Front Porch Digital Supplies London’s SBS Broadcasting

Front Porch
Digital,provider of solutions to migrate, manage,
and market media content, announced that London’s SBS Broadcasting Networks has
upgraded its existing Front Porch Digital DIVArchive system to include greater
storage capacity and an integrated external Isilon disk system.

Front Porch Digital supplied the disk and upgraded the
DIVArchive management system to give SBS higher throughput and smoother
performance for an increasing number of users who access its archive.

"Our existing DIVArchive
system currently manages two Quantum robotic tape libraries," said
Keith Nicholas, MD of SBS Broadcasting Networks. "An audit with Front Porch Digital confirmed that
in order to keep up with demand and ensure a smooth experience for all users,
we needed to increase our throughput. With Front Porch Digital’s expertise
behind us, we can be sure we’re always maximizing our system’s performance and
making our content easily accessible to anyone who needs it."

SBS purchased additional disk capacity in an external, 389TB Isilon
storage disk with six nodes, as well as upgrades to DIVArchive that enable it
to integrate and manage the additional storage.

"SBS Broadcasting is a
great example of the need for mixed and smooth integration between disk and
tape technologies, and how DIVArchive can manage those technologies to optimize
throughput and performance," said Rino Petricola, Front Porch Digital SVP and MD. "Front Porch Digital serves as a one-stop shop, offering this upgrade as
a turnkey solution that includes all third-party components including Isilon."

DIVArchive, a content storage management (CSM)
system, is a centralized content repository for digital media assets regardless
of format, size, or type, with direct and proven interfaces into all
broadcast devices, nonlinear editing platforms, media asset management (MAM)
solutions, and broadcast control systems. It is an industry standard
for CSM in broadcast, production, education, government, and historical
archiving. DIVArchive’s suitability for mission-critical applications
and large-scale operations is enhanced through a
scalable architecture and the option to operate over multiple sites.