DUSSELDORF, Germany—Elements will feature its new GRID NAS platform as well as the latest developments in its ELEMENTS media ecosystem at the 2026 NAB Show, April 18-22, at the Las Vegas Convention center.

GRID, built on Ceph, an open-source, distributed storage system, is a software-defined, scale-out NAS platform. It combines all-NVMe performance with the company’s automation engine and Media Library media asset management software. The company has begun shipping GRID to customers.

The company will also feature its Elements cloud production platform with AI integrations. At the core of the secure cloud platform is the flexibility for a future-proof and scalable foundation to boost performance and maximize ROI.

Its Media Library MAM enhances the platform with tools for tagging, searching, organizing and securely sharing media. API-driven automation and AI integrations generate rich, searchable metadata for faster, smarter and more collaborative production.

Elements will also feature its ELEMENTS NVME CUBE with a petabyte of RAW storage, 12 GB/s speed and a toolset that increases on-set productivity. It will also showcase workflows and integrations across the ELEMENTS media ecosystem, including a new Avid Media Composer panel that allows editors to search and browse Media Library assets, preview proxies and seamlessly bring media directly into their projects.

Building on this is VALET, which extends storage seamlessly into the cloud, which allows teams to offload inactive projects while keeping them instantly accessible with BLINK delivering enterprise-grade BeeGFS (Bee Global File System) performance across Windows and macOS for high-throughput environments.

See Elements at 2026 NAB Show booth N1717.

More information is available on the company’s website.

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany—ThinkParQ has entered into a technology partnership with ELEMENTS to deliver BeeGFS for broadcast and film production, as well as post-production facilities, with plans to make it rapidly adopted by the M&E market. 

"BeeGFS performs exceptionally, is simple to deploy and offers a high degree of manageability," explains ThinkParQ chief executive Frank Herold. "We believe strongly that BeeGFS can create the same customer experience in M&E as it has in our other market areas. Together with ELEMENTS, BeeGFS will enable the creation of future-proof and high-performance media entertainment workflows."

The official SPEC Performance Benchmark recently tested ELEMENTS BOLT with BeeGFS and proved it to be one of the fastest storage appliances available today, the companies said. 

BeeGFS was originally developed by mathematical research center Fraunhofer ITWM, which is part of the leading German applied research organization Fraunhofer institute. 

Since 2014, ThinkParQ has continued development of the hardware-independent POSIX (portable operating system interface) parallel file system on a commercial basis, initially for HPC (high performance computing), AI (artificial intelligence), Life Sciences, and Oil & Gas.

With an architecture that enables the management of any I/O (input/output) profile requirements with no performance restrictions, BeeGFS provides the scalability and flexibility needed to run the most demanding infrastructures, the companies said. It can increase productivity by delivering faster results, as well as making it possible to apply new data analysis methodologies without altering existing workflows or applications.

The source code for BeeGFS is publicly available and comes in both a Community Edition, which can be used free of charge, and an Enterprise Edition that requires a professional support subscription contract. The Enterprise contract gives access to the file system's enterprise features and functionalities with full technical support. The license fee also helps More information is available at www.thinkparq.com.

DUSSELDORF, Germany—Elements has announced a remote access editing software designed for media artists, Elements Satellite.

Elements Satellite merges technology from remote gaming company Parsec with low-latency demanding media workflows. The platform is meant to eliminate unstable playback and low framerate. It also enables editing of 4K 60 fps video from anywhere with high video quality and in-sync audio.

The system also works with the Elements Client app. This app can manage and initiate encrypted connections on both Windows and macOS operating systems. All access permissions are available centrally, including two-factor authentication and full end-to-end encryption with the Elements-based connection broker.

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LAS VEGAS—Elements will use the 2018 NAB Show to highlight the integration of Veritone artificial intelligence recognition engines within the company’s Elements Media Library media asset management system.

The AI engines perform automated media monitoring and analysis, and automatically detect images, such as faces, objects and logos, as well as enable automatic speech-to-text transcriptions. They also analyze, dissect and index every video frame, as well as audio and metadata, making it easier to search media assets in the Media Library as well as the company’s high performance storage systems, such as Elements One.

The Media Library now contains rough-cut editing tools that streamline the collaborative, review and approvals processes by allowing frame-accurate comments and drawings to be added directly on source material. And since the AI functionality is directly accessible through Adobe Premiere, editors can search the Elements Media Library from within Premiere.

The 2018 NAB Show takes place in Las Vegas, April 9-12. Elementswill be in boothSL14508. For more information, visit www.nabshow.com. 

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DUSSELDORF, GERMANY—Elements, developer of advanced solutions for unrestricted collaboration in shared media workflows, is making it easier to access the Cloud. The Company has announced plans to present its new and secure option to push projects or media assets to the Cloud via Elements own GUI at IBC 2017 in Stand 7.B08.

The new Cloud feature, embedded in Elements Media Library, allows all connected workstations to share assets through a private cloud, directly from within Elements’ GUI. With a simple mouse click every operator from any workstation, even those without direct internet access, can initiate the upload and create a link to the specific video in the cloud, or leverage the “auto-upload” functionality allowing operators to automatically load assets to a new cloud-hosted web platform for easy external access.

“Following our basic principle to make processes safe, simple and fast for the user, we have managed to create our new feature in the most efficient fashion,” said André Kamps, Elements CEO. “Instead of uploading the big hi-res file, our Cloud feature uses the smaller Proxy-version of a clip, reducing upload times significantly. Now entire projects can be stored, shared and recalled with just a keystroke, making collaboration from anywhere convenient and easy.” 

The sleek web portal allows the Cloud to be easily accessible directly from within the Elements system via various applications including Elements Filemanager, Media Library and Task Manager. Customers can direct clients to view clips on an individually branded Cloud-based Portal, giving the impression of an on-premise, self-hosted storage. Identical to the use of the Media Library as a communication portal, viewers accessing the assets through the cloud are invited to leave comments and even drawings on the image. All annotations are integrated and synced to Elements Media Library.

 The new feature will become part of Elemenets’ comprehensive workflow management tool-set that provides a fully intuitive graphical user interface for professionally managing, presenting and sharing media assets. The unique web-based workflow enhancement feature set is embedded in Elements appliances ONE, NAS, GATEWAY, SAN and the mobile appliance CUBE. The optional Media Library, a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use media asset management tool is fully compatible with virtually every professional editing application available today, such as Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro and others, enabling operators to transfer entire projects seamlessly from the Media Library to any other editing application. The Media Library also fully supports Avid bin-locking and project sharing.

The entire solution is being demonstrated on Elements’ stand # 7.B08 in the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam.

LAS VEGAS—At the 2017 NAB Show, Elements will demonstrate a new media workflow manager that allows users to set up the automation of tasks using simple drag-and-drop functionality from the system’s intuitive graphics user interface.

Workflow Manager

The workflow manager, which is part of the company’s Media Library, is a sophisticated media asset management (MAM) system that runs on Elements media servers or storage appliances. Media Library users can transfer projects seamlessly to editing systems, such as Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, and Apple Final Cut Pro. It also supports Avid bin locking and project sharing.

Elements’ Rough-Cut Editor, which is also part of the Media Library, offers professional rough-cut editing functionalities. During projects, it streamlines the review and approvals process by allowing for frame-accurate comments and even drawings on the source material to indicate areas of interest.

The Media Library also provides unique features, such as an embedded media player that can play back up to four videos concurrently, for easier comparison of four different edited versions.

The 2017 NAB Show takes place in Las Vegas, April 24-27. Elementswill be in ALT System’s Renaissance Hotel suite. For more information, visit www.nabshow.com.

BURBANK, CALIF.—Elements’ SAN/NAS server and media storage products are heading to the Great White North. The company recently announced a deal with Montreal –based service system integrator CEV to offer the SAN/NAS range of products to the Canadian entertainment and media market.

Among the products that CEV will be offering include Elements One, Elements Gateway and Elements Cube. All systems provide a set of workflow enhancement and management tool features, including media asset management with full editing and data management capabilities.

CEV, which also has offices in Toronto, Quebec City and Halifax, will begin its partnership with Elements immediately.

BURBANK, CALIF.—The German-based Elements has announced that it will begin selling its SAN and NAS media storage systems in the U.S. after signing a reselling partnership agreement with ALT systems. During the 2016 NAB Show, ALT Systems will demo Elements’ Elements One, Elements Gateway and Elements Cube systems.

Elements Cube

The Elements One is a 4U, all-in-one SAN/NAS server that allows for 360TB of shared storage. The system features native media sharing to access files through a shared file system and storage. Features for the Elements One include media asset management, user management, file and task manager, and project management.

Facilities that already have an Xsan or StorNext-based shared storage environment can use the Elements Gateway, a 2U gateway server, for similar features and benefits, but without the storage. In addition, Elements Cube is a mobile application that supports up to 16 drives for editing and data management capabilities.

ALT Systems will demonstrate the Elements products on the 15th floor of the Renaissance Hotel in Las Vegas in from April 18-21.

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY—The latest edition of the mobile media storage device Elements Cube has been released, according to shared media workflows developer Elements. The updated system provides access to Elements’ media asset management (MAM) tool, the Media Library, and its Rough Cut Editor.

The Elements Cube is a portable device that enables customers to view and pre-select media assets on location through a HTML-5 platform. The system comes equipped with embedded MAM tools, including an intelligent task manager, a file manager and a professional user and rights management tool. The Cube also has access to the Rough Cut editing tool through the Media Library, which allows for rough edits to be done on set on a standard computer or tablet; the rough cuts are then compatible with most editing applications available, per Elements. Additional features include the ability to add notes/comments, ranking particular sequences and allowing on-screen drawings.

Elements Cube supports SAS, SATA and SSD drives and provides up to 32TB while allowing utilization of ingest cards. It also comes equipped with USB 3.0 and E-SATA ports.

The new version of Elements Cube is now available.