Isilon Systems: GLOBALedit Transforms Online Imaging With Isilon IQ

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Isilon Systems: GLOBALedit Transforms Online Imaging With Isilon IQ (M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:12082008

SEATTLE, WA -- At SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles, Isilon Systems(NASDAQ:
ISLN), the leader in clustered storage, today announced thatGLOBALedit
, the software and services unit of Industrial Color, hasstandardized
its global image management platform on Isilon IQ clusteredstorage.
GLOBALedit is a professional online image management system that
provides global access to massive photo collections and a suite of
workflow tools that connect creative and business communities.Using
Isilon IQ, GLOBALedit has unified its multi-format image managementand
distribution onto a single, high-performance, highly scalable,shared
pool of storage, providing immediate, reliable access to itsmassive
data stores while significantly reducing IT cost and complexity.

"GLOBALedit connects creative production groups in wayspreviously
impossible, enabling individual photographers and enterprise photo
production teams alike to realize the power of a fully digital
workflow," said Aaron Holm, Vice President of Development&
Integration, Industrial Color. "With production anddistribution spread
across the globe, our image management software must be able toquickly
and efficiently ingest photo shoots containing 500GB to imagelibraries
consisting of upwards of 25 Terabytes. A highly scalable, reliableand
easy to use storage system is crucial to the success of ourbusiness."

Using GLOBALedit, image collections are globally available forediting,
talent approval, image distribution, contact sheet creation, image
markups and retouching notes, FPO and layout creation, metadata
services, distribution and fulfillment, and long-term archiving.Prior
to using Isilon clustered storage, traditional storage systems didnot
provide the scalability, reliability or data access necessary to
efficiently manage its rapidly growing library ofcustomer-generated
content. Using Isilon IQ, GLOBALedit is able to access and deliverits
content from a single point of management, accelerating data access
while saving valuable time and resources. Additionally, usingIsilon's
SyncIQ and SmartConnect software applications, GLOBALedit is ableto
seamlessly replicate data to a disaster recovery site while also
ensuring content is automatically load-balanced across its clusters
with minimal administrative oversight. GLOBALedit has also deployedtwo
additional Isilon IQ clusters for near-line archival and disaster
recovery, ensuring all its core, business-critical data isavailable
and online 24x7x365.

"As digital content becomes the dominant form of data withinthe
enterprise, the business opportunities associated with this
transformational shift are available to all businesses - large and
small - with the tools and vision necessary to maximize the valueof
their critical data," said Steve Fitz, Senior Vice Presidentof Global
Field Operations, Isilon Systems. "GLOBALedit is at theforefront of
this revolution as its services provide businesses with a robust
platform to turn their growing image repositories into new revenue
streams."

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