Object Matrix Powering BT Media Storage Service

Object Matrix Ltd, announces a partnership that will see it provide storage and workflow solutions for the BT Media Storage service, being launched at NAB 2016.

BT Media & Broadcast and Object Matrix have brought together their expertise in networking and storage to create an integrated storage service proposition tailored to the media industry and targeted initially at nearline, library, +1 copies and DR workflows. As well as the intuitive interfaces that come out of the box, the service offering will also extend to 3rd party applications such as ingest, QC, transcode, and MAM to provide an ecosystem of integrated and well supported services.

Combining telecommunications from a recognized brand with the provider of object storage to the media and entertainment industries enables organisations to implement a private or hybrid cloud storage strategy, knowing the movement and access to data will be non-disruptive and integrated into the way they work.

The service will initially provide comparable services to other cloud providers in terms of data protection and price per gigabyte but will offer more in terms of support and integration of workflows.

Other benefits of the service include:

• Private and hybrid cloud configurations available
• Disruptive commercial models enabling access to content on demand with no access fee or penalties for retrieving your own data
• Choice of connectivity options – the Internet, the Nexus community fibre Network or a VLAN over the Media Network.
• Applications support to retrieve and search for content when local outages occur
• Growing community of 3rd party integrations

MatrixStore is deployed as a nearline hub handling multiple workflows and satisfying business requirements; from providing secure ingest storage to delivering DR and BC workflows.

Mark Wilson Dunn, VP, BT Media & Broadcast, said: “This proposition is very timely as more and more of our customers look to move infrastructure from their premises into the cloud. We are excited to be working with Object Matrix who are true experts when it comes to storage. The combination of their media-specific storage and our media-specific connectivity options will be a powerful one.“

BT Media IP Nexus is a high speed data service for digital workflow solutions for the media and broadcast industry. Such communities are concentrated within London around BT Tower/Soho, in Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff and Glasgow but Nexus can reach most UK and International centres. BT Media IP Nexus has been designed to help the creative industry link together effortlessly across the stages of production. It helps post- production teams work together locally and from other locations. Video edits, visual effects, colour corrections, sound effects and more can be shared, and are not restricted by your local region.

“BT has been an Object Matrix customer since 2010 with almost 2 petabytes of object storage deployed as a private cloud over 3 sites. Having proven the private cloud storage model with BT, and many other globally recognised organisations, it is a natural step for Object Matrix to offer that service to the wider community” stated Nick Pearce, co-sales director, Object Matrix. “Working with BT in the UK to jointly bring this service to market is an exciting opportunity that shows that cloud storage is not only about the race to the bottom on price.”