Press Release Summary: Home Media Center Challenge and other Awards Submissions Now Open
Press Release Body: The Eighth Annual Storage Visions Conference held at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6 & 7, 2009 agenda includes notable speakers from new and established companies, including a keynote from NBC Universal. Storage Visions is the place to participate in digital storage enabling the digital content revolution (Storagevisions.com). Attendance at the 2009 event is expected to exceed 500 with about 20% being analysts and press.
The 2009 Storage Visions agenda is mostly complete and posted at Storagevisions.com/2009Agenda.htm. Participating companies include Asankya Networks, ByCast, Coughlin Associates, Data Robotics, Denali Software, Electrofilm, EMC, Focus Enhancements, Freescale Semiconductor, Fujitsu, GreenBytes, HD Giants, IDC, Imation, Intel, iSuppli, KP-MEMS, Macrovision, Marken Communications, MediaTech, Nirvanix, NPD, Objective Analysis, Omneon, On Device Portal Consortium, Oxford Semiconductor, Plasmon, PC World, Pinnacle Systems, Pioneer Electronics, Rebit, Reseller Advocate, SanDisk, Seagate Technology, Silicon Image, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba and Warner Bros.
Rab Mukraj, Director of Digital Media Delivery at NBC Universal will speak on "Storing NBC Universal's Growing Digital Library Securely and Efficiently" at 10:00 AM on January 6, 2009. Rab, along with his team has built NBC Universal's first application to ingest content, process that content and then deliver it to a variety of distribution platforms electronically. He has developed many tools using open technology platforms to ingest, process and distribute content with a high degree of automation and quality.
The Storage Visions Media Serving Challenge will showcase digital storage solutions for delivering digital audio and video content from a central home server environment. Expert judges will award prizes to the contestants based upon various criteria. Information on the Challenge and the test process is located on the Storage Visions web site. Companies wishing to participate in the Challenge and exhibit at the 2009 Storage Visions Conference should contact Alan Land at 760-212-5718 or alan626@cox.net.
In addition to the special Media Server Challenge awards, Storage Visions offers its annual Storage Visions "Visionary" Awards. Submissions for the Visionary Awards opened on September 15 and closes on November 14. Find information on the various awards and make submissions on the conference web site, Storagevisions.com.
Conference registration is now open. You can register directly at the conference web site at StorageVisions.com/2009Register.htm. Conference hotel reservation information is also on the web site at Storagevisions.com/2009Travel.htm.
For information on remaining sponsorship and exhibit opportunities at the 2009 conference fill out the appropriate forms available on the conference web site: StorageVisions.com/2009SponsorsEx.htm, call us at 408-871-8808 or email us at info@StorageVisions.com.
Web Site: http://www.StorageVisions.com
Contact Details: Thomas Coughlin Coughlin Associates 9460 Carmel Road Atascadero, CA 93422 (408) 871-8808 tom@tomcoughlin.com