LAS VEGAS — Avid (www.avid.com) has introduced the Avid ISIS 1000 shared-storage system, which is designed for realtime collaboration. Starting at $17,995 and powered by the Avid MediaCentral Platform, ISIS 1000 integrates seamlessly with Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools, and third-party tools, including Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
“More than 3,000 of the world’s top broadcast and post production facilities rely on Avid’s shared storage solutions,” says Chris Gahagan, senior vice president of products and technology, Avid. “To help more independent professionals and boutique post production facilities participate in the Avid Everywhere ecosystem, we are now delivering the performance, reliability, and scalability of our proven storage suite in a more affordable, easy-to-use system that speeds up editorial efficiency while protecting content creators’ valuable media assets.”
ISIS 1000 offers realtime editorial collaboration with performance that accelerates media workflows for independent professionals, smaller audio and video production facilities, corporations, and educational media organizations. The Avid ISIS file management system enables professionals to work the way they want, with both Avid and third-party systems.
Key features and benefits include: Integration with third-party systems —as a component of the Avid MediaCentral Platform, ISIS 1000 is designed to be used with both Avid and third-party tools, including Adobe Premiere Pro CC. ISIS 1000 also integrates with third-party asset management software and works with inexpensive network switches; enhanced integration with Avid solutions; support for HD and high-res files — ISIS 1000 offers support for realtime SD, HD, 2K, and 4K media performance; real-time collaboration — ISIS 1000 puts an end to the storage sharing and media copying shuffle of using individual USB, FireWire, eSATA, and Thunderbolt drives, allowing up to 24 editors, assistants, loggers, and other contributors to access media at the same time; and expandability — starting at 20TB, ISIS 1000 can be expanded to 80TB delivering 36 to 144 streams of 50Mbit/sec media.
Avid ISIS | 1000 can be ordered immediately through Avid resellers, and will be available for delivery in Q3 2015.