Avid Cloud-Enabled Subscription Option for Nexis Storage

At 2022 Investor Day event at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City, NY, Avid Technology, Inc. has made its NEXIS media storage solution available as a subscription offering, enabling flexible deployment on premises or in the cloud.

NEXIS media storage systems

Deployed in thousands of media operations globally, NEXIS is the media SDS solution designed for media creation workflows. It enables hundreds of users to collaborate simultaneously to create video content – including feature films, news and sports, and TV entertainment and corporate media. With the addition of NEXIS | Flex subscription plans, the company’s customers will enjoy flexible Opex payment options that allow them to transition their workloads from on-premises to the cloud at their own pace.

At the core of NEXIS is the Virtual File System, which enables performance, collaborative workflows for media creation teams. This software layer, in production at thousands of firm’s customer sites worldwide, runs on commodity COTS hardware on premises or in the cloud.

“Avid NEXIS | Flex subscription plans offer our customers the option to transition their infrastructure spend to Opex, as well as the flexibility to gradually migrate their software licenses to run on the cloud over time, as they embrace hybrid cloud deployment models, all with the proven collaborative workflows that Avid NEXIS is known for,” said Tim Claman, GM, video and media solutions. “Avid NEXIS is the latest Avid product line to offer subscription plans, providing our customers with the financial flexibility and operational agility they need to navigate the rapidly-changing media marketplace.”

Powers greater creators
People who create media for a living become greater creators with the company’s technology solutions to make, manage and monetize today’s most celebrated video and audio content – from iconic movies and binge-worthy TV series, to network news and sports, to recorded music and the live stage. The company began more than 30 years ago with its invention of nonlinear digital video editing has led to individual artists, creative teams and organizations everywhere subscribing to tools and collaborating securely in the cloud. The firm continue to re-imagine the many ways editors, musicians, producers, journalists and other content creators will bring their stories to life.

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View Avid’s 2022 Investor Day presentations to learn more about the company’s market workflow solutions and cloud innovations for media creators.