True story: We're so focused on the future that we almost forgot our own 25th anniversary.alt=Celebrating 25 years of shared storage innovation at SNS class=wp-image-12608 data-lazy-src=/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SNS-25-year-anniversary-image-1.png/> Cue the confetti!
It's time to celebrate an incredible 25-year journey of media workflow solutions brought to you by Studio Network Solutions.
In honor of our milestone 25th anniversary, we're taking a nostalgic look back at our roots, how we got here, and where we're headed.
A Shared Storage Odyssey If you haven't heard the SNS origin story yet, grab some popcorn.
Flashback to 1998: Titanic ruled the box office, the iMac was poised for takeoff, and Google was still finding its footing.
Life was fantastic, but sharing media files in a multi-room production studio? Not so simple.
Our founders were running a successful production studio in St. Louis, where they found themselves struggling with the challenge of sharing files across multiple editing suites. They knew there had to be a better way to store and share media, but existing solutions fell short.
So, with the tenacity that defines true Midwestern spirit, they rolled up their sleeves and took matters into their own hands.
alt=First SNS multi-room production studio in St. Louis, Missouri class=wp-image-12601 width=800 height=407 data-lazy-src=/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SNS-25-year-anniversary-image-2.jpg/>SNS was born within the walls of this St. Louis-based, multi-room production studio. (Techni)Color Me This That can-do attitude led to SNS's first groundbreaking solution: A/V SAN PRO. It was a special-purpose, Fibre Channel disk array, which allowed multiple users to simultaneously access centralized data storage from multiple edit stations, each capable of flawlessly playing and recording everything Pro Tools could handle.
With a prototype in hand and business cards at the ready, our founding fathers debuted the inaugural SNS solution at the NAB Show that year. There, representatives from Technicolor came by and were amazed by the claims of our product, thinking it was too good to be true. But skepticism quickly turned into curiosity, and they wanted to witness the magic firsthand.
Following the trade show, Technicolor's engineers visited St. Louis to put SNS's shared storage solution to the test-the storage torture test, that is. That's what they called the rigorous series of intensive workflow tests they subjected new storage systems to.
It was our moment of truth. Other systems had stalled or failed, but the SNS solution passed with flying colors. We had earned our stripes, and our first purchase order.
alt=Document marked approved and being signed by person class=wp-image-12609 width=800 height=450 data-lazy-src=/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SNS-25-year-anniversary-image-3.jpg/>After extensive stress testing, Technicolor became the proud owners of the first two media storage solutions from SNS. A Decade Of Disruptive Innovation Industry leaders around the world started knocking on our door: NBC Universal, Abbey Road, Wally World Music, New Line Cinema The list goes on. Our inaugural solution was even used to create the music score in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-a personal high point for several of our staff at the time.
But with all these we made it moments, we never stopped innovating new ways to connect creative users to their media, projects, and collaborators, in the studio and around the world. With each new customer we gained, we listened to what else wasn't working in their workflow, and we started solving those problems, too.
A few years after A/V SAN PRO, we developed SANmp, a storage management and file sharing software for Windows and Mac. Then, we blazed a new path with globalSAN, the first iSCSI solution compatible with Windows and Mac systems. A parade of transformative products followed-FibreDrive, Postmap, Ellipse-each playing a pivotal role in paving the way for our big breakthrough technology: EVO.
SNS launched EVO, our flagship shared storage workflow solution, in 2007.
alt=SNS EVO shared storage solutions class=wp-image-12602 width=800 height=409 data-lazy-src=/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SNS-25-year-anniversary-image-4.jpg/>SNS continues to innovate high-performance shared storage hardware and software solutions for media professionals. EVO: A New Era Of Media Storage EVO stands as an unparalleled, high-performance data storage system that simplifies media storage and workflow management. Rapidly gaining worldwide acclaim, EVO systems have been integrated into leading creative institutions in more than 80 countries. From award-winning production studios, VFX wizards, live event crews, YouTube sensations, broadcasters, sports leagues, houses of worship, educational institutions, corporations, governments, and beyond, EVO has become the cornerstone of creative media production all around the world. Here's what some of these customers have to say.
As the premiere shared storage workflow solution for video and audio production teams, EVO features built-in workflow tools like the EVO Suite, ShareBrowser MAM integrations for various video editing software applications, new form factors, expandable capacity, customizable connectivity, cloud functionality, and so much more. In the past two years, the EVO workflow won three Product of the Year Awards in Cloud Computing, Storage, and Remote Production, adding to its credit as a leading innovation for creative media production.
Even today, EVO stands as SNS's most sought-after solution, and we continue to enhance the EVO product line with fresh features and workflow tools to improve content creation in the studio, at home, and in the cloud. In 2023, we launched EVO Cloud and MOD-two incredible new ways to elevate creative workflo
