Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 11:00am PDT

Media consumption patterns have changed, leaving a tremendous impact on production and distribution. To stay competitive in any industry, organizations must continuously improve processes to reduce cost while delivering content to be first or fastest to market.

In this webcast, experts will explore:

• The Content Management Ecosystem: the impact on content creation and production affecting the delivery chain
• Minimizing "waste"
• Cross pollination of tools and systems
• Finding the secret sauce to reducing cost
• Competitive advantage through process improvement
• The increasingly important role of rights management

Mark Darlow: Senior Portfolio Product Line Manager, Digital Asset Management and Automation, Harris Corporation Mark Darlow is a fourth generation Harris acquiree, having worked for Boss Associates, Enterprise Systems, Encoda Systems, and now Harris Corporation. He has a background in broadcast communications, representing the ITV companies in the UK for several years, followed by MTV and the Viacom group. Mark has managed the Harris Invenio digital asset management product line since 2006. Previous to working in broadcast communications, Mark was an officer in the British Army. He was educated at Wellington School, Sandhurst Military College, and Exeter University.

Christy King, Vice President Digital, Technology Research & Development Christy King currently serves as the in-house technology consultant and tech vendor manager for Zuffa, LLC sports entertainment brands, including the UFC® (Ultimate Fighting Championship®). The UFC and mixed-martial arts have experienced massive growth in a very short amount of time, culminating in the recent partnership with FOX network, a major worldwide sports television brand. Christy actively researches, tests and implements new and emerging methods to share content information among media partners in traditional television, gaming consoles, mobile technologies, OTT boxes, internet platforms and other emerging technologies for content distribution, worldwide.

In this intensive webcast, Active and Quantum experts explore the challenges of managing ad hoc SAN growth such as: competitive pressure, serving growing and more sophisticated user bases, end-user expectations that your content be available anywhere/anytime, assets as a monetary source, and rapid ingest of pockets of analog sources.

You will learn:

• How lagging software interoperability challenges SAN
• What developments have been game changers
• How to respond to internal and external pressures
• Availability issues including what is and is not possible today and in the future
• Advice about specific issues users have and will face
• Detailed examples of how real problems were resolved

Presenters:

Alex Grossman, CEO, Active Storage Alex Grossman is a 20 year veteran of the storage industry and a former Senior Director at Apple where he was responsible for driving the development of Apple's server and storage products. Prior to joining Apple, Grossman was Sr. Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and New Product Development at MicroNet Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of hardware storage solutions for creative professionals and IT managers. Grossman has contributed to several patents associated with storage technology and led the team that developed the first FireWire-based Storage Area Network.

Claire Giordano, Senior Director of Product Management, Quantum Claire Giordano is Senior Director of Product Management of the Big Data team at Quantum, responsible for future directions and roadmap for StorNext software and appliances.  Previously at Quantum, Claire directed the product effort for the DXi disk-based deduplication appliances.  Earlier in her career, Claire served as a Product Management Director at A9, an Amazon.comsubsidiary, and managed the Solaris 10 engineering teams at Sun Microsystems. Claire holds a BS degree from Brown University in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. In her spare spare time, Claire can be found carving turns at Sugarbowl.

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Creative Director, Producer, and Editor Christine Steele talks about her journey switching from Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere CS5.5 and discusses the powerful performance benefits she gets by using an HP system when working with high resolution as well as compressed video formats. Christine will demonstrate real-time performance advantages using Adobe Creative Suite on an HP Elitebook, as well as discuss how Adobe content creation workflows are enhanced with HP systems and monitors.

Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, joins American Cinematographer Associate Editor Jon Witmer in a rare and inspiring conversation.

Deakins is a nine time Oscar nominee for Best Cinematography and the recipient of the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers. Hear how he got started, the secret to his long-standing collaboration with the Coen Brothers, and his experiences pushing new technologies to create some of the most beloved films.

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Sponsored by The Foundry

TRON: Legacy roared into the marketplace with perfectly executed 3D, production, post, and gorgeously engrossing design. Recently debuting at number one on Blu-ray/DVD charts, and after accumulating nearly $400 million in box office, TRON: Legacy continues to draw in fans worldwide.

Access the inside story of this 3D high-tech adventure with a panel presented at Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Expo on March 3, 2011.

Moderator: Dan Restuccio, West Coast Editor for Post Magazine.

Panelists: Vince Pace (PaceHD); Co-Producer Steve Gaub; Editor James Haygood ACE; DI Colorist Dave Cole; and Randy Blim, CTO LaserPacific.

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Go behind the scenes of TRON: Legacy with this expert panel discussion.

Moderator: Dan Restuccio, West Coast Editor for Post Magazine.
Panelists: Vince Pace (PaceHD); Co-Producer Steve Gaub; Editor James Haygood, ACE; DI Colorist Dave Cole; and Randy Blim, CTO LaserPacific

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The Game Is On...TRON: Legacy
Sponsored by The Foundry

TRON: Legacy roared into the marketplace with perfectly executed 3D, production, post, and gorgeously engrossing design. Recently debuting at number one on Blu-ray/DVD charts, and after accumulating nearly $400 million in worldwide box office, TRON: Legacy continues to enchant its fans.

Access the inside story of this 3D high-tech adventure with a panel presented at Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Expo on March 3, 2011.

Moderator: Dan Restuccio, West Coast Editor for Post Magazine.

To watch the rest of the panel, fill in the simple form below to gain access.

How does the Digital Lifecycle fit into your workflow and what needs to be tamed? What are some of the processes and technology for managing the lifecycle? From content creation & management, through commerce, distribution & delivery, to consumption & archive – tune into this webcast for some tips on how to make your Digital Lifecycle efficient.