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Teradata’s Lee: Analytics, Data Key Tools to Understanding ‘Consumer Journey’
Collecting and effectively making use of analytics and data are important tools that media and entertainment (M&E) companies can use to understand their consumers and deliver the c... More
Okta: Balancing Simple and Secure for M&E Tech Access
Founded by some of the early engineers of Salesforce, the team at San Francisco-based Okta saw early on one of the main challenges facing media and entertainment companies in today... More
HITS Panel: It’s About Experiences, Not Just Stories
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — At the Oct. 18 HITS Fall confab, a panel of content creators, talent experts and IT experts all mulled the same questions: what are the biggest challenges fa... More
IBM CFO: Company’s Seeing ‘Good Progress’ with Watson Platform
IBM is making “good progress” with its Watson cognitive technology platform, and sees it as a “long-term investment” that will continue to grow as it’s expanded to additi... More
Seattle Area Becoming Major Center for AR, VR Innovation
The Seattle area is turning into a major center for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology innovation, the economic development organization Washington Interact... More
Dell EMC, Western Digital Help Launch Interconnect Group
Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Western Digital and IBM are among members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) that have banded together to form t... More
Experts Tackle the Status of Standards
LOS ANGELES — While a panel of experts Oct. 6 tackled the general state of standards in the media and entertainment space, Bill Woods, SVP of entertainment sales for Mediamorph, ... More
Survey: Tech CEOs Investing in Talent, Machine Learning
Professional services company KPMG interviewed 138 CEOs in the U.S. tech industry and found a pattern: automation and machine learning are top priorities, as tech companies realize... More
OpenText Releases Next Version of Exstream
OpenText has announced the latest version of OpenText Exstream. The new release offers the fastest, most reliable communications production engine to enable digital transformation ... More
Avere Debuts Cloud-Core NAS System
Hybrid cloud enablement company Avere Systems has launched a new storage system geared toward media and entertainment companies, one that combines network-attached storage (NAS) an... More
HITS Fall Keynote to Tackle Big Data’s Role in Entertainment
The co-authors of a new book that looks at the importance of big data for entertainment companies dealing with an increasingly competitive landscape will both be on hand Oct. 18 in... More
Wipro, Reltio Link Up on Master Data Management
A pair of MESA (Media & Entertainment Services Alliance) members have formed a partnership that aims to develop faster master data management (MDM) solutions, tackling data challen... More
LVL: Reinventing Digital Media Consumption, One Platform at a Time
Montreal-based LVL has been applying its creative and technological expertise to the enhancement of content experiences in the media and entertainment industry for 14 years. The... More
Signiant Innovations Enable Smooth Transitions to Next-Generation Technology
At the upcoming IBC 2016 show, Signiant will be demonstrating product enhancements across its accelerated file transfer portfolio, all designed to support Media & Entertainment... More
HPE Looks to Lower Cost of High-End Storage Capabilities
Enterprise storage capabilities including hybrid flash are becoming increasingly popular, but their relatively high pricing can put them out of reach for many small and midsized bu... More
HGST, a Western Digital Brand: Collaboration in a Crowded Storage Market
Being the oldest in your line of work is one thing. Being the biggest is another. Western Digital Corporation, including the HGST brand, happens to be both. The HGST brand wa... More
M&E Journal: How to Build a ‘Digital Dreams’ Platform
By Mahesha Pandit, SVP Head of Disruptive Innovation Group, and Edward Altman, VP Sales & Solutions, ValueLabs While the idea that “content is king” still resonates in the d... More
M&E Journal: Changing Consumer Demands and the Agility Needed to Support Them
By T Shobhana, VP Head, Global Marketing & Communications, Prime Focus Technologies Today’s consumer is an evolved creature and already “cord-cutters” have become old news... More
Inaugural Rights & Metadata Madness Event To Tackle Rights Management, Contracts
At the inaugural “Rights & Metadata Madness: Where Legal Meets the Digital Supply Chain” event July 20 in New York City, the current state of media and entertainment content ri... More
DeGraff Challenges M&E Industry to Innovate at THE Summit
LOS ANGELES — Jeff DeGraff, professor of management and organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, sympathizes with the entertainment industry’... More
