided us with really great customer support. During our initial acclimation period, all we had to do was get on the phone and talk with the experts at Archion, and they walked us through the process, every step of the way. NODE was the best product that fit the need for the work flow of our current projects. We will be integrating NODE as well for numerous future projects."
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 Burbank, CA, May 14, 2008 - Archion, the media and entertainment industry's leading provider of intelligent storage solutions for content creation, today announced that Starz Entertainment has deployed a 24 TB Alliance Pro™ storage system to enable a shared storage environment that would maximize their high bandwidth requirements. The new SAN has allowed Starz Entertainment to meet their HD bandwidth requirements across Apple, Adobe and Autodesk platforms.
Michael Price, Senior Designer/Tech Specialist, Starz Entertainment Design Group, said, "We at Starz recently re-launched all of our graphics packages in HD, and we needed the HD bandwidth for our storage solution. We are utilizing Archion's Alliance Pro™ storage so we could have multiple HD uncompressed systems. It's been working perfectly well. I was also very impressed with Archion's Technical Support."
"We needed a cost-effective SAN solution that could handle both PC and Mac uncompressed HD bandwidth, along with maximizing the amount of storage we could achieve," added Doug Reither, Starz Entertainment Engineering Supervisor. "The staff at Archion was very proactive in answering all of our technical concerns before the purchase. The support they have provided through the installation process and beyond has been excellent."
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 Upcoming Fox Films Utilizing Archion's Synergy HDu™ Solution: "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," "Night at the Museum: Escape from the Smithsonian" and "They Came From Upstairs"
Burbank, CA, April 3, 2008 - Twentieth Century Fox has turned to Archion to provide the storage solution to four of the studio's major, upcoming feature film releases, "The Day The Earth Stood Still," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," "Night at the Museum: Escape from the Smithsonian," and "They Came from Upstairs." The studio is utilizing Archion's Synergy HDu™ storage technology for these new films, all of which are currently in production. Archion is the only digital media storage company that seamlessly performs with all Avid Unity™ platforms.
Archion's client, Kory Voxen, Director, Digital Editing Operations, Twentieth Century Fox, said, "We are currently using Archion's Synergy HDu™ storage systems for four of our major upcoming films. Currently we're running our Archion Synergy HDu's configured in RAID 5. This maximizes our storage space yet maintains the bandwidth needed for the demands of our HD cutting rooms. The safety and redundancy involved with RAID 5 gives us the protection we need as well."
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 Las Vegas, NAB, April 14, 2008 - "NODE™" will instantly set a new industry standard for digital storage technology when the product is unveiled at NAB 2008 by Archion, the media and entertainment industry's leading provider of intelligent storage solutions for content creation. Archion will be exhibiting during NAB at Booth #SL728.
During NAB, Archion will also be demonstrating two of its other new, state of the art storage solution products: Synergy HDδ™ (Delta,) and Synergy HDu™.
"Since our company's inception almost 10 years ago, we have developed our products based on intense research and client outreach. We have proven these efforts with all of our products, especially with our Synergy HDu™ line, which seamlessly attaches to an Avid Unity™ system without any hiccups, while providing the client with RAID 5 protection. Many storage companies have attempted to achieve this in the past, but only Archion has successfully done so," said Mark Bianchi, Archion's CEO.
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Burbank, CA, November 26, 2007 - Archion, a leading digital storage provider for the film, entertainment and broadcast industries, has announced another success with the selection of the company's Alliance™ network storage system which was used for the post production work of Robert Zemeckis' latest groundbreaking animated film, "Beowulf." That film, released November 16, 2007, is currently the #1 film in America.
"We are very excited to have been a part of this film," Mark Bianchi, Archion's CEO said. "Our corporate mission has always been to provide digital media storage solutions that make the tough work of audio and video post-production easier, more cost-effective, and extremely reliable. We have been proud partners to a number of companies working on some of the world's best films."
Non-Linear Solutions, a Los Angeles-based company, acquired eight terabytes of Archion's Alliance product for us in conjunction with the post production of "Beowulf." "When working in the world of post-production, especially on a big Hollywood movie, a reliable storage solution is essential and Archion provides just such a solution," says Non-Linear Solutions owner/president Danny Friedman.
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