EditShare Extends Collaborative Editing Into Cloud With EFSv Platform

EditShare LLC 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 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 performance in virtual environments. And, by leveraging the EditShare RESTful API, customers and technology partners can automate 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, VP, product management. “We have real-world experience successfully deploying EditShare customer workflows to run in AWS and Tencent Cloud. EFSv is the culmination of these successes.”

He 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, EFSv packages include the workstation and GPU resources required to support teams of all sizes. These packages also include the company’s Flow media management and remote production workflow tools. It 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 pricing structure provides customers transparency with options to purchase the EFSv subscription alone or inclusive of cloud services.

Customer success is here to help onboard to cloud
The company’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, VP 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 firm’s customer success team is currently migrating a number of enterprise customer deployments to EFSv environments.

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April 14, 2020 | Press Release