<p>The traditional online, offline, nearline and archive storage models are expensive and slow storage paradigms that just don’t cut it for digital video in 2021! As a result of the drastic consumption model changes that 2020 required, we’ve emerged from this year with the need for bigger archives, stronger workflow models, and faster content delivery.</p>
<p>Subscribers and viewers are demanding to watch video on their terms, at any time and on any device. Join Eric Dey, Caringo Head of Product, Ben Canter, Caringo Global VP of Sales, and Adrian J Herrera, Caringo VP Marketing, as they discuss:</p>
<ul>
<li>Factors that will drive on-prem and cloud storage growth in the digital video market</li>
<li>Different storage and content distribution requirements for M&E, Sports Video, Broadcasters, and VOD services</li>
<li>Modern strategies for tiering video assets to increase storage cost-effectiveness</li>
</ul>


We’ve emerged from this year with the need for bigger archives, stronger workflow models, and faster content delivery

Zach Gover

Caringo Brews and Bytes talks offer insight into top storage professionals in technology, storage and common questions which exist in the markets.

Brews and Bytes

Caringo Swarm Object Storage can be used as platform for building a scalable, reliable, high-performance Content Distribution Network (CDN).

Content Delivery Network

Content Distribution is a key capability for Media & Entertainment, Social Discovery and all sites that provide content to customers and end users.

Content Distribution

Caringo revolutionized data storage and changed the economics of storage in 2006 by launching the first Object Storage product in the marketplace. 

Data Storage

Caringo Swarm Object Storage protects digital assets, keeping them online & accessible for production workflows, active archive & on-demand streaming.

Media &amp; Entertainment

Caringo Swarm Object Storage represents a new storage paradigm with read performance equivalent to parallel file systems for S3 throughput.

Performance

Scaling from small to 100s of PBs is one of the hallmarks of the Swarm pure object storage approach and a testament to our longstanding installations.

Scalability

Caringo Swarm Object Storage v11 accelerates access to video by giving you easy-to-generate URLs for secure internal or external streaming media.

Streaming Media

Bigger, Stronger, Faster: Digital Video Growth for 2021

Media & Entertainment

<p>Despite a global pandemic and social turmoil, there were some <strong>positive shifts in our world</strong> that were facilitated by technology. The ability to order just about anything online and to virtually meet with medical professionals, family, friends, and teachers as well as colleagues and peers, and an inexhaustible amount of content with which to entertain ourselves stood out as <strong>capabilities not possible even a decade ago</strong>. So with that in mind, let’s take a closer look at what we like to call <strong>the 3 Cs</strong> (<strong>content</strong>, <strong>cloud</strong> and <strong>collaboration</strong>) and our predictions for 2021.</p>
<h2>How are <strong>Content</strong> and Content Delivery Evolving?</h2>
<p>In 2020, we saw major studios test the waters with straight-to-home and hybrid (i.e., simultaneous in-home and in-theater) releases. Historically, there was a lag between the time a movie hit the theaters and when it was available for purchase or rent, on a subscription service, and finally broadcast on TV. This trend towards more flexible release platforms is sure to increase in momentum as the major on-demand services continue to invest heavily in creating quality content, all in an effort to increase subscribers. This means that the entire production process will be streamlined for online distribution and consumption. From a storage perspective, this will shift the primary function of an archive from protection to perpetual accessibility.</p>
<p>As the breadth of content increases, you will also see more advancements in recommendation approaches and streamlined user interfaces across various devices and platforms. From a technical perspective, the most innovative organizations will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and auto-generated metadata to facilitate recommendation approaches. Storage will again play a role here. Specifically, key/value-based storage that also integrates metadata—such as object storage and NoSQL databases.</p>
<h2>Is Usage of <strong>Cloud</strong> Increasing?</h2>
<p>The whole world collectively increased their utilization of cloud-based services and infrastructure in 2020. No real surprise here. What was a little less obvious was what was going on behind the scenes on the product roadmaps of every software and services company. Many had some form of “cloud” strategy on their roadmap that was accelerated. That means different things to different organizations based on their focus and industry, but the end result will be even more focus on cloud and hybrid strategies in 2021. Technologies that facilitate the ease of management of data and processes between various platforms and locations (on-prem and in the cloud) will continue their increase in popularity. You can expect more subscription-based offerings both in the B2B and B2C markets as organizations shift their business models to be more in line with their costs of production.</p>
<h2>How are Organizations Managing <strong>Collaboration</strong>?</h2>
<p>Distributed collaboration is here to stay, and the tools people use to facilitate this will continue to evolve. The cloud services and hybrid approaches just mentioned will certainly play a large role. People will start going into the office again, but data and computing resources must now always be accessible regardless of the location.</p>
<p>There you have it. Our predictions for 2021. Given that we are a storage company, our viewpoint is always data-centric. An integral function enabling all of our predictions is data accessibility. One thing that 2020 made abundantly clear is that it is no longer acceptable to have your data locked in a closet or stored in a location that can potentially become inaccessible.</p>
<h2>Learn More About the Three Cs</h2>
<p>If you are struggling with enabling data accessibility, don’t hesitate to <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact">contact us</a>. We are here to help and hope you have a great 2021! I recommend that you check out our <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/top-object-storage-educational-resources-of-2020">top object storage educational resources of 2020</a> to learn more about how an object storage and data management platform such as Caringo Swarm can help you improve your organizational efficiency and lower your storage TCO (total cost of ownership). In addition, registration is now open for our January educational events:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/bigger-stronger-faster-sports-video-growth-2021">Bigger, Stronger, Faster: Sports Video Growth for 2021</a><br />
<a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/building-complete-prem-object-storage-solution-tech-tuesday"></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/building-complete-prem-object-storage-solution-tech-tuesday">Building a Complete, On-Prem Object Storage Solution</a></li>
</ul>


Our data-centric predictions for 2021 are here, and it is all about the 3 Cs (content, cloud and collaboration).

Adrian "AJ" Herrera has over 20 years of experience bringing innovative storage, cloud and media software and services to market. With an MBA from San Diego State University and a BS in Information Systems from Chapman University, AJ serves as Caringo's VP of Marketing.

Adrian Herrera

Metadata is "data about data" and can be descriptive, structural, administrative, reference or statistical metadata that is auto- or user-generated.

Metadata

A NoSQL database provides a mechanism for storage and retrieval of data other than the tabular relations used in traditional relational databases.

NoSQL

Object storage (object-based storage) is computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects, as opposed to file storage & block storage.

Object Storage

2021 Predictions: Content, Cloud and Collaboration

<p><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/evolution-media-management-brews-bytes-episode-8.png?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="">In a few years when we reflect on this decade, it will be clear that it was the decade where video overtook all other forms of media as the main educational and entertainment vehicle. Every major video on-demand service, feature film, viral video, news network and now classroom relies on video content. Add a sudden shift to remote workflows and those in charge of creating, producing and delivering content now need to be able to find the videos they need on their own, from a distributed site. In this Brew & Bytes episode, we will discuss:</p>
<ul>
<li>How video production has changed the last decade and what a video archive looks like for various sizes of organizations</li>
<li>The impact of remote workflows and how different organizations are approaching the new norm</li>
<li>The role of remote access and AI-driven video search, and the importance of finding videos when they are needed</li>
</ul>
<p>Caringo VP Marketing and Brews & Bytes host Adrian J Herrera will be joined by Ryan Meek, Caringo Principal Solutions Architect, and Sam Bogoch, CEO of axle.ai, a leading software platform for remote access and video search. They will share real-world examples of how these capabilities have evolved over the last decade.</p>


What a video archive looks like for various sizes of organizations, impact of remote workflows, role of remote access and AI-driven video search

The Evolution of Media Management

<p>The rate of evolution in the digital video space is increasing. The first American television broadcast was on July 12, 1928. <em>26 years later</em> (1954), the first color broadcast of the Tournament of Roses Parade occurred. <em>17 years late</em>r, in 1971, the U-matic video cassette recorder (VCR) was released for commercial use. It took <em>another 10 years</em> for Betamax and VHS to become mainstream consumer options, <em>around 22 years</em> from when the first color broadcast occurred. Then, tape-based technology moved to laser disc, DVD, Blue-ray and so on and so forth. This was the <strong>era of physical media and distribution</strong>—where the rough rate of innovation was 20 to 25 years—driven by media/device adoption, standards acceptance and content availability.</p>
<h2>Laying the foundation for digital video, encoding and IP delivery</h2>
<p>In the late 80s and 90s, a number of companies that focused on audio and video encoders were founded. As the Internet evolved, these companies quickly shifted to online streaming. A couple of note are Xing Technology, founded in 1989 (and where I worked from ‘94–’96), and Progressive Networks (now RealNetworks), founded in 1994. When these streaming platforms were launched, VHS was still the most popular form of distribution and consumption. Then, DVD became mainstream in the late 90s. So, even though digital video was around in the 90s, it really didn’t take off. The quality wasn’t great, bandwidth rates were still measured in “baud” rates (bits per second) and content was limited; but, the building blocks for digital video creation and consumption were now out in the wild.</p>
<h2>Making it easier for consumption, quality of service, UI and mobile</h2>
<p>Arguably, I attribute the start of the digital video era to the launch of YouTube in 2005, the first Amazon video on-demand service in 2006 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Netflix">Netflix launching their on-demand service in 2007</a>. That was only 15 years ago. The services were rough with limited content, but the emphasis on enhancing the user interface, making it easier for users to find and consume content, was a primary focus. Just look at the rate of evolution since then. Services like TikTok launched only 3 years ago in 2017 and has 800 million active users. Disney+, which launched less than a year ago, already has 54.5M subscribers. The evolution from tape to DVD took roughly 12–15 years. Today, the rate of adoption for a successful service may take as little as 1–3 years. Now, maybe you have a different opinion on the timelines and timeframes, but I think we can all agree that it is easier now for services to launch and rapidly scale. The question is why and how.</p>
<h2>Streamlining digital video workflows accelerates service adoption</h2>
<p>Underlying infrastructure and accelerated content creation workflows are key ingredients for ensuring successful digital video projects and on-demand service. In our next Brews & Bytes episode, titled <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/evolution-media-management-brews-bytes-episode-8">The Evolution of Media Management</a>. Ryan Meek, Caringo Principal Solutions Architect, and I will talk to Sam Bogoch, CEO of axle.ai, which makes software to simplify remote media access and search, about this topic. Sam has an impressive and unique perspective from his experiences which include holding various roles at Avid and as the co-founder of axle.ai, and other companies including BigStorage, a linux-based open storage systems.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/evolution-media-management-brews-bytes-episode-8" title="axle ai and caringo evolution of media management" class="btn">Webinar Registration</a></p>


It is easier now than ever before for video streaming services to launch and rapidly scale. The question is why and how.

Tape storage refers to storage medium that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape, typically for an inexpensive offline, archival data store. 

Tape Storage

No, It’s Not Just You, Digital Video is Everywhere

<p>The first American television show broadcasted was the <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/first-television-drama">Queen’s Messenger aired on Sept 11, 1928</a>. It was a 40-minute-long silent feature; however, a radio placed under the TV was synched to the images to provide audio. WGY Television, General Electric’s experimental station, managed the broadcast and the technical staff outnumbered the cast. Even though the technology was cutting edge, the general reception was lukewarm compared to popular radio programs.</p>
<h2>When did Televisions Become Commonplace in Homes?</h2>
<p>It wasn’t until broadcast standards were championed by RCA in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television">late 1940’s and an improved version of black and white televisions came out in the 1950’s</a> that televisions became commonplace in homes. My point here is that the well-known saying that “content is king” is only true if the technology is there to enable delivery, consumption and, now, content creation.</p>
<h2>Laying the Foundation for Efficient Content Delivery</h2>
<p>Fast forward 92 years since the first broadcast and technology-driven organizations are once again laying the foundation for more efficient content delivery. However, many are also focusing on <strong>enabling content creation</strong> AND <strong>content consumption</strong>. Platforms like TikTok, Vine, twitch and others are taking the world by storm and democratizing the broadcast experience—creating platforms that enable anyone with a computer, phone and internet connection to create, edit and broadcast to millions of subscribers. Within one year of launch, TikTok was already achieving 1 Million views per day, and in 2019 they achieved <a href="https://www.oberlo.com/blog/tiktok-statistics">1 Billion views per day</a>. Compare this to broadcast TV where the most popular broadcast was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts_in_the_United_States">Super Bowl XLIX, Feb 1 2015 with 114.4M views</a> and you start to see the power of leveraging a global platform of content creators and content consumers.</p>
<h2>Timing is Everything: Efficient Delivery of Content from Creators to Consumers</h2>
<p>Every M&E driven organization now needs to enable the <em>efficient delivery of content from <strong>creators</strong> to <strong>consumers</strong></em>. There are a lot of less popular and failed TikTok like attempts out there. But, what everyone in M&E can learn from their meteoric rise is that the shift to online viewing and streaming services started by YouTube and Netflix years ago has been given a little shot of nitrous oxide by TikTok and others. I know this is easier said than done, but it is no longer a viable model to just focus on what’s popular. Your entire library of content must remain accessible, reusable and viewable on any device over various bandwidth speeds.</p>
<h2>What About the Storage Needed for Content Creation and Consumption?</h2>
<p>You have a lot of options to help you store, protect, deliver and manage your content, and you can learn more about them in the <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/what-5-tiers-of-storage-for-new-video-production-workflows">What are the 5 Tiers of Storage for New Video Production Workflows webinar</a>. You may also enjoy listening to our recent Brews & Bytes webcast on <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay">Video Production & Broadcasting in Social-Distancing Era: What’s Here to Stay?</a>.</p>
<p>If you are looking for more detailed information about object storage, check out our Tech Tuesday webinar <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/how-object-storage-makes-it-easier-to-access-your-data-from-anywhere">How Object Storage Makes it Easier to Access Your Data from Anywhere</a> or <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact">contact us for a demo</a>.</p>


Anyone with a computer, phone and internet connection can now create, edit and broadcast content to millions of subscribers, democratizing broadcasting

Caringo Tech Tuesday webinars offer insight into Object Storage technology and how Swarm works, plus gives you access to our storage SMEs.

Tech Tuesday

Brews &amp; Bytes

Broadcasting

Brews & Bytes

Democratizing the Broadcast Experience

<p><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/lvlLuc2zhi39C/html5"></a>There is a lot of talk lately about how object storage is moving up the storage food chain with the help of artificial Intelligence (GPU chips and such) and front-end file systems. I’m happy to say that while <a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/stfc-benchmarking">we were the first object storage solution to replace a parallel file system in production</a>, we haven’t lost sight of where Caringo technology shines—as a solution for nearline, content distribution and on-demand archive workflows.</p>
<p>With Swarm 11, our stellar development team gave it “that extra push over the cliff” on all of these fronts. Most important to our customers and their users, we have exposed powerful new capabilities in our UI that take the custom programming usually required out of the equation.</p>
<p><img src="https://i0.wp.com/giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/lvlLuc2zhi39C/giphy.gif?resize=500%2C270" width="500" height="270" class="size-full aligncenter" data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Caringo for M&E and Digital Video</h2>
<p>With our move into the Media and Entertainment segment the last few years, we’ve spoken with hundreds of content-driven organizations. They are all challenged with reducing the amount of time it takes to protect and deliver an asset internally or externally. Swarm 11 solves these issues by creating an on-demand archive where the content or content segment needed is easy to find and streamable internally or externally.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>What’s New in Swarm 11?</h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Reducing Time to Last Byte (TTLB) with Partial File Restore (PFR)</h3>
<p>While there is still a place for cold archives (e.g., tape or Amazon Glacier), most organizations not only need a true active archive, they want to be able to retrieve data on demand, particularly when they want to edit digital video. With <a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/partial-file-restore">Swarm’s new Partial File Restore feature</a>, we’ve reduced Time to Last Byte (aka TTLB) dramatically. The ability to quickly retrieve a large video file or pull a desired clip from that file means that editing, internal sharing and streaming all become not only easier, but almost instantaneous. Our API for integration into the M&E industry’s many Asset Management solutions has broad CODEC support and direct MP4-based clipping.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Accelerating Time to Ingest with up to 5x Faster File Upload Speeds</h3>
<p>Let’s face it, when it comes time to uploading files, faster is better. That is why we have designed an accelerated path to data ingest with up to 5x faster upload of any number of large, multi-GB files from any web browser. No clumsy gateways or software mounting points that could be incompatible with your workstation or that require an intermittent stop to a spooler to ensure all file segments are transferred. With bulk upload, we speed the process as data segments are written in parallel directly to the Swarm cluster.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Simplified File Sharing</h3>
<p>Given the complexity of storage technology and the wide swath of choices for transferring and delivering video, our team focuses on ways to simplify file sharing and eliminate the need to rely on external 3rd party services (e.g., Box or Vimeo), FTP Servers, expensive Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) or the risky and old-fashioned shipping of flash or hard drives. Swarm File Sharing empowers authorized users to generate a streamable URL for any file using the <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/using-swarm-object-storage-content-portal-ui">Swarm Content Portal</a>. That URL can then be transmitted via email or instant message for secure download or sharing, internally or externally.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Offsite Data Protection to Public Cloud with Backup to S3</h3>
<p>When it comes to offsite data protection, we like to play well with others. You can backup any Swarm domain or even an entire Swarm cluster to Amazon S3 or Amazon Glacier via S3 Lifecycle rules. You can backup to S3-compliant on-prem storage targets or 3rd-party S3-compliant services too. Want to tier data to an S3-compliant tape system or leverage an enterprise subscription cloud storage service (S3-compliant of course)? Not a problem with Swarm.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Learn More about Swarm 11</h2>
<p>Be sure to check out <a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/whats-new">What’s New in Swarm 11</a> for more details and catch today’s webinar live at 11am PT/2pm ET or watch on demand afterwards. Director of Product Eric Dey and VP of Marketing Adrian Herrera team up to present <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11">Accelerating On-Demand Access to Video Archives with Swarm 11</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1" alt="accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11" width="640" height="360" class="aligncenter wp-image-14747 size-full" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?resize=320%2C180&ssl=1 320w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p>
<p>Last but not least, I’d like to give a big “THANK YOU” to the entire Caringo team of developers, QA testers, and our professional services and training teams for pushing Swarm to new heights in its 11th version. With Swarm 11, we have delivered the most versatile, resilient and effective product in our 14-year history!</p>


With Swarm 11, we gave “that extra push over the cliff” to accelerate access to video files with an on-demand archive.

Throughout his 30-year career, Tony Barbagallo has leveraged his extensive experience to establish and grow hardware, software and service organizations. He has held a mix of leadership roles at small and large companies, including VP of Marketing and Product Management at Skyera, WildPackets (now Savvius), and EVault, VP of Marketing and Sales at Dantz (acquired by EMC), and senior management positions at Microsoft, Mentor Graphics, Sun, and GE. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Syracuse University and has also completed the Stanford University Executive Program.

Tony Barbagallo

Caringo uses Amazon S3 protocol for seamless policy-based tiering of data from primary storage to private Swarm cloud to public cloud.

Amazon S3

Caringo Swarm Object Storage provides an active archive (limitless & seamless pool of data) with data protection, management and search capabilities.

Caringo History

With Caringo, rapidly leverage the benefits of object storage—scale, management, protection, search & access of data over a public or private network.

Caringo Products

With Partial File Restore, Caringo Swarm lets you clip large video files for rapid turnaround of a specific portion directly from the archive layer.

Partial File Restore

Software-defined storage (SDS) is data storage software for policy-based provisioning and management of data, independent of underlying hardware. 

Software Defined Storage

Swarm Storage provides a complete S3-compliant platform for data protection, management, organization & search at massive scale for unstructured data.

Swarm Storage

Swarm Object Storage Now Goes to 11

<p>It’s no secret that digital content and how it is consumed has dramatically changed over the past few years. With recent events, that change has become even more pronounced. The demand for content and streaming is forcing organizations to quickly modernize their storage infrastructure to stay competitive. And, with the model of remote working becoming even more widespread, the access demands on data for different types of workflows becomes a business imperative.</p>
<p>Caringo was founded with the mission of changing the economics of storage, and today, we deliver on that promise with our new line of Swarm Server Appliances.</p>
<h2>Are Caringo Swarm Servers Available Now?</h2>
<p>This morning, we announced our new line of Caringo Swarm Servers that can be ordered immediately by <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact">contacting a Caringo Sales Representative</a>. This addition to the Caringo product line makes our Swarm Object Storage even more accessible to those who need an easy way to start reaping the many benefits of a flexible, S3-compatible, on-prem storage solution. Dense and economical, these <a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/appliances">Swarm Servers</a> were designed to enable content-driven organizations to keep archived assets instantly accessible for remote workflows and streaming. This means we can help customers quickly find a solution that fits their data center footprint, cost and performance requirements—so they can deliver instant access to archives for remote workflows and streaming services.</p>
<h2>How Much Data Can You Store on Servers?</h2>
<p>The on-prem, S3-enabled, private cloud storage solution <strong>starts at 168TBs</strong> in a Single Server Appliance, and <strong>scales to 100s of PBs</strong> in multi-server configurations. This enables customers to reduce costs while supporting the growing demand for instantly accessible data and content for collaboration, streaming and monetization. All of this is with a minimal footprint in your data center since the Management Server and the Single Server Appliance hardware come in a dense, 1U form factor while the exceptionally efficient 4u high-density appliance is available for massive scale out.</p>
<h2>Would it Cost Less to Move My Data to a Public Cloud?</h2>
<p>It is a myth that moving to a public cloud is always the most economical choice; case in point, the cost of Swarm Server Appliances starts at 42% less than Amazon S3 storage service fees for the same capacity over 3 years. And, at 32% less than the cost of other on-prem object storage solutions, they are a sound investment for your organization.</p>
<h2>How Long Does it Take to Deploy an Object Storage Solution?</h2>
<p>Caringo Swarm Object Storage software and Swarm Server solutions give you flexible and fast deployment, so organizations can deploy in less than a day and expand in a matter of minutes and easily scale with integrated backup to any S3-enabled device or service for seamless disaster recovery and cold archiving. So, you can now optimize your on-prem resources and benefit from the distributed protection of the cloud while ensuring that content is instantly accessible for continued use and monetization. With remote deployment options, we can help customers set up their new solutions even in this era of social distancing and restricted travel.</p>
<h2>Most Recent Software Updates to Swarm Object Storage</h2>
<p>Version 11.1 of Caringo Swarm Object Storage Software has been released. This brings enhancements to S3 protocol compatibility along with a 20% increase in performance, as well as email and Slack alerting. The software update facilitates scaling for large clusters of thousands of servers and integrates Elasticsearch 6, while delivering valuable features to end users such as built-in data management and secure file sharing.</p>
<h2>Virtual Event Line-up</h2>
<p>As you juggle your busy calendar of meetings and virtual events, we hope you can find time to join us at these upcoming events (available live or on demand):</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>April 23 at 11am (PDT)</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay">Video Production & Broadcasting in Social-Distancing Era: What’s Here to Stay?</a>, Brews & Bytes webcast, ep 4 featuring Nicholas Smith of JB&A Distribution</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">April 28 at 11am (PDT)</strong>
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<li><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/hardware-selection-object-storage" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Hardware Selection for Object Storage</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">, Tech Tuesday webinar</span></li>
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<li><strong style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">April 29 at 9am (PDT)</strong>
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<li><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/virtual-nab-tour-1303-systems-western-digital-caringo" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Virtual NAB Tour with 1303 Systems, Western Digital and Caringo</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> webinar</span></li>
</ul>
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New Swarm Server appliances give you the benefits of a flexible, S3-compatible, on-prem object storage server solution with remote access

Caringo Swarm Object Storage can run on any x86 server. We also offer a Swarm Single Server for those who want a complete solution out of the box. 

Hardware

Scale-out storage allows for expansion of data capacity through addition of devices that can be plugged in and configured as the need arises. 

Scale-Out Storage

1303 systems

Western Digital

Caringo Swarm Servers for Storing Digital Content

<p>The world in which we live has never been better connected than we are now with technology, and that is a positive for society in the ever-growing global crisis we are facing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Today’s technology allows us to stay connected, to stave off boredom, to continue working and to educate ourselves and our youth.</p>
<h2>How can we stay connected when social distancing and sheltering in place?</h2>
<p>Wanting connection with others is part of the human condition. Over the years, families have come to live further and further apart, and many people move on a fairly regular basis. But as that model has evolved, so has technology. Just in my lifetime, we’ve gone from the days of only having postal services, telegraphs and landline telephones to keep us connected to having mobile telephones and the Internet. With those two things, we get a cornucopia of options, including <strong>email</strong>, <strong>chat rooms</strong>, <strong>instant messaging</strong>, <strong>social media</strong>, <strong>online gaming</strong>, <strong>eCommerce</strong>, <strong>live streaming</strong> and so forth.</p>
<p>These technologies can keep us connected to work, family and friends near and far as well as to our local communities. My own neighborhood is actively looking for ways to help each other with simple exchanges of items like trading toilet paper for hand sanitizer. We had a brief power and Internet outage this morning, and we immediately managed to converse about it since we all had Facebook up on our mobile phones. Luckily, it was just a quick flicker and we were back with power and online.</p>
<h2>What are people doing to stave off boredom while businesses are shut down?</h2>
<p>While those of us who already worked remotely (as we primarily do at Caringo) may have our heads down focused on enabling our customers, we know that many people are unable to go to work due to shutdowns of businesses. So whether it is during normal work hours or after hours and weekends, we are looking for more and more entertainment options. How many online happy hours and get-togethers have you attended over the past couple of weeks? Are you still using <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/videos/object-storage-content-distribution-social-discovery">social discovery</a> sites (for example, dating sites)? Are you live streaming entertainment? Or maybe you are watching old as well as current movies (many of which are becoming available since their theatre releases have been interrupted or delayed) and binge-watching shows. Organizations have been highly focused on <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/modernizing-archive-for-me-workflows-with-swarm-object-storage">modernizing their digital video archives</a> to enable video workflows and make video assets instantly accessible for streaming. Of course, all of these options come courtesy of technology, and we find it gratifying that the work we put into our <a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/media-entertainment">Caringo Swarm Object Storage for Media & Entertainment Solution</a> is helping businesses provide these valuable sources of connection, news and entertainment.</p>
<h2>How is technology helping with managing the Covid-19 medical crisis?</h2>
<p>From supply chain management software to 3D printers to storing medical information and imaging for patients, technology is hard at work helping in the war against Covid-19. It is helping epidemiologists, doctors and healthcare workers around the world to share what they are finding as more and more people seek treatment for Covid-19. It is also helping everyday people find accurate and valuable information that enables them to make smart choices for themselves and those who rely on them. This information ranges from being able to see a world view like that presented by the <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center</a> to reading guidelines from the <a href="https://www.who.int/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">World Health Organization</a> and <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Center Disease Control (CDC)</a> down to finding out what is going on in your local area.</p>
<h2>What role will HPC technology play in Covid-19 research?</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/high-performance-computing">High-Performance Computing (HPC)</a> has been around for a long time, but recent advances in technology will help to speed us to the answers that will help us bend or flatten the curve. Technology organizations are working with national laboratories and medical researchers to arm them with the tools they need to collect, store, manage and analyze data. The <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/24/820381506/supercomputers-recruited-to-hunt-for-clues-to-a-covid-19-treatment" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">US federal government is now forming a COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium</a> where industry, academic institutions and federal laboratories will collaborate to try to identify or create candidate compounds in hopes of preventing or treating a coronavirus infection. This is where the information collected by those on the front lines of treating patients can empower new discoveries.</p>
<h2>Modernizing the Way We Store and Manage Data</h2>
<p>Since the release of our first Object Storage Platform in 2006, Caringo has been in the business of helping organizations store and manage massive amounts of unstructured data. And, over the course of field-hardening that software platform, we have gathered expertise within our organization to help quickly stand up active archives for many use cases, including <a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/medical">Medical</a> & <a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/stfc-benchmarking">Research</a> organizations. If you need to modernize your archive, we can help you evaluate options quickly and effectively. <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact">Contact us</a> today to set up an appointment to speak with one of our storage experts.</p>
<h2>Learn More</h2>
<p>Watch our Tech Tuesday webinar on demand featuring Eric Dey, Caringo Director of Product, and Rachana Ananthakrishnan, Globus Head of Product, to learn more about <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/managing-data-hpc-research-environments-tech-tuesday">storing and managing data in HPC</a>. You are also invited to <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/premises-cloud-storage-friends-foes">join us today at 11am PT</a> for the live webcast of today’s third episode of Brews & Bytes. David Boland, Wasabi Director of Product Marketing, will join Eric Dey and Adrian J Herrera, Caringo VP Marketing. They will discuss the relationship between <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/premises-cloud-storage-friends-foes">on-premises and cloud storage</a> and how you can use them to advance your organization’s initiatives. (Available on demand after the live event.)</p>


How is technology helping society in the face of the ever-growing global crisis we are facing with the Covid-19 pandemic?

Sarah Cook is Caringo's Director of Marketing and brings deep expertise in Product Marketing and Technical/Marketing/Corporate Communications. Sarah has worked for some of the biggest names in technology including Dell and Cisco and holds a B.A. in English Composition with a minor in Music from the University of North Texas. She sings with and serves on the Board of Directors for Panoramic Voices, a 501(c)3 choral collaborative in Austin, TX.

Sarah Cook

Object-based storage (e.g., Amazon S3-compliant Caringo Swarm Object Storage) is the basis for all Cloud Storage⏤private, public or hybrid).

Cloud Storage

HPC data sets are exploding. Swarm Object Storage streamlines data management/access & reduces storage TCO up to 75% with continuous data protection.

High Performance Computing

Hybrid Cloud is storage that has a mix of on-premises, private cloud storage (e.g., Caringo Swarm Object Storage) & 3rd-party public cloud services.

Hybrid Cloud

Caringo Swarm Object Storage powers social discovery technologies that change the way we connect with people and find information in today's world.

Social Discovery

Covid-19

Globus

Wasabi

Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage

The Role of Technology in Our Global Crisis

<p>Growing up in Texas, “Friday Night Lights” are a big deal…not just a TV series. Don’t ask how, but I escaped the football frenzy and the only time I’ve attended football games was when I wanted to see the marching band. However, on a recent family vacation to New Orleans, I gained a new perspective on why NFL fans are so passionate and why Caringo Swarm Object Storage technology is <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/object-storage-enabling-on-demand-workflows-for-sports-video">a valuable tool for enabling workflows for sports video</a>.</p>
<h2>New Orleans Saints vs Texas Cowboys</h2>
<p>The weekend the Saints played the undefeated Cowboys at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, it was as if all of Texas had followed me to the New Orleans Hyatt Regency (where the Dallas players were also staying). Everywhere I looked, there were Cowboy fans in blue and white with boots on and Saints fans in black and gold. As I sat on the plane back to Texas that game night, I couldn’t help but peek at the game streaming live to someone’s laptop on the aisle opposite me, and <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401128102">witnessed the Saints beat the Cowboys</a>.</p>
<h2>How is Video Valuable to Sports Organizations?</h2>
<p>Video is quite valuable to sports organizations <strong>monetarily</strong> and also for <strong>process improvement</strong> and <strong>learning</strong>. Streaming sports games is big business, especially as more and more households are <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/cord-cutting-digitization">cutting the cord</a>. The <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/368771/the-best-sports-streaming-services">competition is heating up</a> as streaming services continue to compete for sports fans. According to a <a href="https://www.emarketer.com/content/sports-video-2019">study by eMarketer</a>, worldwide revenues from sports digital media rights will grow by 11.5% in the next 3 to 5 years while traditional TV rights will see only 3.2% growth.</p>
<p>Given the intricacies of sports games, it is easy to see how an active archive of game footage for post-game analysis would be useful to the coaching staff of just about any sport—football, baseball, basketball, tennis, etc. These clips are used to illustrate the good, the bad and the ugly so teams and athletes can continue to improve their performance and game strategy.</p>
<h2>Will Object Storage Help Me Manage My Sports Video?</h2>
<p>Object Storage is increasingly being used not only by broadcast organizations (such as <a href="https://www.caringo.com/case-studies/nep/">NEP Netherlands</a>) as a platform for robust Content Distribution Networks (CDNs), but by sports teams to build their own private active archives of both practice and game footage.</p>
<p>Object Storage is an obvious choice as it brings a number of benefits with a small hardware footprint, scalability and cost effectiveness. And, with the <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/swarm-object-storage-now-goes-to-11">release of Caringo Swarm v11</a>, new features are available that are particularly valuable for those working with sports video files. These features include:</p>
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<li><strong><a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/partial-file-restore">Partial File Restore</a></strong>, which reduces Time to Last Byte (TTLB) dramatically, so you can quickly retrieve a large video file or pull a desired clip from that file</li>
<li><a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/whats-new"><strong>Accelerated File Ingest</strong></a>, designed to be up to 5x faster, so you can upload any number of large, multi-GB files from any web browser</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/whats-new">Simplified File Sharing</a></strong>, empowering authorized users to generate a streamable URL for secure internal and external file sharing using the Swarm Content Portal</li>
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<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1" alt="accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11" width="640" height="360" class="aligncenter wp-image-14747 size-full" title="Watch Webinar: Archived Video – Accelerating On-Demand Access with Caringo Swarm Object Storage Version 11" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?resize=320%2C180&ssl=1 320w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p>
<h2>Learn More about Swarm v11</h2>
<p>Check out the <a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/whats-new">What’s New in Swarm v11</a> page and watch our on-demand webinar <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11">Accelerating On-Demand Access to Video Archives with Swarm 11</a> to learn more. If you have questions or want to schedule a demo with one of our Object Storage Experts, <a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/contact">contact us</a>.</p>
<p>Make sure you mention this blog and ask about our <em>“buy-one-TB-get-one-TB-free”</em> promotion with the purchase of a 3-year maintenance & support agreement through December 31, 2019.</p>


Caringo Swarm Object Storage technology is a valuable tool for enabling workflows for sports video. You might say it's "The Big Easy."

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