Avid Announces Availability of Avid NEXIS

26/06/2017

Avid Announces Availability of Avid NEXIS Delivering Unrivalled Performance, Scalability, and Pro Tools Support

The newest software release for Avid NEXIS is now available to all new and current customers, delivering greater bandwidth for fast, reliable workflows and support for Avid Pro Tools to optimize professional audio production workflows

BURLINGTON, MA, June 26, 2017 - Avid (Nasdaq: AVID), a leading global media technology provider for the creation, distribution and monetization of media assets for global media organizations, enterprise users and individual creative professionals, today announced that the availability of Avid NEXIS , the world's first and only software-defined storage platform for media. Powered by the MediaCentral Platform, the most open, tightly integrated, and efficient platform designed for media, Avid NEXIS and Avid NEXIS | PRO systems now provide the fastest, most efficient and reliable workflows for real-time media production, including highly intensive professional post-production and broadcast environments. With support for Avid Pro Tools , Avid NEXIS also enables new collaborative shared storage workflows for professional audio production.

Unrivalled performance, scalability, and reliability for every production environment

For larger post and broadcast environments, Avid NEXIS | E4 and E2 enterprise-class storage systems offer greater performance for 4K/UHD, color grading and finishing workflows. New high-performance storage groups (HSPGs) deliver up to 28.8 GB/s of bandwidth in a single Avid NEXIS system, providing the throughput needed to handle full-resolution media for online editing workflows. For smaller environments, Avid NEXIS | PRO professional-class storage provides the industry's most comprehensive collaborative capabilities while also delivering real-time 4K performance at up to 2.4GB/s, all at an even more cost-effective price point. Avid NEXIS and Avid NEXIS | PRO also provide real-time creative team collaboration using not only Avid Media Composer but other editorial and creative tools including Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Apple Final Cut Pro X, DaVinci Resolve and more, as well as allowing for easy integration with third-party asset management systems.

New collaborative workflows for audio production

Avid Pro Tools, the industry-standard digital audio workstation, is now qualified on Avid NEXIS, enabling audio creative teams to leverage the industry's most efficient and powerful media storage environment. With Pro Tools combined with Avid NEXIS, users can share projects on a centralized pool of media storage, turning work around faster by eliminating the time wasted moving files between different systems.

Major new Avid NEXIS features include:

High-performance storage groups, with each media pack capable of data rates up to 50% faster at 600MB/s, providing the performance needed for high-volume 4K/UHD, HD, and bandwidth-intensive media workflows.

Pro Tools streaming from Avid NEXIS delivering enhanced audio workflows. Customers can accelerate completion of professional audio projects while benefiting from the automatic media protection, security, and flexibility of Avid NEXIS.

Scalability enhancements that double the capacity of Avid NEXIS | Enterprise systems to support up to 48 media packs across a single scale-out networked system. Customers can mix and match a combination of Avid NEXIS | E5, E4, and/or E2 engines, providing nearly 3PB of storage capacity and 28GB/s of high-performance bandwidth.

The new version of Avid NEXIS including support for Pro Tools is now available to new customers as well as current Avid NEXIS owners with an active annual support and software maintenance plan. For more information, visit www.avid.com.

About Avid

Through Avid Everywhere , Avid delivers the most open and efficient media platform, connecting content creation with collaboration, asset protection, distribution and consumption. Avid's preeminent customer community uses Avid's comprehensive tools and workflow solutions to create, distribute and monetize the most watched, loved and listened to media in the world-from prestigious and award-winning feature films, to popular television shows, news programs and televised sporting events, and celebrated music recordings and live concerts. With the most flexible deployment and pricing options, Avid's industry-leading solutions include Pro Tools , Media Composer , Avid NEXIS , Interplay , ProSet and RealSet , Maestro , PlayMaker , and Sibelius . For more information about Avid solutions and services, visit www.avid.com, connect with Avid on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, or subscribe to Avid Blogs.

2017 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid, the Avid logo, Avid Everywhere, Avid NEXIS, Interplay, Maestro, MediaCentral, Media Composer, PlayMaker, Pro Tools, ProSet, RealSet, and Sibelius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. The Interplay name is used with the permission of the Interplay Entertainment Corp. which bears no responsibility for Avid products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Product features, specifications, system requirements and availability are subject to change without notice.

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