XenData And Vela Partner

Vela is in a tech and sales partnership with storage solutions vendor XenData.

XenData specialize in active archive systems based on LTO data tape, optical disc cartridges and hybrid cloud. Vela is a solutions provider based in Florida whose customers include more than half of the major station groups, 600 TV stations, all the major cable MSOs and satellite providers in the US.

“XenData has a flawless reputation for their product, its stability and their outstanding technical support, and the partnership between Vela and XenData will make the content monitoring, comparison, analytics, capture, recording, comparison and retrieval workflows seamlessly efficient, reliable and cost effective across multiple types of media”, said Kevin Grubbs, VP & CTO, Vela.

“Both XenData’s and Vela’s customers are a ‘Who’s Who’ of the Media & Entertainment industry, in addition to a number of leading government organizations and large global enterprises”, said Phil Storey, XenData’s CEO. “They have demanding use cases and requirements that necessitate their content creation, monitoring, verification, repurposing, streaming and monetization processes to be well integrated, efficient and highly reliable. Vela’s feature-rich and reliable solutions, and XenData’s emphasis on product superiority and support make this partnership a terrific match.”

You might also like...

Designing IP Broadcast Systems - The Book

Designing IP Broadcast Systems is another massive body of research driven work - with over 27,000 words in 18 articles, in a free 84 page eBook. It provides extensive insight into the technology and engineering methodology required to create practical IP based broadcast…

Demands On Production With HDR & WCG

The adoption of HDR requires adjustments in workflow that place different requirements on both people and technology, especially when multiple formats are required simultaneously.

If It Ain’t Broke Still Fix It: Part 2 - Security

The old broadcasting adage: ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ is no longer relevant and potentially highly dangerous, especially when we consider the security implications of not updating software and operating systems.

Standards: Part 21 - The MPEG, AES & Other Containers

Here we discuss how raw essence data needs to be serialized so it can be stored in media container files. We also describe the various media container file formats and their evolution.

NDI For Broadcast: Part 3 – Bridging The Gap

This third and for now, final part of our mini-series exploring NDI and its place in broadcast infrastructure moves on to a trio of tools released with NDI 5.0 which are all aimed at facilitating remote and collaborative workflows; NDI Audio,…