By Janet Bartleson, Director, Dell Abstract: This case study outlines the partnership between Dell and ToonBox Entertainment, a Toronto-based 3D animation studio. Toonbox deployed Dell’s PowerEdge C6100 rack-mounted servers to render its stereoscopic animation. This article will detail how the partnership benefitted both companies. To captivate their audience, mischievous Surly Squirrel and his rat friend [...]

By Subhankar Bhattacharya, Global Practice Head Media & Entertainment, HCL Technologies   Abstract: In the television network industry, the linear and nonlinear businesses have evolved independently over several decades. There are many reasons for this separate path of evolution. First and foremost, the non-linear business targeted end-consumer interaction which was different from the distribution model [...]

By Colleen Quinn, Teradata Corporation  Fight on! As a USC alum, it’s odd that I cringe when other well-meaning Trojans shriek the school’s battle cry. But, last week, instead of hearing the bombast of a marching band in my head at the thought of ‘SC’s fight song, I was feelin’ a little more hip-hop. I [...]