What's the BuZZ?

Mark Pescatore - Executive Conference Chair, Government Video Expo, Washington, DC.

The BuZZ is on the road to Washington, DC, to attend the Government Video Expo! Mark Pescatore joins us as the Executive Conference Chair for the Expo to give us his take on key products at the Expo.

This week we showcase the highlights from more than three hours of LIVE coverage, direct from the show. We'll pick our best interviews - the ones with the best guests or most interesting products - tie 'em together and put a ribbon on it so you get just the information you need without wasting your time.

The BuZZ Beat

GV Expo BuZZ - More from the Show Floor!

As budgets become increasingly squeezed, our goal is to help you sort out the merely interesting from the truly necessary, to help you get the most for your money.

Interviews from GV Expo include: - Zylight, Front Porch Digital, SpectraLogic, Avid Technology, Wohler and Mark Pescatore.

Charlies Collias, Director of Sales, Zylight. Zylight has introduced an amazing new RGB LED light. About the size of a walkie-talkie, this generates 70 watts of power that you can set to any color temperature you need, without using gels or filters. Listen as we talk about the future of lighting technology.

Brian Campanotti, Chief Technology Officer, Front Porch Digital. Front Porch Digital creates software that manages the archiving of your media. Used in conjunction with a hardware system, which we'll talk about in the next segment, this allows you to safely protect your assets. Here he talks about what you need in software to backup your projects.

Hossein ZiaShakeri, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Alliances, SpectraLogic. SpectraLogic manufactures digital tape backup systems from the very small single drive systems, to multi-headed robotic archives. This discussion is fascinating as he discusses their hardware, but more importantly, the longevity of magnetic tape storage.

Brian Towey, Regional Sales Manager, Microboards Technology. Microboards makes CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc duplicating equipment. What's interesting about Brian's interview is his extended discussion on the importance of selecting the right media for your recordings - and which media to select.

Sam Bogoch, Director, Infrastructure Solutions, Avid Technology. Avid Technology recently announced its "New Thinking." In this discussion, we talk about the ramifications of that on their current crop of products, then spend a lot of time talking about how multiple editors can work together in the same project at the same time using a Unity Network.

Darren Fordham, Director of Business Development, Wohler. Wohler makes audio and video monitoring gear designed to fit into equipment racks. Imagine our surprise when we learned you can actually monitor audio in a machine room. Darren explains how.

Mark Pescatore, executive conference chair, GV Expo, joins us to discuss the show highlights, who won awards for Best of Show products, and where GV Expo is heading next year.

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