Karl Paulsen
Karl Paulsen recently retired as a CTO and has regularly contributed to TV Tech on topics related to media, networking, workflow, cloud and systemization for the media and entertainment industry. He is a SMPTE Fellow with more than 50 years of engineering and managerial experience in commercial TV and radio broadcasting. For over 25 years he has written on featured topics in TV Tech magazine—penning the magazine’s Storage and Media Technologies and Cloudspotter’s Journal columns.
Latest articles by Karl Paulsen
Unrecognized Trends in Video Server Implementation
By Karl Paulsen published
The trend to an all server-based playback continues as more and more program content is being delivered as a file-based medium.
Seeking Hard Disk Drive Latency
By Karl Paulsen published
Spindle speed statistics seem only to take modest jumps and are far less dramatic than the increasing number of gigabytes of storage.
Predicting Disk Drive Failures
By Karl Paulsen published
Hard drives are mechanical devices and as such will eventually fail. But what constitutes the "failure" of a hard disk drive? When should you replace a drive?
Content Life Cycle III: The Hidden Agenda
By Karl Paulsen published
Video servers steadily add feature sets that help improve the workflow of a broadcast facility.
The Solid State Disk Revival
By Karl Paulsen published
The evolution of flash-based memory for consumer and professional applications is helping to drive a renewal in solid state, scalable enterprise storage.
Home Media Server Concepts Evolve
By Karl Paulsen published
Digital media servers are heading straight into the living room, thanks in part to the DVD evolution.
The Impact of Advanced Video Coding
By Karl Paulsen published
Video compression technologies will change the models we've grown to embrace since the introduction of 500-channel cable and direct-to-home satellite broadcast.
From Tape to Disk: Plenty of Advances in Store
By Karl Paulsen published
1983 marked the dawn of digital storage
Ethernet Networking in the 10 GB Domain
By Karl Paulsen published
Today, Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3z) has become a mainstay standard for networking, yet the expected demand for systems with data rates in excess of 1 Gbps is no longer just a dream.
Serial ATA Technology
By Karl Paulsen published
IT professionals are beginning to turn to an old, reliable and proven drive technology that is being packaged into new products aimed at addressing the cost/performance equation.
Backing Up Media Content
By Karl Paulsen published
It goes without saying that data is one of the enterprise's most valuable assets - so protecting it is of paramount importance; yet for many, it's also one of the biggest headaches.
Deduplication: Managing Disk Storage
By Karl Paulsen published
The processes and practices for managing disk storage, including backup and protection, are continuing to evolve as the dependency upon sophisticated online and offline storage technologies expands.
Understanding IP Storage
By Karl Paulsen published
An evolving technology with a growing set of flavors from which to choose from
Selecting Storage Solutions of the Future
By Karl Paulsen published
The expanding roles that high-definition, 3D-stereoscopic and higher-resolution images play are impacting many aspects of the media and entertainment industry.
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