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FAIRFAX, Va. and HOBOKEN, N.J., April 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire

Core180, a leading telecommunications network integrator, announced today that it has worked with Talon Data Systems, a leader in networked data storage solutions and appliances for high-resolution digital content, to incorporate Talon Data’s NetFlight™ devices into its Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solution.  Leveraging the Core180 Platform, this WAN accelerating solution can encrypt all data and support transfer speeds significantly faster than current available offerings.

Leveraging Core180’s network reach throughout the U.S. and Europe, successful throughput rates exceeding 450 Mbytes per second have been achieved.  Such acceleration performance will support the transferring of one Terabyte of data within and between the U.S. and Europe in under 40 minutes.

“We are very excited about integrating and providing this breakthrough solution into our NaaS offering.  As data intensive applications, near real time collaboration and SAN replication become increasingly mission-critical, we see more demands from Media, Entertainment, Government and Healthcare customers to support these types of initiatives in a fast and secure manner,” said David Baule, CEO of Core180.
“At Talon Data Systems, we recognize the pressures that a variety of industries face when transferring high-volume data.  We designed the NetFlight appliance to alleviate those challenges.  Integrating with Core180’s flexible and reliable platform we can meet even the most demanding needs for the rapid movement of data around the globe,” noted Tom Shearer, CEO of Talon Data Systems.

About Core180
Core180 is a telecom network integrator that provides “Purpose-Built” networking solutions to government agencies, large enterprises, carriers and systems integrators. The company utilizes its private platform to design, deploy and manage networks that meet each client’s individual needs.  Benefits include improved network flexibility, control and visibility with reduced expense and operational efforts.  Core180 maintains offices in Metro New York (Hoboken, N.J.) and in the Washington, D.C. region (Fairfax, Va.).  For more information, please visit www.core180.com.

About Talon Data Systems
Talon Data Systems is dedicated to providing networked data storage solutions for digital content. Talon is an established value added systems integrator and manufacturer of high-speed storage and networking systems, providing streamlined, cost effective workflow solutions for media, entertainment and enterprise clients. The company designs, builds, installs and supports storage, high speed networks and WAN networking solutions ranging from high-end custom servers for moving high resolution content to petabytes of shared SAN solutions and clustered NAS storage. For further information, please visit www.talondata.com.

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Apr 12, 2010 13:07 CEST

“NetFlight™” Launches a New Era of Ultra High Speed Collaborative Workflows for Media, Entertainment and Enterprise, Flying on Darkstrand’s North American High Speed 10 Gigabit Network

Talon Data Systems, a leader in networked data storage solutions and appliances for high-resolution digital content, and Darkstrand, a pioneer in corporate high-speed connectivity bridging research and commercialization, have announced a groundbreaking solution for ultra high speed workflows; the media industry’s fastest turnkey data transport solution. The solution, which employs Talon’s NetFlight appliances and Darkstrand’s fiber network, will be unveiled at NAB 2010.

NetFlight enables high-resolution digital content to move faster than real time, at speeds never before achieved in the industry. Using the NetFlight – Darkstrand solution, uncompressed media files are moved at rates that exceed 450 Megabytes per second over transcontinental and transoceanic distances. These results are as much as ten times faster than other accelerated transfer solutions.

The NetFlight – Darkstrand solution combines new technology for data access and storage with private network capacity to transmit uncompressed, high-resolution content easily and securely over large distances. Talon’s NetFlight appliances overcome latency and packet loss issues and support many file systems and storage devices already in use. Darkstrand’s network provides completely private and secure 10GigE layer one or layer two Gigabyte infrastructure, purpose built for large file transfer. It is anchored by its 12,000-mile, continuous optical network connecting thirty-one U.S. cities and HPC rendering facilities.

“NetFlight will revolutionize existing distance based workflows by moving files faster than existing data transfer technology,” said Tom Shearer, CEO of Talon Data Systems. “Our solution removes bottlenecks in an industry where large file transfer is usually compressed or exhibits high degrees of latency and packet loss. With NetFlight, media companies that need to transport, share and collaborate in real time will be able to cost effectively and regularly transport any high-resolution image files between production and post-production locations around the world. NetFlight has eliminated geographic boundaries and the need for lower quality copy intermediaries, saving productions both time and money.”

“Corporations are now embracing purpose built workflow solutions that translate to a strong competitive edge. Darkstrand strategically partners with leading-edge solutions providers, and creates tailor-made solutions that improve the workflow of particular industries,” said Michael Stein, CEO, Darkstrand. “With this dynamic Dark Strand- NetFlight partnership in place, a major media company can now create content, collapse pipeline production times, and link production and post-production workflow into one network. Access to these tools brings a new model of R&D and collaboration to corporate America and mitigates the effect of time and distance. Bandwidth is no longer a constraint on collaboration and innovation.”

The solution will be unveiled on April 12 at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas, NV where Talon Data Systems will host private previews of its system. To make an appointment for your preview, please email request for an appointment sales(at)talondata(dot)com or visit booth SU10118 to schedule your flight.

About Talon Data Systems
Talon Data Systems is dedicated to providing networked data storage solutions for digital content. Talon is an established value added systems integrator and manufacturer of high-speed storage and networking systems, providing streamlined, cost effective workflow solutions for media, entertainment and enterprise clients. The company designs, builds, installs and supports storage, high speed networks and WAN networking solutions ranging from high-end custom servers for moving high resolution content to petabytes of shared SAN solutions and clustered NAS storage. For further information, please visit http://www.talondata.com/www.talondata.com.

About Darkstrand
Darkstrand, Inc. leverages enterprise-level network bandwidth to close the collaboration gap between corporations and research communities. Darkstrand is a pivotal corporate partner for solving real workflow, development and collaborative challenges, linking teams, facilities and suppliers into one ecosystem in a high-speed, networked grid environment via the National LambdaRail (NLR), a coast to coast 12,000-route mile optical network spread across 31 U.S. cities. Darkstrand shortens time to insight and expands productivity for companies wanting a competitive edge. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Darkstrand was established in 2005.

Talon Data Systems Launches Revolutionary Data Transport Appliance

February 1st, 2009 (Hollywood, CA)–  Talon Data Systems, Inc. has announced the launch of NetFlight™, a groundbreaking communication product poised to revolutionize data transport and storage access for motion picture, broadcast and television post production media. As companies involved at multiple points along the creative and technical pipeline grapple with a growing need for high speed collaboration and viewing of full resolution assets, NetFlight™ presents solutions to critical challenges by enabling rapid movement of any file format down the hall, across the street or around the world. In addition, NetFlight™ enjoys a considerable competitive performance advantage as the only solution addressing the problems associated with the transport of large volumes of full resolution entertainment data.

NetFlight™ utilizes a proprietary new WAN Transfer Protocol (RWTP) that enables robust inter-facility collaboration and promises real-time, uncompressed transfer speeds of files that have been slow moving or asset-consuming in the past. In addition to time savings, issues of latency and bandwidth availability are predictable and reliable with NetFlight™.

Since the invention of the disk drive, technologists and creative team members have been seeking a product that could move full resolution images through the production pipeline, regardless of where those assets reside.  With the arrival NetFlight™, post production facilities can move 5000 2K DPX files (frames) in 3 minutes, eight to ten times faster than the fastest existing data file transfer protocol. The NetFlight™ server provides stable, encrypted, reliable, and predictable high speed transfers for all file formats over ultra fast 10GigE and 1GigE network connections.

Tom Shearer, CEO of Talon Data Systems, commented on the journey of innovation behind NetFlight™, “Fifteen years ago Talon sold the very first Fibre Channel SAN to the Hollywood market.

Five years ago we sold the first clustered NAS to Hollywood. Today Talon is introducing NetFlight™, which we see as a fundamental break- through in the networked storage workflow for the M&E market. NetFlight™ can move full resolution 2K and 4K DPX files over a WAN at speeds exceeding 300 megabytes per second, limited only by the customer’s storage and networking infrastructure. This truly disruptive technology will change the way post production houses execute their dynamic workflows; taking any file format into and through the post process at ultra high speeds, anyplace that is equipped with NetFlight™. We predict that once you NetFlight™ full resolution HD, 2K and 4K images coast to coast at the speeds we are capable of, there will be no turning back. Our first customer has been flying 4K files with on-time arrivals from city to city for over 9 months without losing a frame at 325MB’s from shared SAN to clustered NAS.

To learn more about NetFlight™, visit the Talon Data Systems website at www.talondata.com or call 1-562-400-1513.

About Talon Data Systems
Talon Data Systems is dedicated to providing networked data storage solutions for digital content. Talon is an established value added systems integrator and manufacturer of high-speed storage and networking systems, providing streamlined, cost effective workflow solutions for media and entertainment clients. The company designs, builds, installs and supports storage and networking solutions ranging from high-end custom servers for moving high resolution content to petabytes of shared SAN solutions and clustered NAS storage. For further information, Please visit http://www.talondata.com .

SEATTLE, WA – November 3, 2008 – Isilon® Systems (NASDAQ: ISLN), the leader in clustered storage, today announced that CIS Hollywood and FotoKem are among leading post-production studios using Isilon’s latest clustered storage systems, including OneFS® 5.0 operating system software and the Accelerator-x performance acceleration product, to power a wide range of post-production workflows – from digital imaging and film processing, to 2D composition and 3D animation. Isilon’s clustered storage systems create a single, high-performance, highly scalable, shared pool of storage to unify large and rapidly growing stores of digital content, accelerating data-intensive visual effects operations while reducing IT cost and complexity. Isilon IQ delivers up to 20 Gigabytes per second of performance and 2.3 Petabytes of capacity in a single file system and single volume, while the Accelerator-x delivers 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) connectivity for next-generation, high-performance networking.

“At CIS Hollywood, we provide a complete slate of post-production capabilities while still maintaining a truly client-centric environment,” said Matt Ashton, CTO, CIS Hollywood. “Therefore, our business is innately focused on our clients’ projects, leaving no time to worry about managing our storage, or money to pay for more storage than we actually need. With Isilon IQ, we can simply pay as we grow, freeing us from costly storage overhead, while the performance of its latest systems is night and day with its previous generation, enabling us to accomplish more work in less time and better serve our clients.” Read the rest of this entry »

FotoKem Turns to Isilon Over Traditional Storage Vendors to Accelerate the Post-Production Workflow

FotoKem is one of the most successful media services companies in the world, with a 40-year tradition of improving the quality of films from classic black and whites to today’s blockbusters. FotoKem was founded in 1963 to provide film processing and printing services to film makers, and has established its reputation as a post-production house focused on quality, service and speed.

In the early 1960s, FotoKem visionary and founder Gerald Brodersen recognized trends taking shape in the film industry and resulting technology needs going unmet. With Brodersen at the helm, FotoKem entered a growing market at the right time, with an approach to technology and customer service unlike any other. FotoKem continually expanded, and today offers post production and complete media services solutions for its customers – which include the top film and television studios in the world. The company boasts a spectacular, cutting-edge post-production studio, with five fully-outfitted theaters and capacity across the company to accommodate hundreds of projects at any one time.

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Anyone who has experienced the magic of stereoscopic 3D, whether from an IMAX 3D movie or even a ViewMaster slideshow, understands that flat images just can’t compare to true stereo 3D. In stereo 3D, the images actually appear to float in the air, suspended inside the screen. A pioneer in digital 3D entertainment, 3ality Digital Systems relies on Isilon IQ clustered storage to power the creation and post production of its groundbreaking, live-action 3D content. Using Isilon IQ clustered storage as part of a complete solution architected by Isilon partner, Talon Data Systems, 3ality Digital Systems is able to unify, manage and access vast libraries of 3D data from a single, highly scalable, shared pool of storage – accelerating and simplifying its entire digital workflow, from shooting to post production.

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Dedicated to ensuring that your storage systems stay on-line and remain productive, Talon Data Systems will provide support in addition to that which is provided by the individual manufacturer’s we represent. When requested, Talon will provide support 24/7/365. This includes, but is not limited to, diagnosing any possible problems with applications that utilize the storage system. Talon will examine your workflow in detail in order to determine where in the system problems may lie; whether it is in the IT realm or in the world of Fiber Channel connectivity, Talon has the tools needed to keep your data infrastructure running at peak performance.

Integration

Talon Data Systems will help specify, design, test, burn-in, install and support your SAN, NAS or DAS storage infrastructure based on your workflow.We believe that the three most important elements of a successful dynamically growing data storage system are:

• Thoroughly analyzing your workflow and developing cost effective storage solutions to match the performance required and redundancy needed.
• Getting the initial installation done correctly to integrate with your workflow.
• Ensuring that future expansion of the storage capacity is handled seamlessly within hours of discovery of the need.

Dedicated to ensuring that your storage systems stay on-line and remain productive, Talon Data Systems will provide support in addition to that which is provided by the individual manufacturer’s we represent. When requested, Talon will provide support 24/7/365. This includes, but is not limited to, diagnosing any possible problems with applications that utilize the storage system. Talon will examine your workflow in detail in order to determine where in the system problems may lie; whether it is in the IT realm or in the world of Fiber Channel connectivity, Talon has the tools needed to keep your data infrastructure running at peak performance.

Dedicated to ensuring that your storage systems stay on-line and remain productive, Talon Data Systems will provide support in addition to that which is provided by the individual manufacturer’s we represent. When requested, Talon will provide support 24/7/365. This includes, but is not limited to, diagnosing any possible problems with applications that utilize the storage system. Talon will examine your workflow in detail in order to determine where in the system problems may lie; whether it is in the IT realm or in the world of Fiber Channel connectivity, Talon has the tools needed to keep your data infrastructure running at peak performance.

It is official: InfiniBand® (IB) is on the rise in the corporate data center.  Once restricted to exotic supercomputing deployments, we now see IB making a solid push into enterprise computing environments across a broad range of industry verticals. While still in its early stages of adoption, enterprise IB is already delivering powerful results in the realm of enterprise clustered storage. Because clustered storage solutions rely on communications across large numbers of atomic nodes federated together, the appeal of a high-speed interconnect like IB has long been obvious. Until recently, though, no storage player had found a way to cost-effectively architect an IB-based storage cluster that could scale into the 100s of terabytes and beyond. All that changed earlier this year when Isilon® Systems emerged as a clear leader in the IB-based clustered storage market with a screamingly fast and scalable IB-based version of its Isilon IQ clustered storage systems. The kicker: Isilon priced their IB offering the same as their GigE version! Based on our analysis and discussions with Isilon customers, the benefits of an IB-based storage cluster are too compelling to pass up: massive end-to-end performance gains, superior scalability, and extremely competitive ROI. Isilon’s forward-looking move proves that while InfiniBand has long been the darling of the research and HPC communities, it has now become a viable mainstream enterprise technology. For a deeper look at what InfiniBand will be doing in your data center in the coming years, we encourage potential customers to understand what Isilon is doing today with their IB-based Isilon IQ platform.

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