Tightrope Media Systems" ZEPLAY Instant Replay Platform Captures the Moment for Professional Bull Riders

Saint Paul, Minnesota (PRWEB) March 14, 2012

Tightrope Media Systems announces that the Professional Bull Riders, with 1,200 bull riders competing in more than 300 annual events, has added the ZEPLAY system to trigger lightning-fast instant replay of exciting moments for live audiences.

The Professional Bull Riders organization has relationships with CBS Sports Network, NBC Sports Network, YouTube and other broadcast entities for its Built Ford Tough Series, televised weekly. Two mobile trucks accommodate live show production and broadcast links on location at each event, with ZEPLAY precisely and efficiently handling all instant replay duties.

Danial Semar, live events video director for the Professional Bull Riders, notes that ZEPLAY brings new multichannel capabilities to the production, displaying four live camera angles on built-in monitors for replay consideration.

ZEPLAY raises our quality level by taking us from simple slo-mo regurgitation of the program feed to giving us multiple instant replay choices, said Semar. Within seconds we can spit out the angle of our choosing in very high-quality and go live as we dictate. Its quick and snappy, and its very impressive.

Semar points to low cost and strong features as key reasons for choosing ZEPLAY. The all-in-one design integrates storage, multiviewing, switching and four bidirectional channels, allowing a single operator to make quick, intelligent replay decisions in fast-paced live production environments with tremendous ease of use. Learning curve is simple, with production staff able to take the seat on a moments notice following a quick ten-minute walkthrough.

Semar also notes that ZEPLAYs meta-tagging options allow him to uniquely label clips by rider, date and other details and quickly pull content from the archives for instant replay on request. Such on-the-fly efficiencies reduce time and effort and keep the momentum intact while creating a quality television experience for viewers.

There is no time to slow down we have eight seconds to capture feeds, turn them around and make entertainment, said Semar. If we need to pull something from the archives I dont have to dig through many hours of video files to find a specific clip. ZEPLAY gives us the live visual feedback, archival recall, and time we need to evaluate angles and make quick decisions for the in-house mix. We can continue to grow with it.

About Tightrope Media Systems

Founded in 1997, Tightrope Media Systems is the pioneer of web-centric digital signage and broadcast automation systems. It provides station automation, video servers, internet video on demand, live streaming, the Carousel Digital Signage system, and ZEPLAY, a multi-channel instant replay machine for stadiums, arenas and Outside Broadcast vehicles. Tightrope’s award winning systems are used throughout the world. You can reach Tightrope Media Systems at (866) 866-4118 or visit them on the web at http://www.trms.com.

Tightrope Media Systems" ZEPLAY Instant Replay Platform Captures the Moment for Professional Bull Riders

Tightrope Media Systems" ZEPLAY Instant Replay Platform Captures the Moment for Professional Bull Riders

Saint Paul, Minnesota (PRWEB) March 14, 2012

Tightrope Media Systems announces that the Professional Bull Riders, with 1,200 bull riders competing in more than 300 annual events, has added the ZEPLAY system to trigger lightning-fast instant replay of exciting moments for live audiences.

The Professional Bull Riders organization has relationships with CBS Sports Network, NBC Sports Network, YouTube and other broadcast entities for its Built Ford Tough Series, televised weekly. Two mobile trucks accommodate live show production and broadcast links on location at each event, with ZEPLAY precisely and efficiently handling all instant replay duties.

Danial Semar, live events video director for the Professional Bull Riders, notes that ZEPLAY brings new multichannel capabilities to the production, displaying four live camera angles on built-in monitors for replay consideration.

ZEPLAY raises our quality level by taking us from simple slo-mo regurgitation of the program feed to giving us multiple instant replay choices, said Semar. Within seconds we can spit out the angle of our choosing in very high-quality and go live as we dictate. Its quick and snappy, and its very impressive.

Semar points to low cost and strong features as key reasons for choosing ZEPLAY. The all-in-one design integrates storage, multiviewing, switching and four bidirectional channels, allowing a single operator to make quick, intelligent replay decisions in fast-paced live production environments with tremendous ease of use. Learning curve is simple, with production staff able to take the seat on a moments notice following a quick ten-minute walkthrough.

Semar also notes that ZEPLAYs meta-tagging options allow him to uniquely label clips by rider, date and other details and quickly pull content from the archives for instant replay on request. Such on-the-fly efficiencies reduce time and effort and keep the momentum intact while creating a quality television experience for viewers.

There is no time to slow down we have eight seconds to capture feeds, turn them around and make entertainment, said Semar. If we need to pull something from the archives I dont have to dig through many hours of video files to find a specific clip. ZEPLAY gives us the live visual feedback, archival recall, and time we need to evaluate angles and make quick decisions for the in-house mix. We can continue to grow with it.

About Tightrope Media Systems

Founded in 1997, Tightrope Media Systems is the pioneer of web-centric digital signage and broadcast automation systems. It provides station automation, video servers, internet video on demand, live streaming, the Carousel Digital Signage system, and ZEPLAY, a multi-channel instant replay machine for stadiums, arenas and Outside Broadcast vehicles. Tightrope’s award winning systems are used throughout the world. You can reach Tightrope Media Systems at (866) 866-4118 or visit them on the web at http://www.trms.com.

Tightrope Media Systems" ZEPLAY Instant Replay Platform Captures the Moment for Professional Bull Riders

Unitrends Announces Instant Recovery for Windows AND VMware

Columbia, SC (PRWEB) March 14, 2012

Unitrends, the leading provider of all-in-one backup, archiving, and disaster recovery solutions, today announced the availability of instant recovery for Windows and VMware via their failover virtualization technology.

Failover virtualization is designed as a first step to recover immediately and simply from critical system failure. It reduces the time to recover a failed system to less than five minutes, thereby increasing business continuity and reducing IT staff repair time.

“IT organizations need an affordable and manageable way to ensure non-stop business operations and continuous data protection,” said Mike Coney, CEO of Unitrends. “Instant recovery through failover virtualization allows Unitrends to help organizations of all sizes meet those requirements.”

The availability of instant recovery for both Windows and VMware via one solution is a key differentiator for Unitrends from other backup and recovery solutions in the marketplace, and makes it attractive to both end users as well as resellers.

With Unitrends new Instant Recovery feature, CNP is now able to offer a simple and affordable disaster recovery solution to our customers, said Andrew Flowers, Senior Network Engineer of CNP, that allows us to cut their downtime window from days to a matter of minutes.

Failover Virtualization Highlights:

Unitrends Announces Instant Recovery for Windows AND VMware

Barracuda LiveBoot for VMware Provides Instant Recovery from Backups

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 27, 2012

Barracuda Networks Inc., the leading provider of security, networking and data protection solutions, today launched Barracuda Backup release 5.0, featuring groundbreaking functionality with its new instant recovery via Barracuda LiveBoot for VMware. This new capability, included at no additional charge to Barracuda Backup customers, allows administrators to boot a critical server if the primary storage for their VMware environment fails, reducing overall downtime.

Barracuda Backup is a complete end-to-end business backup solution for mixed physical and virtual server environments. Barracuda LiveBoot for VMware enables a virtual machine to be booted directly off the Barracuda Backup Servers deduplicated backup storage live, getting businesses up and running again quickly. In addition to reducing overall downtime, Barracuda LiveBoot for VMware also provides customers a platform for testing and sandboxing their servers to validate software upgrades or changes.

“The move to virtualization has brought about significant management benefits not previously possible in the physical server world,” said Guy Suter, general manager for Barracuda Backup. “With our new ability to instantly boot from deduplicated backups and test restores to file level, Barracuda Backup offers unprecedented capabilities in data center continuity and disaster recovery previously unrealized in the world of tape backup.”

Additional highlights of this new Barracuda Backup release include:

Barracuda LiveBoot for VMware Provides Instant Recovery from Backups

Zetta.net Redefines Hybrid Cloud Backup with Smart Cloud and New Lean Local Copy to Deliver Instant, Appliance-Free Data Backup and Recovery

Sunnyvale, Calif. (PRWEB) October 23, 2012

Zetta.net today announced it is redefining traditional hybrid cloud backup with its unique, appliance-free approach featuring Smart Cloud and new Lean Local Copy technology. Zetta.net’s Smart Cloud, which integrates the functionality of backup, snapshot and replication technology, abolishes the need for a local appliance. Smart Cloud, together with the new Lean Local Copy feature, advances the hybrid cloud model to deliver fast, reliable data backup and recovery at a fraction of the cost of backup alone.

Zetta.net delivers enterprise-grade 3-in-1 backup, disaster recovery and archiving. Because the SaaS-based solution eliminates the cost and management complexities associated with appliance hardware, it is particularly attractive to small/medium businesses, enterprises with distributed office locations, and managed service providers (MSPs). Remote offices and MSPs are no longer required to purchase and manage multiple appliances across distributed locations, and any size business can now enjoy enterprise-grade data protection at an affordable price.

Unlike the “dumb cloud” of first generation hybrid cloud backup, Zetta.net’s solution was architected from the ground up with integrated backup, snapshot and replication technology built into its Smart Cloud and its lightweight agents. This removes the need for appliances altogether, and reduces local storage footprint. As a result, offsite backup and recovery is significantly faster, more efficient and much simpler to deploy and manage.

With the introduction of Lean Local Copy, Zetta.net builds on its strategy of innovating a next generation hybrid cloud backup model. Lean Local Copy enables companies to store the most recent copy of large files within their local storage environment so that critical data is easily and quickly accessible when needed. Because the intelligence of backup, snapshot and replication resides in the Zetta.net Smart Cloud, customers can restore and recover their data from either the cloud or their local network copy with equal ease, and without third party hardware or software. Companies benefit from a full range of functionality that would only be achieved otherwise by investing in disparate products for local, offsite, archiving and disaster recovery.

A second new feature, flexible API Scripting, extends Zetta.net’s plug-in architecture to accommodate extra functionality or applications as required by companies. The scripting feature enables enterprises or MSPs to deliver added value to customers in specialized environments, such as healthcare or the legal industry, with the ability to customize the solution to meet market-specific requirements.

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“Data protection is traditionally comprised of disparate products from different vendors, which can easily add up in capital and operational costs,” said Deni Connor, founding analyst for Storage Strategies NOW. “Through its unique backup, snapshot and replication architecture, Zetta.net has found an elegant way to deliver all-in-one data protection to companies without requiring them to pay the exorbitant prices associated with enterprise data recovery. Zetta.net is clearly addressing the market’s need for more comprehensive, yet affordable data recovery.”

When we discovered Zetta.DataProtect it was the highest value offering by a wide margin. Not only was the solution affordable, but it included multiple enterprise-class capabilities that competitors could not touch. Comparable vendors wanted outrageous service fees for service levels that were far below Zetta.net,” said Andy Abadia, network administrator, TEECOM. “We replaced our disk-based backup system with Zetta.net, moving as much as 3TB of storage to DataProtect. As a designer of technology infrastructure for the most advanced buildings in the world, timeliness is critical. Zetta.net has provided the speed and rock-solid reliability we need to ensure our information is online when we need it. Its been the ideal solution for us.

“With our advanced Smart Cloud and new Lean Local Copy, Zetta.net is raising the bar of excellence for legacy hybrid cloud backup,” said Gary Sevounts, vice president of marketing, Zetta.net. “There is no reason companies should be chained by the constraints of appliance hardware and software, when they can eliminate the absurd cost and management hassles with the current hybrid cloud backup model. Our visionary approach enables instant recovery when required, removes the limitations of third-party appliances and single points of failure, and reduces the huge costs associated with today’s hybrid ‘dumb’ cloud.”

Pricing and Availability

Zetta.net DataProtect with Lean Local Copy and flexible API Scripting is generally available today, starting at $ 225 per month. The pricing includes unlimited licenses, 24×7 U.S.-based support, and 500GB of enterprise-grade secure online storage.

About Zetta.net

Zetta.net is an award-winning provider of enterprise-grade 3-in-1 backup, disaster recovery and archiving technology for small/medium enterprises, distributed organizations, and managed service providers (MSPs). The SaaS-based solution enables companies to simplify backups and instantly recover data through a single management point. With local, offsite, archiving and disaster recovery functionality integrated into one solution, Zetta.net delivers the value of multiple products at a fraction of the cost.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Zetta was established in 2008 by successful serial entrepreneurs and technology executives from companies such as Netscape, VeriSign, Symantec, EMC, and Shutterfly. For more information, visit http://www.zetta.net or http://www.facebook.com/zettastorage. Follow Zetta on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/zettanet.

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Zetta.net Redefines Hybrid Cloud Backup with Smart Cloud and New Lean Local Copy to Deliver Instant, Appliance-Free Data Backup and Recovery