When building an IT workflow for creative professionals who use video editing suites, sound editorial, VFX compositing workstations, color correction theatres, and more, there are many boxes to tick off. Solutions need to be reliable, easy to deploy, as well...
Backups are one of those ambiguous tasks. Deep down, you know you ought to be doing something, and there is always the sinking feeling that there is room for improvement. Managing data can come with a certain sense of anxiety,...
When multiple hard drives are leveraged together, the drives work in tandem – called a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). There are numerous different RAID types, and each RAID selection offers benefits and drawbacks. Picking the right RAID level depends on how...
The Beatles, Worms, Viruses, and Trojans. In 1987, when university professor Fred Cohen asked the USA's National Science Foundation for funding to research countermeasures for the (at that time) new phenomenon of so-called "computer viruses," he was rejected. He was...
Have you ever been in the hard drive aisle at the electronics store and wondered, “Hey, will this drive work on my computer?” Worry not! This article will help you better understand what all those drive formats mean and which...
As a video editor, your computer is the lifeblood of your workflow. Without the right computer, you might be sitting through sluggish playback, long renders, or even software that simply won’t even function. But as we all know, a brand-new...
