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Mercury
Computer Systems, Inc. announced at
the National Association of Broadcasters
(NAB) show many prestigious additions to
its list of technology companies
participating in the development and
distribution of its family of advanced
Media Servers. Mercury Media Servers
employ an open architecture that gives
media product suppliers a scalable
solution platform for the broadcast and
entertainment markets. All Media Server
products, from Mercury and key third
parties, are designed for real-time,
high-bit-rate sharing of media assets such
as video, animation, graphics, and text.
Joining the group of companies
providing Mercury-compatible products are
Ciprico, D-Vision, Gadzooks, MegaDrive,
MountainGate - A Lockheed Martin Company,
Montage Group Ltd., Pathlight,
Siemens-Nixdorf, and Truevision. Several
companies supply major components, and
others integrate Mercury Media Servers
with their own products. Mercury's
AWE-inspired Solutions extend Advanced
Workgroup Editing capabilities, including
storing and sharing of media, to media
artists in multiple edit suites.
SuiteFusion(tm) and LiteFusion(tm),
Mercury's revolutionary workgroup
software, power its MDVS(r) line of
hardware servers to optimize productivity
and creative expression. With I/O speeds
from 20 to hundreds of MB/s, the Media
Servers can interconnect up to 80 clients
and are compatible with Macintosh and
Windows NT(r) client system software.
Mercury is working with Ciprico,
MegaDrive, MountainGate, Siemens-Nixdorf,
and Storage Computer to provide customers
with a range of cost, performance and
reliability options for RAID and non-RAID
storage. Together with Mercury, these
companies help satisfy customers' needs
for security, access privileges, and
consistent file maintenance. The Media
Servers integrate the optimal topology and
system configuration for bandwidth
allocation and on-the-fly port
reassignment, complementing the hub
technologies of ATTO, Gadzooks, Pathlight,
and MegaDrive.
Mercury's revolutionary Media Server
software works with video editing systems
from D-Vision, Media 100, Montage, and
Panasonic, to enhance the value of a
workgroup environment.
"The ease with which Mercury has been
able to establish these business
relationships and integrate new
technologies is a testimony to the open
nature of our designs, as well as our
business approaches," said Bruce Beck,
vice president of Mercury's Digital Video
Products Group. "We now have a range of
products which enable users to deliver
better quality productions in less time
and using fewer resources. And Mercury and
our distribution partners can fit the best
commercial technology available to
customers' current and future needs. That
includes systems for 480P and 720P."
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. is a
technology company specializing in
high-performance computing solutions for
the broadcast and entertainment,
medicaldiagnostics, and government
electronics industries. Mercury, with its
unique high-performance hardware and
groupware software, provides platform
products for customers interested in
building the most cost-effective networked
infrastructure for video imaging and
ATV/HDTV.
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