Amsterdam, Netherlands, IBC Conference Stand 7.B19 (September 13, 2024) – AJA announced new Diskover Media Edition plugins for PixitMedia’s Ngenea data orchestration solution and Spectra Logic’s RioBroker, a media management and archiving platform, alongside a v2.3 software update. Designed to streamline data management and transfer workflows, the new integrations and v2.3 update arrive as media and entertainment (M&E) organizations seek to optimize and extend the longevity of their storage investments amidst rising costs. The latest developments give AJA Diskover Media Edition users more flexibility to work with a broader range of toolsets and data catalogs with greater efficiency, allowing them to make more informed decisions about the data that lives on their local, remote, and cloud storage. 

“AJA Diskover Media Edition has become a single source of truth for data across many M&E organizations, helping them to identify and fix stored files that can easily turn good days into bad ones. As we continue to develop the software, we’re adding new features and exploring integrations with third-party tools that will help users get more value and life out of their storage,” shared AJA President Nick Rashby. “The data management and orchestration chain comprise a diverse ecosystem of services, and our aim is to make AJA Diskover Media Edition more interoperable so that our customers can work with their preferred tool sets. Our collaborations with PixitMedia and Spectra Logic on these plugins are crucial to this mission.” 

Ngenea Data Orchestrator Plugin automates data management workflows  
A new plugin from AJA and PixitMedia provides direct access to the data orchestrator in the Ngenea Data Acceleration Platform within the Diskover Media Edition UI. The integration enables users to view data across their storage in Diskover Media Edition and then transfer it to the appropriate destinations using Ngenea, a secure solution for transporting data to/from globally distributed cloud, object, and tape storage, and traditional network-attached storage (NAS), without leaving the Diskover Media Edition UI. 

 

“Diskover is all about helping M&E organizations determine where data belongs, and for how long, while Ngenea provides the tools to help them get it there, making the two a symbiotic fit. Prior to the plugin, users would have to switch between different analytics and orchestration tools to manage their data,” shared Ben Leaver, CEO and Co-Founder PixitMedia. “Now, they can treat Diskover as their single pane of glass for data management, and action their data orchestration with Ngenea, whether for archiving, tiering old data, or collaborating between sites. Having worked with AJA to bring Ngenea into the Diskover Plugin Ecosystem, we’re excited to see how organizations leverage it to advance their data pipelines.”  

Spectra Logic RioBroker Plugin provides crucial insights into media archives under its management
AJA’s new Diskover Media Edition RioBroker plugin ensures M&E organizations can view, access, and make more informed decisions about the content in their archives (object, tape, and cloud). It also helps drive media retention policies to retain and preserve content on appropriate storage classes, balancing cost and speed of access. Organizations can now make these decisions without going through the time-consuming process of restoring these files to disk and scanning them. With the integration, AJA Diskover Media Edition mines the RioBroker archive database for file metadata and presents it to the user, providing extensive insight into what lies within their modern-day archives. 

“Working with AJA, we’ve been able to integrate our technologies, so that media professionals can get full insight into what’s in living on their media archives, without ever having to restore a file,” shared Hossein ZiaShakeri, SVP & GM Media and Telecom, at Spectra Logic. “The joint solution allows users to make better decisions on the preservation and proper retention of their assets on appropriate mediums and sites, so assets can be easily and quickly accessed when monetization opportunities arise. This flexibility will be game-changing for Spectra Logic and AJA customers.” 

v2.3 software update streamlines installation and system administration, introduces new flexibility 
In addition to the Ngenea and BlackPearl RioBroker plugins, AJA Diskover Media Edition users can also take advantage of v2.3 UI improvements. An administrative upgrade reduces the time it takes to install, configure, and administer Diskover Media Edition and mitigates potential human error when working with text files, allowing users to easily make changes to AJA Diskover Media Edition settings directly in the UI, versus executing those changes via multiple configuration files. The latest v2.3 update also includes a host of other enhancements that give users expanded flexibility, such as the addition of a convenient PDF viewer. It lets users pull up and see the contents of PDF files saved to their storage, without giving access to the source file, protecting their production network. 

Pricing and Availability
Both plugins are available for free to AJA Diskover Media Edition users. To add and configure either, or both, please contact the AJA Diskover Media Edition Team. The latest v2.3 updates are immediately available free to AJA Diskover Media Edition software users with an active license. 

About AJA Video Systems 
Since 1993, AJA Video Systems has been a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge technology for the broadcast, cinema, proAV, and post production markets. The company develops a range of powerful, flexible video interface and conversion technologies, digital video recording solutions, and color management, streaming, and remote production tools. All AJA products are designed and manufactured at our facilities in Grass Valley, California, and sold through an extensive sales channel of resellers and systems integrators around the world. For further information, please see our website at www.aja.com.

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