Aspera and The Mill sync up for high-speed, global post-production workflow
The Mill deploys Aspera Sync to accelerate its post-production workflow 200x through high-speed, scalable and multidirectional file-synchronisation technology
IBC Booth 7.G11, Amsterdam, The Netherlands—Sept 10, 2012—Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, today announced that The Mill, the UK’s leading post-production visual FX house, has deployed Aspera Sync to enable real-time, post-production collaboration across their facilities in New York, London, and Los Angeles. With scalable and multidirectional file-transfer technology for big data over large distances, Aspera’s Sync solution enabled The Mill’s award-winning visual FX team to develop collaborative 3D post-production workflows in real-time, 24/7 and up to 200 times faster.
The Mill creates post-production visual FX for the advertising, film, TV, games and music industries, handling multiple workflows with teams working on multi-GB files. With three time zones and geographic locations to operate and manage, achieving real-time collaboration on projects proved a very difficult task. The Mill couldn’t synchronize and replicate file-based content between locations fast enough, having to queue different teams up to work on the same large media files, impacting the length of the production cycle.
Competitive sync solutions were evaluated by The Mill, but failed to achieve the necessary transfer speed and reliability requirements that would enable them to meet their tight production deadlines. It also only provided unidirectional transfer capabilities.
“We’re dealing with terabytes of data that we need to transfer and manage, and our files for post-production workflows have to be digitally posted around the world,” said Jonathan Brazier, computer systems manager at The Mill. “But our previous solutions really slowed our workflows down with each office having to wait in turn for hours to work on new shots.”
The Mill selected Aspera Sync for its 3D post-production workflow. Built upon Aspera fasp transport technology, Aspera Sync transfers new or changed data between peers at full bandwidth capacity, regardless of distance and network conditions, making it consistently fast and scalable. Aspera Sync will also allow The Mill to take on more projects in which different studios across the globe collaborate together and split the work between locations.
“From our previous experience of working with Aspera we knew they would be very good technically and help us achieve the results we were looking for. Ultimately, it's all about speed and saving time, and Aspera helps us to do that. With a faster post-production workflow, we can spend more time producing better visual FX for our clients,” he added.
“We’re pleased The Mill selected Aspera Sync to power their global workflows,” said Bruce Brewer, European Sales Director at Aspera at Aspera. “The ability to keep multiple sites in sync at high speed will enable The Mill to meet their existing workload, and allow them to take on larger, more complex projects, as they continue to grow their 3D post-production business.”
Media Contact: Rebecca Edwards, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, 44 (0)207 403 8878, rebeccae@rlyl.com
About Aspera
Aspera is the creator of next-generation transport technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. Based on its patented fasp™ protocol, Aspera software fully utilizes existing infrastructures to deliver the fastest, most predictable file-transfer experience. Aspera’s core technology delivers unprecedented control over bandwidth, complete security and uncompromising reliability. More than 1700 organizations across a variety of industries on six continents rely on Aspera software for the business-critical transport of their digital assets.
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