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Higher Education Company Consolidating Pro Max NAS and Backblaze
Company Situation
The company operates within the higher education media production space, supporting a university's media department. Their team is composed of multiple roles including senior network video producers, post-production managers, and field producers, alongside numerous student workers. Their workflow involves creating and managing a wide range of video content, requiring coordination between field production, post-production, and review teams.
Existing Workflow
Currently, the company stores their video media on a local NAS solution (Pro Max) and backs up content to the cloud using Backblaze. For review and approval processes, they rely on Frame.io. Their workflow includes physically transferring files from local storage to cloud platforms and using separate tools for review and collaboration.
Issues with the Existing Workflow
The local NAS system is becoming outdated and lacks robust search capabilities, making it difficult to quickly find and organize files.
The company is dissatisfied with recent changes to Frame.io’s user interface, which complicates project access and review processes.
Managing multiple platforms for storage, backup, and review leads to fragmented workflows and inefficiencies.
Uploading and downloading large media files is time-consuming, delaying editing and collaboration.
There is a desire to move towards a more cloud-centric, integrated workflow, but existing solutions do not fully meet their needs.
How Shade Would Change Their Workflow
Shade consolidates media access, search, review, and archiving into a single unified cloud platform that acts like a cloud-based NAS. This means the company’s entire media library becomes accessible remotely and searchable with AI-powered tools. Editing is streamlined through intelligent streaming technology that only downloads the necessary portions of media files on demand, significantly reducing wait times and storage requirements. Review and approval features are integrated with time-coded comments and annotations, simplifying collaboration. Essentially, Shade replaces disconnected systems with an all-in-one solution that supports remote and hybrid teams seamlessly.
Benefits
- Unified platform combining storage, search, review, and archiving capabilities.
- AI-driven search enables quick retrieval of specific clips or scenes.
- Streaming technology reduces download times and local storage needs by caching only required media segments.
- Simplified review and approval with time-coded comments and easy sharing links.
- Cloud-based NAS functionality allows remote teams to work as if files were local.
- Streamlined workflow reduces reliance on multiple disconnected tools.
- Enhanced collaboration across production, post-production, and field teams, including student workers.
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