Media Server Technology
Karl Paulsen is Chief Technology Officer for
AZCAR, a leading Broadcast and Media Technologies systems integrator. An SMPTE Fellow and SBE Certified Professional Bro
The Solid State Disk Revival
by Karl Paulsen, 01.05.2009
The evolution of flash-based memory for consumer and professional applications is helping to drive a renewal in solid state, scalable enterprise storage. More...
Looking Toward Green Blades of Servers
by Karl Paulsen, 12.02.2008
Server- and workstation-based subsystems are a natural course of evolution for what is extensively a software-based system architecture. More...
VOD in Demand
by Karl Paulsen, 10.29.2008
Emerging from the depths of pay TV, video-on-demand and its widespread acceptance by the consumer has forever changed the way we view television programming. More...
Network Storage Management
by Karl Paulsen, 10.08.2008
Managing storage in a network environment is an ongoing requirement whether for broadcast facilities, data centers or even the home PC. More...
Inside the File System
by Karl Paulsen, 06.11.2008
Storage structures are becoming the “need-to-know” terminologies of the media server world. More...
The High Performance Serial Bus Architecture
by Karl Paulsen, 04.09.2008
The emphasis on high-definition production, distribution and play-out is presenting another set of evolutionary challenges to the video server marketplace. More...
Networking, Storage and Media Servers From CES 2008
by Karl Paulsen, 02.06.2008
Networked storage, certainly nothing new to the professional or to the office, is taking on new dimensions for the consumer—at home, in the office and on the road. More...
Basics of the Fibre Channel Standard
by Karl Paulsen, 12.05.2007
The standard of choice for many of the high-performance video media storage platforms is the Fibre Channel (FC), which is more than just switching or a type disk drive interface. FC is a vast set of applications with a depth not More...
Coding for Magnetic Storage Mediums
by Karl Paulsen, 10.03.2007
Under a hard disk drive’s hermetically sealed housing that protects the platters, heads and electronics are some pretty sophisticated components that we’ve all been so accustomed to relying upon. More...
Servers Enable Newsroom Workflow Changes
by Karl Paulsen, 08.08.2007
The advent of solid-state, optical and magnetic spinning discs for the capture of field content is moving newsroom editorial functions into an improved, high-speed workflow that changes how news is prepared and multipurposed. More...
Deciphering the Latest Storage Buzzwords
by Karl Paulsen, 06.13.2007
The computer hardware industry is capitalizing on new bus and drive technologies aimed at faster data transfer, improved storage, and increased reliability and efficiency. More...
The Essence of Wrappers And Components
by Karl Paulsen, 05.02.2007
The material interchange of moving media can be accomplished by different means. A tape or disc may be used as a physical transport, with its content comprised of essence in the form of a compressed file, a contiguous interleaved More...
Content Life Cycle III: The Hidden Agenda
by Karl Paulsen, 02.07.2007
Video servers steadily add feature sets that help improve the workflow of a broadcast facility. More...
Streamlining the Promo Process
by Karl Paulsen, 10.04.2006
Previously, the sophisticated graphics, video clips and sound bites required an editing system comprised of multiple video and audio components. Nonlinear editing systems have eased the requirements, reducing some of the effort, More...