Karl Paulsen
Karl Paulsen is the CTO for Diversified, the global leader in media-related technologies, innovations and systems integration. Karl provides subject matter expertise and innovative visionary futures related to advanced networking and IP-technologies, workflow design and assessment, media asset management, and storage technologies. Karl is a SMPTE Life Fellow, a SBE Life Member & Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer, and the author of hundreds of articles focused on industry advances in cloud, storage, workflow, and media technologies. For over 25-years he has continually featured topics in TV Tech magazine—penning the magazine’s Storage and Media Technologies and its Cloudspotter’s Journal columns.
Latest articles by Karl Paulsen
Home Media Server Concepts Evolve
By Karl Paulsen published
Digital media servers are heading straight into the living room, thanks in part to the DVD evolution.
The Impact of Advanced Video Coding
By Karl Paulsen published
Video compression technologies will change the models we've grown to embrace since the introduction of 500-channel cable and direct-to-home satellite broadcast.
From Tape to Disk: Plenty of Advances in Store
By Karl Paulsen published
1983 marked the dawn of digital storage
Ethernet Networking in the 10 GB Domain
By Karl Paulsen published
Today, Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3z) has become a mainstay standard for networking, yet the expected demand for systems with data rates in excess of 1 Gbps is no longer just a dream.
Serial ATA Technology
By Karl Paulsen published
IT professionals are beginning to turn to an old, reliable and proven drive technology that is being packaged into new products aimed at addressing the cost/performance equation.
Backing Up Media Content
By Karl Paulsen published
It goes without saying that data is one of the enterprise's most valuable assets - so protecting it is of paramount importance; yet for many, it's also one of the biggest headaches.
Deduplication: Managing Disk Storage
By Karl Paulsen published
The processes and practices for managing disk storage, including backup and protection, are continuing to evolve as the dependency upon sophisticated online and offline storage technologies expands.
Understanding IP Storage
By Karl Paulsen published
An evolving technology with a growing set of flavors from which to choose from
Selecting Storage Solutions of the Future
By Karl Paulsen published
The expanding roles that high-definition, 3D-stereoscopic and higher-resolution images play are impacting many aspects of the media and entertainment industry.
Inside the File System
By Karl Paulsen published
Storage structures are becoming the “need-to-know” terminologies of the media server world.
Inside the File System
By Karl Paulsen published
Storage structures are becoming the “need-to-know” terminologies of the media server world.
Looking Toward Green Blades of Servers
By Karl Paulsen published
Server- and workstation-based subsystems are a natural course of evolution for what is extensively a software-based system architecture.
Network Storage Management
By Karl Paulsen published
Managing storage in a network environment is an ongoing requirement whether for broadcast facilities, data centers or even the home PC.
Tools and Practices for Managing Media Storage
By Karl Paulsen published
The reliability of media server systems and their storage networks continues to be a growing factor in determining which systems are employed and how.
Storage: Sending Out an SAS
By Karl Paulsen published
High speed, high bandwidth and high availability--all are on the "must-have" list for advanced media storage technologies.
Anticipating Storage Management Needs
By Karl Paulsen published
Storage is now the name of the game and the wake-up call to address it has already happened. Postponing decisions related to long-term digital media storage is just not an option.
How Networking Changes Storage Structures
By Karl Paulsen published
The end of the analog broadcast era signals opportunities for broadcasters to add services that will force infrastructure changes beyond those just recently made to support digital television.