A Look Into the Future of Media and Storage

 

Over the past four decades, there have been countless advances in media and storage, and Maxell has been there for the entire – sometimes wild – ride. One of the ways we have been able to stay ahead of the pace is by keeping our (figurative) finger on the pulse of the ever-growing world of media storage and archiving.

 

One key way to notice trends and develop technologies is to pay attention to the people who make the industry what it is. To that end, we’ve reached out to industry professionals, ranging from filmmakers to editors and more, to ask them what the top trends of 2012 will be. We’ll share those insights with you in a series of blog posts right here.

 

To kick things off, here’s what Brett Moss, Gear & Technology Editor of Radio World, thinks the New Year will bring:

 

"For radio broadcasters I’d have to say that it’s more of the same, albeit bigger and cheaper. More stations/clusters and groups turn to large automation/content management systems – which need increasing amounts of storage, mostly networkable. Feeding that is the proliferation of digital networking, i.e. Ethernet/Cat-5 distribution and IP delivery methods.

 

“Not to be forgotten is the stampede into ‘streaming,’ which of course requires servers and storage space as well (part of a full-blown content management scheme). Throw in inexpensive handheld recorders and there’s a need of offloading storage for them, be it either as SD card media or desktop external USB drives or dumping ‘on the network.’ More radio people are using smartphones as ENG-style recorders. Utilizing SIP codec apps, they are sending that material back to the studio. It needs to be stored there in the content management system."

 

Stay tuned for more predictions, coming soon! To read what Brett thinks of the Maxell maxdata Quad Hard Drives, click here: http://www.rwonline.com/article/maxell-ships-external-hard-drives/24127 and you can access more of his stories at: www.rwonline.com.

 

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