Jigsaw24 Expands Via24 Cloud Services with Deployment of EditShare’s EFSv
5/13/2020
Provides virtualized production and editing in the AWS cloud with an open architecture enabling flexible editorial workflows and creative choice
Boston, MA – May 13, 2020 –EditShare®, a technology leader that specializes in collaboration, security, and intelligent storage solutions for media creation and management, today announced that Jigsaw24 is the first UK-based EditShare reseller to deploy EFSv, enabling virtualized production and editing workflows in the AWS cloud. EFSv significantly expands multi-vendor remote production and post production capabilities, which is attractive to Jigsaw24’s customers who rely on a broad range of creative platforms for projects.
“We serve a market that has a lot of independent creatives hired for their talent, not the tools they use. Being vendor-agnostic and offering open solutions that allow creative freedom is the cornerstone of our business,” states David Skeggs Head of Business Management, Jigsaw24. “Of all the remote production and media management solutions in the cloud, EFSv is the best at enabling workflows for customers who need to support multiple editorial tools.Creator-focused, EFSv makes it seamless to move from one creative tool to the next with underlying capabilities to build extensive media workflows.”
The EFSv platform supports industry-standard third-party creative tools for editing, audio mixing, VFX and grading with best-in-class security capabilities such as file auditing to propel secure, end-to-end production workflows in the cloud. EFSv native drivers eliminate traditional IT bottlenecks and deliver superior media performance in virtual environments.
Skeggs adds, “It is fundamental for us to not only offer the choice of tools, but to have experience and expertise to deliver that choice within a workflow. We have been involved with EditShare for a number of years, designing comprehensive workflows as well as working in cloud infrastructure to transition customers’ on-premise machine rooms to datacenters in the cloud. The arrival of EFSv will enable us to deploy a broader range of cloud workflows serving viable use cases that were previously not achievable.”
Designed for media workflows, Jigsaw24’s Via24 cloud platform allows users to better manage and control complex and costly technology with a more cost-effective solution. EFSv is a key solution component of Via24, enabling creative workflows from the cloud.
“EFSv is the natural progression from on premise production workflows, by enabling clients to migrate to the cloud and all without the overhead of facilities infrastructure costs,” stated Rob Adams, VP of Worldwide Sales, EditShare. “Jigsaw24’s Via24 infrastructure is showing media clients the way forward by offering tailored cloud production offerings, with EFSv at the center of the solution. The combination of Jigsaw24’s Via24 and EFSv, meets the diverse needs of media customers from independent production companies to remote creative teams and clients looking to migrate to a more flexible business model.”
Jigsaw24 is a leading B2B technology solutions provider and Apple Authorised Enterprise Reseller. With specialists in production, post, finishing, audio and infrastructure, we design, deliver and support end-to-end solutions for some of the UK’s biggest facilities. As an Avid Elite Partner, with top accreditations from manufacturers including Adobe, HP, Blackmagic Design and more, we can advise on everything from Dolby Atmos mixing to cloud-first editing workflows, all the way through to final delivery – all of which you can see live in our Soho demo facility. Jigsaw24 was founded in 1992 in Nottingham, ideally located to provide full nationwide coverage.
About EditShare
EditShare is a technology leader in networked shared storage and smart workflow solutions for the post-production, TV, sports and film industries. Our groundbreaking products improve efficiency and workflow collaboration every step of the way. They include ingest and playout servers, high-performance central shared storage, AQC, archiving and backup software, media asset management and an Emmy award-winning non-linear video editing application.
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April 21, 2020
EditShare Extends Collaborative Editing into the Cloud with New EFSv Platform
Resilient, open, and secure media ecosystem enables individual storytellers and enterprise workgroups to transition on-premise productions to optimized remote production workflows in the cloud; EditShare Customer Success teams ready to onboard customers
Boston, MA – April 21, 2020 –EditShare®, a technology leader that specializes in collaboration, security, and intelligent storage solutions for media creation and management, is making collaborative cloud-based media production possible with its virtualized video editing and storage platform – EFSv. Initially running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure, the open EFSv platform supports industry-standard third-party creative tools for editing, audio mixing, and grading with best-in-class security capabilities such as file auditing to propel secure, end-to-end editorial workflows in the cloud. EFSv native drivers eliminate traditional IT bottlenecks and deliver superior performance in virtual environments. And, by leveraging the EditShare RESTful API, customers and technology partners can easily automate advanced storage management workflows.
“Only the cloud can bring the depth of flexibility that’s essential for today’s unusual and disruptive circumstances. Overnight, the advantages offered by the cloud have changed from being ‘nice to have’ to ‘necessary,’” states Sunil Mudholkar, vice president of product management, EditShare. “We have real-world experience successfully deploying EditShare customer workflows to run in AWS and Tencent Cloud. EFSv is the culmination of these successes.” Mudholkar explains the expansive capabilities, “With EFSv, there is no loss of capabilities. Everything, including project sharing, editing, and bin locking, is virtualized. Users can spin up an entire virtual facility in moments, with all the computing power they need to complete real-world projects in the cloud.”
EFSv in action.
Commercially available today, EFSv packages include the workstation and GPU resources required to support teams of all sizes. The EFSv packages also include EditShare’s Flow media management and remote production workflow tools. Flow adds a control layer to virtualized storage pools, with tools to scan, log, search, and organize media, assemble story packages, and move content between object and block tiers of storage and also between cloud and on-premise tiers. Flow’s automation capabilities let users orchestrate redundant tasks and complex workflows, optimizing workflow efficiencies.
The flexible EditShare pricing structure provides customers transparency with options to purchase the EFSv subscription alone or inclusive of cloud services.
EditShare Customer Success Is Here to Help Onboard to the Cloud
EditShare’s 24/7 Customer Success team is available to consult and move client workflows to the cloud. This includes cloud configuration, data migration, workflow design and system automation.
Stuart McGeechan, vice president of customer success, comments on EditShare readiness, “We will walk through the framework, setup, and ongoing management of your production environment in the cloud. We can advise on methods for clustering cloud instances to meet the scale-out variable requirements of bandwidth, storage, and multi-track editing in the cloud. And, we’ll give you a blueprint for starting small and growing as your needs grow. Our team will work with yours to accelerate cloud deployments and increase productivity.”
The EditShare Customer Success team is currently migrating a number of enterprise customer deployments to EFSv environments. For more information on EditShare services, support and upgrades, please contact your local EditShare representative or https://editshare.com/contact.
About EditShare
EditShare is a technology leader in networked shared storage and smart workflow solutions for the post-production, TV, sports and film industries. Our groundbreaking products improve efficiency and workflow collaboration every step of the way. They include ingest and playout servers, high-performance central shared storage, AQC, archiving and backup software, media asset management and an Emmy award-winning non-linear video editing application.
Key Code Media expands its on-premise and cloud-based workflow offerings to include EditShare’s award-winning media engineered storage and media management tools – joint successes include a million-dollar corporate deployment
Boston, MA – January 15, 2020 – EditShare® a technology leader that specializes in collaboration, security, and intelligent storage solutions for media creation and management, today announced that the leading A/V, broadcast, and post-production reseller and systems integrator Key Code Media has joined the EditShare Channel Partner Program. Unique to the industry, the EditShare Channel Partner Program enables top systems integrator and reseller Key Code Media to offer the full technology portfolio of media engineered shared storage and management tools, including OPEX and CAPEX models, on-premise, hybrid, and cloud configurations, across all markets and market tiers. The partnership expands the network of EditShare-certified technology sales agents and media workflow design experts and serves as the foundation for answering EditShare customers’ evolving needs for high-performance video production and distribution workflows and solutions.
“EditShare is entering 2020 with incredible forward-looking technology, a very strong management team led by CEO Conrad Clemson, a new Channel Partner Program, and the backing of ParkerGale Capital to aggressively scale its business,” comments Mike Cavanagh, CEO, Key Code Media. “The caliber of its new Channel Partner Program is underpinned by the high level of trust we have for its champion, Greg Lawler (Vice President of Sales, Americas, EditShare), who we have forged a tremendous working relationship with over the last decade. And while their strategic business approach and innovative technology roadmap align with our business goals, it is the mutual respect we hold for our customers and the business partner model that makes this an outstanding relationship.”
The new EditShare / Key Code Media business relationship has already resulted in several joint customer sales and deployments, including a million-dollar corporate deal.
“Key Code Media drives its business on customer enablement. They work incredibly hard to deliver the very best customer experience and in doing so, have mastered the media landscape across many verticals. They are at the top of their game and we are honored to have them as a business partner, ” states Greg Lawler, Vice President of Sales (Americas), EditShare. “The industry movement towards decoupling proprietary systems and building open and secure workflows that realize the benefits of cloud and AI is top of mind for customers everywhere. EditShare’s EFS and Flow technology combined with Key Code Media’s deep understanding and commitment to customer needs will help media organizations modernize operations and transform their business.”
With nearly two decades of experience, Key Code Media has the breadth and depth of media workflow expertise to architect advanced end-to-end production and distribution workflows using EditShare media engineered shared storage and management tools on-premise and in the cloud, leveraging the very latest in AI, security and API capabilities.
“EditShare brings a full media ecosystem to post-production, ” states Jeff Sengpiehl, Key Code Media Senior Solution Architect and EditShare expert. “The EFS shared storage platform is a distributed file system with direct native client connection, maximizing throughput. This allows for optimized scalability and redundancy. EditShare’s solutions are well suited for large Adobe® Premiere® Pro workflows due to the ease of integration of media management tools such as Flow directly into the Adobe Premiere Pro panels. From ingest to distribution, EditShare innovates. ”
Key Code Media is a nationwide reseller and systems integrator helping TV studios, radio stations, post production, house of worship, corporate, city government, stadiums, and education with bringing together AV component subsystems into a whole and ensuring that those subsystems function together. The Key Code Media difference comes from our breadth and depth of engineering services, with experience in supporting project large-and-small with the same level of exceptional customer service. Whether you’re looking for AV solutions for conference rooms, collaborative offices, digital discussion systems, digital signage, corporate lobby, broadcast master control room, comm systems, flypacks, or post production edit suites- Key Code Media brings a holistic approach to your business with our certified engineering and training staff. Learn more at: www.keycodemedia.com
About EditShare
EditShare is a technology leader in networked shared storage and smart workflow solutions for the post-production, TV, sports and film industries. Our groundbreaking products improve efficiency and workflow collaboration every step of the way. They include ingest and playout servers, high-performance central shared storage, AQC, archiving and backup software, media asset management and an Emmy award-winning non-linear video editing application.
Media workflow experts build advanced, secure editorial workflows and remote productions with EditShare media engineered shared storage and management solutions
Boston, MA – April 16, 2020 – EditShare,®a technology leader that specializes in collaboration, security, and intelligent storage solutions for media creation and management, today announced that CIS Group has joined the EditShare Channel Partner Program. Known for its exceptional consultative approach to media workflow design and system integration, CIS serves all media verticals including entertainment, broadcast, news, corporate, houses of worship, and digital agencies across the Eastern United States and Brazil. In addition to leveraging EditShare’s software defined storage, asset management and cloud solutions to build open and highly scalable media workflows, as a part of the partnership, CIS offers a special EditShare-based Remote Editorial Core bundle. The NLE-agnostic offering enables a variety of remote production workflows including advanced proxy editing.
“CIS Group’s greatest asset is its institutional knowledge of media workflows. This is especially crucial as their customers seek guidance in leveraging the real benefits of APIs, cloud and AI capabilities for building agile on-premise and remote productions,” states Greg Lawler, Vice President of Sales, EditShare. “With EditShare’s open and highly extensible platform, CIS can design and deliver truly transformative workflows that not only simplify the art of storytelling but also offer companies entirely new ways to use their valuable media assets to engage, entertain, communicate and educate.”
Under the new channel partner program, CIS has access to the full product portfolio of EFS media engineered shared storage and FLOW media management tools, including SaaS and perpetual licensing models for on-premise, hybrid, and cloud configurations. CIS will also work closely with the EditShare customer success teams, enabling them to architect robust, multi-vendor tailored production and distribution workflows that achieve new levels of productivity.
“The opportunity to utilize emerging technologies like cloud and AI to reinvent your operation and ultimately expand your business has brought forth an interesting era. If capitalized on correctly, the opportunities are endless. However, with all the hype and promises, it’s important to have a clear path forward,” comments Matt Silva, CEO, CIS Group. “EditShare brings that clarity and they do so on every level. They have clear core values, clear principles they abide by and they are clear on what their solutions can do with regards to expansion through APIs, cloud and AI. For a channel partner, that clarity translates into a confidence that you can design media infrastructures that propel entirely new media workflows for your clients. EditShare is the brand we trust to transform our clients’ vision into reality.”
EditShare’s longstanding strategic relationship with CIS Group has grown over the years and today represents a wide range of shared customer successes, including news outlets like The Wall Street Journal, regional broadcast stations in the United States; multi-site operations across London, New York, and Singapore; and large corporate brands like Ashley Home Furnishings.
“It’s clear that EditShare has stepped into their customers’ shoes and designed the solutions from their unique perspective and needs. They understand the pressure points and opened EditShare solutions to integrate with tools our customers want to use, adding out of the box capabilities like auditing and health performance that offer tremendous transparency and peace of mind,” Robson Fernandes, Director of Engineering and Professional Services, CIS Group. “EditShare’s concern for the customer experience can also be seen in the incredible effort they put in educating and supporting their channel partners. We are responsible for the design and delivery of their solutions and their training and support ensures that the entire process is a great experience, from our very first encounter to every single one thereafter.”
Established in 1988, CIS Group’s history includes a lot of evolution as a result of the team’s desire and ability to always stay ahead of the curve. CIS Group’s mission is to enable story tellers to share their experiences with their audiences by providing them with the most effective media workflow solutions for their respective production goals, and by supporting their technical and operational requirements post-delivery. Covering both Brazil and the United States extensively, CIS is considered a reference in the systems integration space as a result of its specializations in content production & post-production, solutions for broadcast & news, workflows for asset management systems, acquisition, shared storage, media services, graphics and multi-platform distribution on-premise or in the cloud. Headquartered in Florida, USA, CIS has offices in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo); New York, USA; and Porto, Portugal, serving markets globally. Learn more at www.cisgroup.tv.
About EditShare
EditShare is a technology innovator in media engineered storage and advanced workflow solutions for storytellers that need collaboration without boundaries. EditShare’s open solutions and APIs enable secure collaboration and maximize efficiency every step of the way. The award-winning product portfolio enables end-to-end workflows, on-premise and in the cloud, through media optimized shared storage, workflow aligned media management solutions, robust APIs, and an Emmy award-winning non-linear video editing application.
FLOW enables secure, modern editorial workflows and collaboration; support in demand for remote workflow design consultancy and finishing services
Boston, MA – April 7, 2020 – EditShare,®a technology leader that specializes in collaboration, security, media management and intelligent storage solutions, today announced that UK based post-production company, The Finish Line, is using EditShare’s FLOW media management workflow solution to scale its post-production business through remotely enabled workflows. Known for its high caliber finishing services, The Finish Line chose EditShare’s open and collaborative media management solution to create a secure cloud-based media control layer that enables advanced, remote editorial workflows including ingest of rushes, storyboarding, and review and approval.
“Our core business has been based around installing and staffing internal finishing services for production companies. I am always looking at solutions to help us manage our team of creative talent while also ensuring that our clients have a consistent experience that is as good or better than that of a traditional facility,” states Zeb Chadfield, founder and finishing artist, The Finish Line. “Until recently, remote workflows were not commonplace and we spent a lot of time helping production companies migrate over to these services with the intention of helping their budgets to be better utilized.”
The impact of COVID-19 has changed the work dynamic for production facilities and given an urgency to deploying remote work solutions. Chadfield adds, “At The Finish Line we have been working as a distributed business for a long time and are in a position to help companies quickly pivot their operations. Luckily there are very mature tools on the market which are simple to deploy in the cloud like FLOW and QScan from EditShare. We can build all of the technology our clients are used to having access to in traditional facilities but within a virtual environment. We can then automate their ingest processes and provide them with easy and secure access to view their media. They can collaborate with their editors even while they are continuing to shoot or need to stay home because of a global pandemic.”
FLOW seamlessly connects to industry storage platforms, adding a control layer that manages millions of assets and supports a myriad of codecs and resolutions ranging from Standard Definition up to 4K and 8K. Embedded production tools let users search, browse, retrieve, assemble and distribute content with automation capabilities to orchestrate complex migrations and or redundant tasks. The advanced public API enables extensible workflows and integration with leading creative tools. AirFLOW provides secure remote access with the features The Finish Line requires to facilitate finishing workflows across distributed teams and clients, even when the teams are all working from home. Chadfield concludes, “The benefits of working from home are immense, and we will come out of this knowing that we can work effectively from home, even when not forced into it. Everyone should be trying to find ways to enable their teams to work remotely as much as possible.”
The Finish Line fulfills an important post-production need for many production businesses. Its impressive roster of clients includes EditShare customers Argonon Films, Endemol Shine Group, and FremantleMedia.
“The Finish Line’s business model takes the best of all worlds and delivers on the highest standards. Physical walls, geographical and time zone boundaries have no effect on the efficiency and delivery of high quality productions,” states Rob Adams, vice president worldwide sales, EditShare. “Rapidly changing global events have forced a rethink about workflow collaboration. The traditional office, or in this case, the cutting room, is no longer the norm. Zeb is thinking – and working – light years ahead in terms of remote production. We are honored that he is driving this new approach and putting FLOW right at the core of what is likely to be the industry’s next big shift.”
Learn more about The Finish Line and Zeb Chadfield @ EditShare’s “Remote Production: Balancing Work and Self” webinar on April 8, 2020 – https://editshare.live/finishline.
For more information on EditShare’s EFS, FLOW and other solutions, please visit www.editshare.com.
About EditShare
EditShare is a technology innovator in media engineered storage and advanced workflow solutions for storytellers that need collaboration without boundaries. EditShare’s open solutions and APIs enable secure collaboration and maximize efficiency every step of the way. The award-winning product portfolio enables end-to-end workflows, on-premise and in the cloud, through media optimized shared storage, workflow aligned media management solutions, robust APIs, and an Emmy award-winning non-linear video editing application.
EditShare leans in with open and secure solutions – cloud-based capabilities and comprehensive APIs power advanced workflows and extensive media ecosystems
Boston, MA – March 4, 2020 – EditShare® invites NAB 2020 attendees to join us at booth SL7920 for workflow demonstrations and theater presentations that showcase how EditShare scale-out shared storage and collaborative media management solutions – EFS and FLOW – simplify the process of storytelling. EditShare’s open solutions and extensive set of APIs support an ecosystem of partners enabling storytellers to utilize their preferred tools to build production workflows that seamlessly and securely connect individual creators and entire workgroups across cities, countries and continents.
“Our customers want an open, secure platform that will work from day one with the creative tools they use day in and day out. They want the flexibility to configure their media infrastructure either on-premise, hybrid or in the cloud, with capabilities to customize or spin up an entirely new workflow at any time. Simply put, they want to be liberated from legacy infrastructure that limits their creative freedom and business options,” states Conrad Clemson, CEO, EditShare. “EditShare solutions are ruthlessly open. They remove boundaries, jump time zones and enable customers to collaborate with the tools they want – and whoever they want – to create incredible stories. We look forward to meeting with our customers and partners at NAB 2020 to share the incredible new innovations, partnerships and programs that enable us to create amazing together.”
New EFS and FLOW technology innovation highlights shown on the EditShare NAB booth include end-to-end production in the cloud, deeper integration with creative tools like Adobe® Premiere® Pro to enable advanced, collaborative editorial workflows, and practical applications of AI to enrich archives.
FLOW 2020: The Foundation of Your Workflow
FLOW 2020 manages the entire media technology stack. It tracks and supervises asset movement across tiered storage environments including on-premise, nearline, object storage and cloud. In addition to showcasing the wide range of cloud workflows and full-featured panel support for tight integration with Adobe Premiere Pro and other creative tools, EditShare will demonstrate practical applications of AI within the FLOW environment, including the ability for users to index and organize thousands of hours of video content, eliminating manual logging while standardizing content indexing for richer search capabilities.
EFS 2020: The Industry’s Most Resilient and Scalable Media Optimized File System
EFS 2020 powers faster EditShare storage nodes and networks on-premise, in the cloud and in hybrid configurations. Fully compatible with FLOW 2020, EFS 2020 enables media organizations to build extensive collaborative workflows, shielding creative personnel from the underlying technical complexity while equipping technical teams with a comprehensive set of media management tools. The media-optimized file system features security improvements at every layer and enhanced throughput performance gains across the board. In addition to the powerful storage management tools built into EFS, our extensive set of RESTful APIs opens the door for customers and technology partners to automate advanced storage management workflows in a secure environment.
EditShare NAB Theater – The Latest Trends and Technologies
In addition to demonstrations of EFS 2020 and FLOW 2020 capabilities and workflows attendees can join us for presentations in the EditShare theater covering the following industry trends and technology topics:
Remote Productions: On Ramp to The Cloud
The EditShare cloud presentations will share how real-life productions can utilize the cloud to unleash new, flexible, on-demand workflows to fit a range of different production needs. In addition to learning how Editshare is helping organizations move their productions into the cloud during the EditShare theater presentations, attendees can learn even more about EditShare cloud capabilities in the NAB Conference. EditShare CSO Andy Liebman and CTO Stephen Tallamy will present “The On Ramp to Video Production in the Cloud – How Openness, AI and Security Will Facilitate Better Storytelling Workflows” on Wednesday, April 22nd at 2:20pm PDT in Room N258 at the LVCC.
Advanced APIs: The Power of Openness
EditShare’s extensible platforms feature advanced APIs, supporting the integration of a wide range of industry solutions and an even wider range of customizable workflows. Theater presentations in cooperation with several industry partners will highlight the use of EditShare’s powerful and publicly available APIs to manage thousands of users and enable mass collaboration while maintaining fine-grain control over media and projects.
Security Best Practices: Keeping Content Safe and Creativity Flowing
EFS auditing puts a digital fingerprint on every file, from inception through to delivery. Unlike other auditing approaches, EFS auditing is designed for media intensive productions and does not impact the real-time operations or creative workflow. It meets the highest standards set out by widely recognized security guidelines from the media and entertainment space. Auditing delivers peace of mind to facilities dealing with highly valuable and sensitive content. Attendees can learn more about these and other important security capabilities during EditShare theater presentations.
Moving Media Professionals Ahead with EditShare Certification
EditShare Academy encompasses all stakeholders and constituencies from engineering and support to marketing, sales and administrators to the team that ships EditShare products and the creative and talented customers who use them. EditShare will have members of its customer success team on hand to discuss how EditShare Academy empowers our employees, partners, and customers with comprehensive knowledge enabling success at every step and at every skill level.
Editshare is a technology innovator in media engineered storage and advanced workflow solutions for storytellers that need collaboration without boundaries. EditShare’s open solutions and APIs enable secure collaboration and maximize efficiency every step of the way. The award-winning product portfolio enables end-to-end workflows, on-premise and in the cloud, through media optimized shared storage, workflow aligned media management solutions, robust APIs, and an Emmy award-winning non-linear video editing application.
Authorized training and certification program designed to help video, IT and sales professionals design and build open and secure media workflows using EditShare
Boston, MA – February 4, 2020 – EditShare® a technology leader that specializes in collaboration, security, and intelligent storage solutions for media creation and management, today announced that registration is now open for its EditShare Academy authorized training and certification program. A modern approach to advancing professional development and technical mastery of EditShare solutions, EditShare Academy offers online and instructor-led courses within a tiered certification curriculum that equips IT administrators, video professionals, and sales associates with the knowledge to design and deploy open, secure EditShare-powered production and editorial workflows around industry-leading creative solutions.
The recommended prerequisite to the complete EditShare Academy curriculum, the EditShare Certified Associate training course is open for general enrollment today. The EditShare Sales Professional and EditShare Certified Engineer courses will follow shortly in Q2 and Q3 of this year.
“The EditShare Certified Associate training course provides foundational knowledge around EditShare’s progressive experiences as a company and its innovative technology. It gives students a glimpse into how EditShare solutions can propel open, secure and transformative workflows for on-premise, cloud, and hybrid implementations,” states Stuart McGeechan, vice president of customer success, EditShare. “By educating everyone that touches EditShare, from administrators to sales professionals to engineers onto the end-users who make the stories we love to watch, we create a globally consistent, world-class customer experience that is second to none.”
Comprised of easy to follow multimedia content designed to enhance understanding and test knowledge of EditShare solutions, the EditShare Certified Associate track takes students through EditShare’s history, product line, and industry solutions in approximately 90 minutes from start to finish.
About EditShare Academy Certification
EditShare Academy is a mix of instructor-led and e-learning courses designed to take students from beginner to expert proficiency in EditShare tools and workflows. Certification tracks include:
EditShare Associate Certification: Provides channel partners and customers with the foundational knowledge of EditShare products and solutions.
EditShare Engineer Certification: Upon completion, channel partners and customers will command expert technical and operational knowledge of EditShare products and solutions.
EditShare Sales Professional Certification: Designed for channel partners who actively support customers through the sales process and manage ongoing customer success, Sales Professional Certification ensures a consistent experience for all EditShare customers everywhere.
EditShare Academy enrollment is open to anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of EditShare solutions and workflows. To learn more or register for the EditShare Associate certification track, please visit: https://editshare.live/Academyisopen
About EditShare
EditShare is a technology leader in networked shared storage and smart workflow solutions for the post-production, TV, sports and film industries. Our groundbreaking products improve efficiency and workflow collaboration every step of the way. They include ingest and playout servers, high-performance central shared storage, AQC, archiving and backup software, media asset management and an Emmy award-winning non-linear video editing application.
Media engineered shared storage and management solutions expand workflow options for Canada’s vast network of broadcast, media, and post-production facilities
Boston, MA – January 29, 2020 – EditShare® a technology leader that specializes in collaboration, security, and intelligent storage solutions for media creation and management, today announced that Annex Pro, Canada’s premier system integrator and reseller for creative broadcast, production, post-production, animation, VFX, film and finishing markets, has joined the EditShare Channel Partner Program.
“The incredible talent pool combined with forward-thinking tax incentives have made Canada a top draw for creative services. Annex Pro is at the cornerstone of the media industry, supporting what has been tremendous growth over the last decade,” states Greg Lawler, Vice President of Sales, EditShare. “Aligned in customer values and needs, both EditShare and Annex Pro are well-positioned to serve Canada’s highly creative production, film and finishing market.”
Designed for resolution-intensive productions, EditShare’s innovative technology can manage high volume, high bandwidth content with granular detail. Straight-forward workflow orchestration automates redundant and complex tasks while embedded editorial production tools, hybrid cloud configurations and comprehensive metadata tracking with AI-accelerated enrichment bring the practicality desired to manage media across diverse needs and at scale.
“EditShare and Annex Pro share the same core values: empathy, pursuing mutually beneficial solutions and up-leveling customer deployments to ensure success. This makes EditShare not only a great business partner, but it creates an exciting and fulfilling work environment,” says Kerry Corlett, CEO, Annex Pro. “Only people pulling in the same direction can make positive things happen. For me, the EditShare Channel Program is more than words on paper, it’s a genuine commitment to becoming one team, working collaboratively to create truly happy customers using excellent technical solutions.”
With access to the full product portfolio of EFS media engineered shared storage and Flow media management tools, including SaaS and perpetual licensing models for on-premise, hybrid, and cloud configurations, Annex Pro can service wide-ranging workflow and technology needs across all markets.
“When it comes to creating and delivering media content, EditShare’s end-to-end workflow solutions allow editorial teams to reach unparalleled efficiencies,” states Annex Pro CTO Stuart Dean. “With NLE-agnostic tools that are embedded within all platforms, collaboration is far more effective across the production, enabling teams to deliver projects faster than they otherwise could.”
In addition to offering innovative workflow solutions, the EditShare Academy program ensures that Annex Pro sales and professional services will be equipped with the know-how to consistently deliver maximum ROI for customers.
Dean continues, “The new EditShare Academy training certification program allows us to deliver the most value to our customers. The comprehensive training will ensure that we understand EditShare technology and solutions at a much deeper level and how they can help our customers achieve optimal productivity.”
Annex Pro is North America’s next-generation Value Added Reseller, providing solutions for content creators in Media and Entertainment. Thousands of Annex Pro customers use the hardware, software and cloud solutions we sell to create (and teach) awe-inspiring animation, visual effects, video games, immersive experiences and digital media of all kinds on every platform.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Vancouver with offices in Montreal, Toronto and Los Angeles, Annex Pro is strategically partnered with top companies such as Autodesk, Avid, Wacom, Lenovo, Unity, Eizo, EditShare and hundreds of others. Offerings include sales, cloud services, IT infrastructure engineering, rentals, managed and professional technical services tailored for M+E. Annex Pro has the solutions and expertise you need to make your next project a creative and commercial success.
About EditShare
EditShare is a technology leader in networked shared storage and smart workflow solutions for the post-production, TV, sports and film industries. Our groundbreaking products improve efficiency and workflow collaboration every step of the way. They include ingest and playout servers, high-performance central shared storage, AQC, archiving and backup software, media asset management and an Emmy award-winning non-linear video editing application.
