Wed is the FC track at NAB. Here is the outline....
Fibre Channel Workshop
Wednesday, Apr 21 1999
2:00PM - 5:00PM
The Fibre Channel Standard is gaining wide acceptance throughout a variety of
industries that develop products for the distribution of vast amounts of video and
audio data. This workshop is designed to offer the communications professional
an opportunity to learn about the latest developments and applications of Fibre
Channel technology. A series of presentations will cover all aspects of this growing
electronic distribution technology.
Presenter
Ajit Dandapani, Silicon Graphics Inc.
Mountain View, CA
Presenter
Dimitri Chernyshov, Mercury Computer Systems
Chelmsford, MA
Presenter
Edward Frymoyer, emf Associates
Half Moon Bay, CA
Presenter
Harry Aine, SAN Solutions
Encline Village, NV
Presenter
Marc LaFleur, Discreet Logic, Inc.
Montreal Quebec, Canada
Presenter
Rein Taul, Forefront Graphics Inc.
Toronto, Canada
Panelist
Ed von Adelung, Interphase Corporation
Dallas, TX
They have had some early conferences already..FC on the move into digital video.....
nab.org
Sharing Data
The tone for this panel was set when Young asked rhetorically "How do you
share data among Mac, NT and Sun/UNIX workstations?" The answer: use a
Storage Area Network (SAN). Panel members commented on how the
movement of video from analog to digital formats has changed their
operational paradigm. "Early on, Showtime realized that digital could offer a
lot of benefits to us," said Dirk Van Dall, Principal Consultant for Digital Video,
Showtime Networks.............
In addition to the DirecTV order, Grebow announced that NBC chose a
Pro-Bel MAPP Video Network Manager for its facilities at Rockefeller Plaza.
The Video Network Manager completes a Pro-Bel MAPP system installed at
NBC last year.
The Video Network Manager will provide automated control of more than 50
video servers on a Fibre Channel- and ATM-based infrastructure. According
to Roger Henderson, Managing Director of Pro-Bel, the NBC MAPP Media
Asset Management system can access 64 profiles and incorporates 40
channels of playout.
nab.org
It would be nice to see the 2G FC spec to handle HDTV soon! Anyone know when it
will be ready?
Do your stuff FC........Note that the link above has webcasts of the keynotes for those
that have the time....
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