Montreal, Quebec –
March 20, 2006 – Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com),
developers of ultra high performance software-based solutions for networked
storage infrastructure and media management, announced today that 1.1
VFX, a visual effects/creative finishing company in Venice, CA has deployed
Xstoner™ software throughout its facility to ease data management
tasks and speed the flow of jobs through their production pipeline.
Xstoner is a client/server application that allows Macintosh® and
Windows® workstations to share images and clips with Autodesk®
Media and Entertainment Editing/Finishing & Effects/Compositing
systems, including Discreet® Inferno®, Discreet Flame®,
Discreet Flint®, Discreet Fire®, and Discreet Smoke®. With
Xstoner support for Sledgehammer™, artists and administrators
alike can visually browse clips stored on their Sledgehammer or Autodesk
systems, irrespective of the software version of either system. Files
can be easily transferred among different Autodesk framestores or between
the Sledgehammer centralized storage and the Autodesk framestores.
Danny Yoon, Senior Flame Artist and owner of 1.1 VFX had the following
to say about the company’s extensive use of Xstoner. “It’s
a must have for any Flame or Flint equipped facility. We constantly
use it to create QuickTime movies straight off our systems for client
review and transfer elements for compositing. It has tightly coupled
our Discreet systems with our Mac-based desktop environment. Our artists
can now concentrate on their work instead of spending their time managing
files. Xstoner has definitely made our pipeline more efficient and productive.
Yoon continued, “Xstoner is very simple to use. It only takes
ten minutes to teach a designer how it works. Other solutions and workarounds
don’t even come close to what we’re seeing with Xstoner.
The transfer speed for uploading and downloading media is very impressive.
It’s funny, Xstoner is so integrated into our workflow, you’ll
hear people say: Oh just Xstoner that footage over…”
“We’re very pleased that 1.1 VFX is getting so much value
out of their Xstoner deployment. We built the software to ease the numerous
daily data management tasks that all facilities face, and it’s
great to see that validated,” said Giovanni Tagliamonti, Chief
Executive Officer at Maximum Throughput.
About Maximum Throughput
Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com) is a networked storage and media
management tool developer. Max-T's storage solutions 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 smart
software that runs on industry standard hardware. The media management
tools are integrated within the storage, delivering enriched functionality
in one versatile solution. Having pioneered the development of a Network
Attached Media Bridge to serve heterogeneous operating environments
over both data and video networks, Maximum Throughput offers products
with unparalleled performance, capacity management, and capacity availability,
as well as having the lowest total cost-of-ownership in their class.
About 1.1 VFX
Located just two blocks from the Venice Beach boardwalk, 1.1 VFX offers
a full range of creative finishing and visual effects services (including
HD and PAL formats), operating out of a comfortable office that features
a basketball court and media room. The company’s creative veterans
have collaborated with directors such as Noam Murro, Joe Pytka, Matthew
Rolston, and Motion Theory on commercials for clients such as Lexus,
Nike Golf, Budweiser, and EA Sports. The creative team’s film
and television credits also include Spiderman 2, The Grudge, CSI, Medium,
and Law & Order: SVU, as well as music videos for The Flaming Lips,
Korn, and David Gray. More recently, 1.1 VFX built on its creative alliance
with Motion Theory by completing on-set supervising, compositing, and
finishing work on an effects-heavy five-spot Winter Olympics campaign
for Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
For more information please contact:
John Miller
Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing
Maximum Throughput
Phone: (978) 946-9408
Email: jmiller@max-t.com
Maximum Throughput Inc.
1751 Richardson
Suite 5.204
Montréal, Québec
CANADA H3K 1G6
Phone: (514) 925 3350
Fax: (514) 925 3378
Web: www.max-t.com
© 2006 Maximum Throughput
Inc. All rights reserved. Maximum Throughput, Max-T, Sledgehammer and
Xstoner are trademarks of Maximum Throughput Inc. in the US, Canada
and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks
belong to their respective holders.
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