Two jam-packed sessions were recently held at a local studio in Vancouver, BC, exploring virtual workstations for VFX and graphics-intensive workloads using Amazon Web Services (AWS). This was a jointly-hosted workshop between the Thinkbox team at AWS, Teradici, and Sohonet and was solely dedicated to IT decision makers in M&E.
Topics: Cloud Computing, Video Editing, Media & Entertainment, Autodesk, VFX, Maya, Wacom, Cloud Access Software, Cloud Workflows, Amazon Web Services, Amazon, Sohonet
The Media & Entertainment industry is evolving fast.
Under pressure to quickly produce increasingly complex content under the most stringent security protocols, VFX houses are looking for new ways to keep up. By moving graphics workloads away from traditional workstations, many companies are beginning to realize that the cloud provides the security and flexibility that they’re looking for.
Topics: PCoIP, Cloud Computing, Media & Entertainment, Remote Display Protocols, VFX, Cloud Access Software, Cloud Migration, Cloud Workflows, Google Cloud, Google, GCP
Teradici Cloud Access Software is now supported on AWS G3 and EC2 Elastic GPU instances.
Topics: PCoIP, Media & Entertainment, GPU, cloud graphics, VFX, Cloud Access Software, GPUs in the Cloud, Cloud, Cloud Workflows, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Workspaces, GPU-Accelerated Cloud, CAD in the Cloud, Workstations in the Cloud, AWS re:Invent, AWS, Cloud Access, Cloud Access Plus, G3 Instances, Elastic GPU, EC2 Elastic GPU
In a number of articles posted this week on Animation Magazine, IBC365, and Broadcast Now, Jellyfish Pictures’ CTO Jeremy Smith shares how moving to the cloud makes sense for VFX firms.
Topics: PCoIP, Cloud Computing, Media & Entertainment, Remote Display Protocols, LucasFilm, VFX, Cloud Access Software, Cloud Migration, GPUs in the Cloud, Cloud, ILM, Jellyfish Pictures, Jeremy Smith
2017 is the year that the Cloud becomes mainstream. It has been estimated that 92% of global data center traffic will come from the cloud by 2020, and yet already we see the cloud becoming the “new normal” when it comes to IT infrastructure.
For the past two years, we have seen forward-thinking organizations go all in on the cloud, while others have adopted an approach that embraces the cloud for only new IT investments. Based on the growing pressures and opportunities of the cloud, we offer the following predictions...
Topics: PCoIP, Cloud Computing, VDI, DaaS, Amazon Workspaces, Microsoft, Virtualization, Azure, Cloud Desktops, GPU, cloud graphics, N-Series GPU, LucasFilm, VFX, Industrial Light & Magic, Cloud Access Software, Cloud Migration, GPUs in the Cloud, Cloud, Cloud Access Platform, Cloud Workflows, Alta PCoIP Zero Clients, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Workspaces, GPU-Accelerated Cloud, Data Security, cloud solutions, Hybrid Cloud, Cloud Security, Workstations in the Cloud, Amazon, AWS Graphics Bundles, Amazon Workspace Graphics Bundle, ILM, Sony Pictures, AWS, Scanline
Teradici’s PCoIP technology is used to create most of the movies you are enjoying this Summer! We shared with you how PCoIP Remote Workstation Cards were employed by Industrial Light & Magic, a Lucasfilm Ltd. division, to bring films such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens to life, and with Sony Pictures Imageworks to help bring the new The Angry Birds Movie to life. The long-awaited revival, Independence Day: Resurgence also leveraged PCoIP technology in the creation of its visual effects.
Topics: PCoIP, Media & Entertainment, Remote worksation, VFX