Avid Bundles axle Media Management With Nexis|PRO SDS Platform

axle Video LLC announced that Starter, a entry-level version of its media management software, is now included with all configurations of the Avid Technology, Inc. ‘s Nexis|PRO software-defined storage platform.

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Customers receive a two-user license for Starter software with each Nexis|PRO purchase, including powerful search and browser-based display, browse, shot selection, annotation, review and approval capability for up to 300,000 assets, along with their purchase of Nexis|PRO storage.

The Starter carries a retail value of $495 and can be upgraded to full 2-user or 5-user license blocks of axle Video’s 2016.2 media management software with Cam media ingest, one million asset support, and additional features. Company’s media management is a good complement to Nexis|PRO media storage, which targets the production and storage needs of independent professionals and smaller workgroups, and supports all media creation applications including Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut Pro X editing systems.

“With the prevalence of high-resolution video, production teams of all sizes need affordable high-capacity, high-performance media storage,” said David Colantuoni, senior director, product management, Avid. “Avid Nexis|PRO offers the ability to effortlessly store hundreds to tens of thousands of hours of high res video and support 4k production teams. With axle Starter media management now included with Avid Nexis|PRO, media professionals can more efficiently find, share, use/reuse and review media stored on Avid Nexis|PRO.“

“axle Video takes a unique, simple approach to media management,” said Sam Bogoch, CEO, axle Video, “and axle Starter provides the simple, yet powerful capabilities customers need to take full advantage of the value delivered by their Avid Nexis|PRO storage. With its browser-based access to every video, audio, and still image file from any laptop, tablet, or smartphone, axle Starter software complements and adds a new dimension to the excellent value proposition of Avid Nexis|PRO storage.“

The Starter is available; priced at $495 for a two-user license, and included by Avid in all purchases of Nexis|PRO storage, effective immediately from Avid and its resellers worldwide.

• Starter upgrade to two-user 2016 license: $800

• Starter upgrade to five-user 2016 license: $2,500

• Starter upgrade to five-user Gear license: $4,500