New integrated digital asset management solution from Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics has introduced a new integrated digital asset management solution for digital content creators in the publishing, entertainment, government and education markets. StudioCentral Library Release 2.0 adds a client/server environment and support for Silicon Graphics visual workstations, and Origin servers, as well as Windows NT and Windows 95 and Macintosh clients.

"Not only has the demand for digital content increased rapidly in the last few years, but so has the value of that content," says Vaughan Wooler, MD of Silicon Graphics sub-Saharan Africa. "StudioCentral Library is the ideal solution for customers requiring an `end-to-end` integrated solution for digital asset management, rights management and other content development."

Building on an open development environment, StudioCentral Library maximises the value of digital assets, allowing users to easily access and manage their digital assets throughout the production lifecycle from creation to distribution.

StudioCentral Library includes features such as:

• Desktop client applications that allow seamless interoperability with content creation applications such as Adobe PhotoShop.

• Support for Silicon Graphics WebFORCE MediaBase streaming media server.

• Support for Silicon Graphics Video Server Toolkit, software that transforms an Origin server into a multichannel, multiformat video server under frame accurate control.

StudioCentral offers unrivalled scalability, which allows users to start with a small workgroup and grow their installation to multiple workgroups throughout the enterprise. StudioCentral Library`s unique flexibility in handling digital assets, from simple online text files to complex streaming media files, allows the handling of a broad range of digital assets and supports multiple repositories of up to millions of assets.