
Karl Paulsen
Karl Paulsen recently retired as a CTO and has regularly contributed to TV Tech on topics related to media, networking, workflow, cloud and systemization for the media and entertainment industry. He is a SMPTE Fellow with more than 50 years of engineering and managerial experience in commercial TV and radio broadcasting. For over 25 years he has written on featured topics in TV Tech magazine—penning the magazine’s “Storage and Media Technologies” and “Cloudspotter’s Journal” columns.
Latest articles by Karl Paulsen
Advanced Intelligent Tape Options
By Karl Paulsen published
In the next few short years, broadcasters all have to make serious choices in digital media technology.
SCSI'S 29th Anniversary Review
By Karl Paulsen published
This year SCSI, the industry-recognized naming acronym for "Small Computer Systems Interface" is 20 years young.
Applying the Network Appliance
By Karl Paulsen published
Could the video file server evolve to become a video network appliance?
Principles in Archive Management, Part II
By Karl Paulsen published
Last month we introduced you to the archive, one of the less understood components of the enterprise video server solution.
Principles in Archive Management
By Karl Paulsen published
The broadcast video server is not quite 10 years old and already a number of ancillary capabilities and components have become commonplace in their implementation.
Tempering the Cost of the Digital Transition
By Karl Paulsen published
Broadcast group owners continue to explore alternatives to operational practices in order to offset the costs required to make the transition to digital.
Connecting It All
By Karl Paulsen published
When building any form of network, elements for consideration include manageability, versatility, compatibility and cost effectiveness.

Data-Defined Storage
By Karl Paulsen published
One of the hotter topics in the professional broadcast world is the generational transition to IP technologies for video.

Designing a Workflow Specification
By Karl Paulsen published
Most standards are developed and ratified by standards development organizations.

Designing the IP-Based Media Network
By Karl Paulsen published
Part 1: What broadcast and IT professionals need to know

Use the Cloud or Build a Datacenter?
By Karl Paulsen last updated
Cloudspotters Journal What is realistic to take to the cloud and what isn't?

Designing the IP-Based Media Network Part 2
By Karl Paulsen published
How do changing technologies impact next-gen facility designs and implementations?

Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery
By Karl Paulsen published
Cloud service-provider offerings continue to grow rapidly, among which are those for disaster recovery (DR) services.

Making Use of Useless Data
By Karl Paulsen published
The Internet of Things has propelled storage demands and solutions (including the object store) into the next universe
Workflow in a Hybrid SD/HD News Production Environment
By Karl Paulsen published
One of the approaches that broadcasters and news organizations are considering is a hybrid mix of widescreen standard-definition field material coupled with live studio high-definition production.

Putting Some Fibre in Your Storage Diet
By Karl Paulsen published
Two decades after its beginning in 1988, the ubiquitous Fibre Channel technology has become engrained in most of the advanced storage and transport applications.

Unrecognized Trends in Video Server Implementation
By Karl Paulsen published
The trend to an all server-based playback continues as more and more program content is being delivered as a file-based medium.
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