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Time/Place: When & Where: | | Thursday February 21st, 2013 | | ![]()
| | | 6:00PM to 9:00PM | | | | | | Location: | | Arc Productions | | | | 230 Richmond Street East | | | | | | Parking: | | Street parking is available. | | | | | | Other: | | Pizza and drinks provided during meeting! | | | | Then to the pub aftwards for drinks. | |
Agenda: 6:00PM | | People can mingle - pizza & drinks | | ![]()
| | ![]() | 6:30PM | | Welcome and Quick Introductions | | | 6:40PM | | Presentation by Avere Systems | | | 7:30PM | | Presentation by Scalar Decisions | | | 8:10PM | | Q&A + Group Discussion | | | 8:30PM | | StudioSysAdmins Update | | | 9:00PM | | Pub for Beer. | | |
Topics: “The Avere FXT Edge filer: Cut Costs and Improve Performance for Rendering & Transcoding”
presented by: Aaron Wetherold - Senior System Engineer @ Avere Systems Avere will be talking about it's latest 3.0 product release and explain the different use cases on how other studios are using Avere. Most recently, Avere helped Image Engine,
a VFX company, complete the visual effects for Zero Dark Thirty (Read the Press Release).
About Avere Systems:
Avere Systems brings to market NAS optimization products that scale performance and capacity separately and take advantage of new storage media using dynamic tiering. Avere’s appliances allow organizations to achieve unlimited performance scaling, free applications
from the confines of the data center by eliminating latency, and cut storage costs by more than 50%.
“Scalar RenderCloud Toronto - Update”
presented by: John Morch - Account Manager @ Scalar Decisions Review the status of RenderCloud Toronto and the RenderCloud Toronto Network update. Looking to confirm key members of the Toronto Studio Group (TSG)
About Scalar Decisions:
Scalar is the Canadian leader in delivering innovative IT solutions focused on the data centre. Our practice focus is around virtualization & cloud, data management, networks and security. Our deliverables are built upon designing world class systems for our
clients, deployment through services, validation of those designs and finally the ongoing monitoring and management of those systems.
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