NAB 2014, Las Vegas, NV - 10 April 2014  - Tiger Technology, the innovative provider of advanced shared storage workflow solutions, today announced that shipment of the new Tiger Series family of intelligent storage systems will begin immediately after NAB 2014. The Tiger Series product family, which will be demonstrated on Stand SL11805 at NAB 2014, is designed to increase the speed, reliability, flexibility and productivity of collaborative and multi-user storage workflows. 

Through the use of advanced technology, engineering and proprietary system design, the Tiger Series increases performance and frees users from time-consuming and technically demanding maintenance. The Tiger Series is the backbone for a complete rich media production pipeline; together with Tiger projectStore for project management, backup and archive and the Tiger Tiering and Replication hierarchical storage management layers, it forms a complete data workflow solution.
Robert Keske, CEO, Tiger Technology, said, "We are thrilled to start shipping the full Tiger Series solutions family. Tiger Box customers are already getting the benefits of the Tiger Intelligent Storage Workflow Engine in production, and now with Tiger Store and Tiger Serve, there is a Tiger Shared Storage Workflow Solution for even more rich media applications.  We have carefully developed this next generation of Tiger Solutions so that users can take advantage of our intelligent storage engine in appliance, software-only or enterprise-class server forms, depending on their requirements and budget."
The Tiger Series is built on the proprietary and flexible Tiger Technology Intelligent Storage Workflow Engine that provides advanced automatic capabilities including:
·      Shared Network Storage in five clicks - enables non-IT staff to easily set up their storage and workflows with the T-series' user-friendly and simple web-based configuration tools;
·      Automatic background file defragmentation and file sequence optimisation - virtually eliminates downtime for maintenance and increases system performance and user productivity with storage that manages itself;
·      Integration with projectStore - enables advanced post production workflows with easy and complete multi-user project management, as well as storage management, backup, archive, and HSM;
·      Flexible network connectivity - customers can deploy Tiger Series solutions on a variety of network backbones for easy and budget-friendly implementation that suits their needs;
·      Support for Mac, Windows, and Linux clients;
·      Support for Avid, Apple, Adobe and other post workflows;
·      24/7 phone and email support.

Solution Highlights

Tiger Store

Creative professionals, boutique post studios and small data enterprises can layer Tiger Store software over their existing storage devices and, with five easy clicks, transform them into intelligent, multi-user workflow systems. Tiger Store extracts the maximum performance from iSCSI, Ethernet and Fibre network fabrics so that users can choose the performance level suitable for their application. Tiger Store enables multi-user project collaboration through media and metadata sharing, and file system defragmentation and sequence optimisation for maximum performance, productivity, and uptime.

Tiger Box

T-Box is a powerful, all-in-one integrated intelligent storage system designed to solve storage workflow challenges for small and medium-sized rich media businesses and data-dependent enterprises. With a built-in high performance server and high capacity and upgradeable storage, this three rack-unit enterprise-class system provides a complete production backbone in one compact, high-specification box. Tiger Box offers the complete Tiger Intelligent Storage Workflow Engine functionality as well as premium features including support for mixed Ethernet and Fibre channel networks, centralised  floating licensing, budget-friendly pricing, and integration with Tiger projectStore PRO and Tiering and  Replication for the ultimate in multi-user collaborative workflows.

Tiger Serve

Tiger Serve is the highest performance and most flexible shared storage workflow solution in the T-series family.  This scalable, two rack-unit server-class system has optional high-availability, meeting the needs of the most demanding users with the highest performance and system integration requirements. The intelligence and automation in the T-series engine can be harnessed to a variety of storage hardware and network fabrics to create a high-end storage solution suitable for the most demanding applications, including enterprise data management and 4K workflows. With support for Tiger Technology's advanced Tiering and Replication module, users can deploy advanced hierarchical storage management policies for complete data life cycle management. 

Pricing and Availability

The Tiger Series is available for immediate purchase.  Contact Tiger Technology or its Sales Partners for full product details and pricing, or visit Stand SL11805 at NAB 2014.
 

About Tiger Technology

Tiger Technology is a developer of advanced shared storage workflow solutions including software management tools and integrated appliances. The company's cross-platform file sharing management solutions set new standards for multiple users sharing and managing access to bandwidth intensive data consolidated on a centralised storage location. For further information on Tiger Technology please visit www.tiger-technology.com.