Karl Paulsen

Those who design, build or operate video facilities have grown accustomed to employing multiple PCs, workstations and IT servers as part of their systems.

The latest version is SuperSpeed USB (SSUSB), also called USB 3.0.

Fibre Channel data rates are about to double--again.

In the information age of the 21st century, one of the fastest-changing elements seems to focus on the means and methods of how information is stored and distributed.

In the next few short years, broadcasters all have to make serious choices in digital media technology.

This year SCSI, the industry-recognized naming acronym for "Small Computer Systems Interface" is 20 years young.

Could the video file server evolve to become a video network appliance?

The days in which new server installations in broadcast facilities consisting of a single dedicated array of storage are dwindling.

Last month we introduced you to the archive, one of the less understood components of the enterprise video server solution.

The broadcast video server is not quite 10 years old and already a number of ancillary capabilities and components have become commonplace in their implementation.

Broadcast group owners continue to explore alternatives to operational practices in order to offset the costs required to make the transition to digital.

Just how long will it be before the methods for moving media storage become synonymous with those of computer data storage in today’s global enterprises?

When building any form of network, elements for consideration include manageability, versatility, compatibility and cost effectiveness.

Relatively new memory technology could sidestep all current RAM technologies. The low-power, nonvolatile micromemory-cell technology is called magnetoresistive random access memory or MRAM.

Part 1: What broadcast and IT professionals need to know

One of the hotter topics in the professional broadcast world is the generational transition to IP technologies for video.