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Maximum Throughput Partners with DiscreetDiscreet
to Resell Sledgehammer NAS and HD!O
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 8, 2003 — Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com), a developer and provider of high-performance, enterprise-class networked storage solutions, and Discreet (www.discreet.com ), a division of Autodesk, Inc. and a leader in postproduction and broadcast solutions, revealed at the NAB 2003 exhibition that they have entered into a sales and distribution agreement. With this agreement in place, Discreet will begin selling both Sledgehammer NAS and Sledgehammer HD!O in the U.S. and western Canada. "Having a firm like Discreet representing our products in the field is great validation for what we've done," said Michael Hughes, Vice-President of Business Development at Max-T. "With this relationship, we'll be able to jointly and effectively address a large number of the workflow issues that our collective customers face every day of the week." "We're very pleased to announce this relationship," said Patrick Byrne, Business Development Manager for Discreet. "By partnering with Max-T we'll be able to empower our clients by offering greater flexibility and productivity through a more complete suite of infrastructure products, and also help them solve mission-critical content access and sharing issues." Also at NAB, Discreet announced the launch of its infrastructure sparks® program with Max-T as one of its initial partners. The program is designed to foster partnerships that allow leading manufacturers to collaborate with Discreet to offer best-of-breed infrastructure solutions that will support its client' various creative processes and workflows. Max-T's Sledgehammer NAS and HD!O will help extend Discreet storage solutions to cover a wider range of facility requirements. Sledgehammer HD!O is a combination of smart software and commodity hardware, optimised for moving digital content at unparalleled speeds onto or off of an IP-based network. Sledgehammer HD!O can consolidate all the storage needs of a post-production facility, including HD material, regardless of the data sets in use. Sledgehammer HD!O provides, via a web-based interface, real-time SD and HD resolution video I/O capabilities, including the capability of capturing EDL-defined material. And since Sledgehammer HD!O is a NAS device, all networked users can access the same data at the same time regardless of the client platforms in use, including Windows, UNIX, Linux, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. About Maximum Throughput Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com) is a networked storage developer whose products deliver SAN level performance over TCP/IP. The company's unique solutions provide many times the storage bandwidth of other NAS and SAN products, using software that runs on industry standard hardware. Maximum Throughput's products offer unparalleled performance, capacity management, and capacity availability, and have the lowest total cost-of-ownership in their class. About Discreet Discreet empowers media professionals to realize the visual experience and transform their most evocative and ambitious visions into reality. Discreet's award-winning solutions are designed for digital media creation, management and delivery—across all disciplines from film and television visual effects, color grading and editing to animation, game development, web/interactive, and design visualization. Discreet is based in Montreal, Quebec and is a division of Autodesk, Inc, the world's leading design and digital media creation, management, and distribution company. Product and corporate information: www.discreet.com.
For more information, or to book interviews, please contact: Giovanni Tagliamonti Maximum Throughput Inc.
Kevin G Clark
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