Fast and Foolproof Production Workflows with CatDV

Do you see your site or service’s growth hindered by the unnecessary costs and complexities of a closed platform? Are you unsure how to make a change with zero user-impact? Join this live talk to learn:

• How to avoid commonly limiting content storage and platform issues
• Design and architecture best practices to deliver a scalable, cost-effective solution
• How to transform storage content dynamically and deliver it faster globally
• How to serve content resiliently while executing change and storage migration

Improved ransomware protection can be achieved in minutes by adding data immutability to your Veeam backups. However, some of you may wonder what is happening from a technical perspective to ensure that your data is secure. Join Natasha Rabinov and Elton Carneiro from Backblaze and Dustin Albertson from Veeam to discuss the inner workings of object lock and the data protection that it provides.

As the end of 2020 approaches, we have seen a continued rise in ransomware attacks. To mitigate risk, IT preparedness is more crucial than ever and backups are the first line of defense in data protection. In this webinar, join Troy Liljedahl and Natasha Rabinov from Backblaze to discuss the additional layer of protection that can be added to your backups in minutes: data immutability.

The newest report published October 20 is based on over 153,727 spinning hard drives. Author Andy Klein will be on hand to answer your range of questions and give insights on requested topics such as:
• Emerging trends from Q3 2020
• Key metrics such as Drive Days and Annualized Failure Rate
• How to download and compile the raw data for your own reports

Rclone is the powerful, free open-source tool at the heart of many copy, sync, and cloud migration workflows. Join Rclone’s creator to go deep on using its simple command line interface to:
• Optimize your copy/sync in line with best practices
• Mirror storage for security without adding complexity
• Transfer data reliably despite limited bandwidth and/or intermittent connection

How, if at all, does Quality Control help you deliver more, better, and faster? QC might sound scary or boring, yet a cloud-based solution can instantly and automatically flag errors, adjust formatting for changing delivery standards, and more. Attend this webinar to learn how to:

• Choose a QC strategy that works for your whole team
• Use QC tools to flag content errors in even the fastest-paced workflow
• Adopt best practices for efficiency in rising and falling workloads

How could more compact transcoding help your customers load and playback videos faster, and help your bottom line too? Attend this event and learn how you can:
• Optimize your video files for fast load times on low bandwidth connections
• Cut content library storage and CDN costs by reducing file sizes
• Get the highest video quality possible at low bitrates, automatically

The global pandemic means far more than paused production - it signals a new era of mandatory workflow flexibility and resiliency. How are media pros adapting? Attend this discussion with American Public Television, Youngevity, and axle.ai to learn:

• Immediate actions taken - what worked, what didn’t - including some surprises
• ‘No regrets’ operational changes that will serve long after the pandemic is gone
• How to think about tools and technologies for uninterrupted creation and distribution

Is it difficult or impossible for all your users to search and access content stored in different locations on different technologies? Attend this webinar to learn how to:

• Create a ‘single pane of glass’ view of content across cloud and on-premise storage
• Deliver seamless collaboration and secure file-sharing across your entire organization
• Move files faster between different storage types and locations
• Easily build rules and enforce policies through automated workflow actions

How much easier would your life be if your team members at different sites could share large files efficiently, with everything protected in the cloud? Attend this live demo to learn how to:

• Set up cross-office collaboration with faster, simpler local access
• Reduce bandwidth consumption by syncing files on multiple NAS devices just once
• Generate shared links, files or folders to deliver content to external clients
• Efficiently and easily backup and sync all your NAS devices to the cloud

How much faster could you finish projects if your workflow adapted to new demands without costly, time-consuming development? Attend this event to learn how you can automate:

• High-volume ingest and content processing using cloud compute and storage
• Proxy creation, custom tagging, and metadata extraction without undue compute costs
• Transcode and upload of files to playout servers as soon as clips are marked “approved”
• Review and approval process, and delivery to platforms like YouTube or Vimeo

How can you monetize content quicker by discovering information hidden inside your media files? Attend this webinar to learn how to:

• Use machine learning and AI to extract metadata from content scattered across SAN, NAS, and cloud storage
• Uncover actionable insights from words, sounds, faces, and logos detected in video and other assets
• Build time-saving workflows that identify, move, and transform content automatically
• Make your content monetization workflow more efficient to shorten time to revenue

Want your NAS to do more than just store content? A NAS solution with built-in data protection tools can safeguard your content too. Join this live demo and learn how to:

• Determine when to use backup vs. sync functions based on your workflow
• Deploy a hybrid cloud - for the best of local and off-premise storage - in minutes
• Select the right NAS solution for your environment

Are you ready to take your content worldwide? You too can have a simple, fast, incredibly cost effective solution for your website or content service up and running in minutes. Attend this event to learn how to:

• Improve end-user experience with global caching and optimization
• Eliminate egress fees for content movement
• Compare cost savings of Backblaze and Cloudflare vs S3 and Cloudfront
• Quickly build a pilot workflow at no cost

In this fast-changing business environment - do you need to unlock value in your existing assets and keep your remote teams productive? Attend this event to learn:

• How broadcaster, sports, and corporate video creative teams can manage, distribute and deliver content remotely
• How Imagen’s monetization and delivery features integrate with Backblaze B2
• How a sports video customer quickly pivoted from live events using existing content
• How Carleton College deployed a student content solution in only 5 days

Do your video editing teams need to work remotely on short notice, without sacrificing access to content stored on the main shared system? Attend this event to learn how you can:

• Rapidly deploy remote content servers that deliver full-resolution content to editors
• Keep remote and main studio content in sync, even with limited remote bandwidth
• Protect the entire content library and add flexible content delivery with cloud storage
• Reintegrate the remote environments back into the main shared-system, ready to deploy to the next site

Do you need rock-solid backup and synchronization of your critical systems and high-value folders, but aren’t sure where to start? Join this live demo to learn how to set up reliable backup and sync in minutes, and pick up best practices along the way. Topics covered will include:

- Goodsync overview for Mac, Windows, Linux, and NAS systems
- One minute setup - configuring Goodsync with Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
- Five different ways to initiate backup and synchronization jobs
- Best practices with real-world examples from our customers

Want your cloud storage spending to go farther for you, but concerned about the cost or complexity of moving between clouds? Fear not. Learn how Flexify.IO and Backblaze can help you:

- Easily and inexpensively transfer data from one cloud provider to another
- Eliminate downtime during cloud-to-cloud migration
- Choose the right cloud storage to meet your workflow needs

In their move toward cloud workflows, content owners are looking for solutions that manage content stored on-premises seamlessly with content in the cloud. Backblaze partner iconik built their smart media management system with this hybrid cloud approach in mind. With iconik, you don’t have to wait for all your content to be in the cloud before you and your creative team can take advantage of their cloud-based platform.

Attend this webinar where an iconik expert Mike Szumlinski will detail how you can:
* Get started with cloud-based media management without migrating any content
* Search and preview all your content from any device, anywhere
* Add collaborators on the fly, including view-only licenses at no charge
* Instantly ingest content stored in your Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage into iconik