2009 Creative Storage Conference Announces Sun Microsystems Sponsorship and Randall Dark Keynote

San Jose, CA, March 20, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Third Annual Creative Storage Conference (CS09) will be held in conjunction with the 2009 NAB Show at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas on April 19, 2009. Conference registration is now open at www.creativestorage.org.

Sun Microsystems is a Bronze sponsor of the 2009 Creative Storage Conference. Data Direct Networks is a Silver Sponsor. NetApp Inc. and Focus Enhancements are Bronze sponsors. Focus Enhancement has donated one of their FS-5 Portable DTE Recorders (list price is around $1,900) that will be given away as a door prize to an attendee of the 2009 Creative Storage Conference. SanDisk micro-SD storage adapter kits will be given to the first 50 paid registrants.

Randall Dark will be the afternoon keynote speaker. Randall was the co-founder and creative force behind HD Vision Studios in Los Angeles. He is a member of the Television Arts and Sciences Academy and he is distinguished with top honors from the International Electronics Cinema Festival and is one of a select few members of the Consumer Electronics Association’s Academy of Digital Pioneers. His presentation is called Dealing With the Angst. Randall says we are now entering an era where video tape will no longer be the medium of choice for capture, manipulation or archiving. His talk addresses how to conquer the fears of the transition to digital hard drive technology from the view point of a nonbeliever who is coming into this world kicking and screaming.

Marty Shindler of the Shindler Perspective is chairing the session, Case Study: Digital Storage in the Visual Effects Society Awards. The Visual Effects Society created a complete awards submission digital ingest, presentation and evaluation workflow for its annual Awards program featuring submissions from visual effects practitioners from around the world. Nearly 300 entries were submitted and 96 entries overall were nominated. This panel will discuss the methodologies used to set up the entire process, including storage requirements, for the secure viewing and voting system, the final tabulations ending when the award envelopes were opened onstage. Panelists include:

Dave Scammell, Sohonet
Lance Ware, Technicolor
Scott Hardin, 1:1 Ratio
Jeff Okun, Visual Effects Society

Media and Organization Sponsors of the 2009 Creative Storage Conference include Blu-ray Disc Association, Content Delivery and Storage Association, Davis Consulting Asia, the Diffusion Group, Digital Media Net, Fibre Channel Industry Association, Home Toys, InfoStor, MediaTech, MESA, NapkinLinks, Parks Associates, Post, SCSI Trade Association, SNIA, The Shindler Perspective and the Visual Effects Society.

Sponsorships and exhibits are still available for the 2009 Creative Storage Conference. Several levels of conference, web site and event sponsorship are available. Information on the sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are available at http://www.creativestorage.org/2009SponsorCall.htm.

For 2009 Creative Storage Conference registration, visit http://www.creativestorage.org/2009Register.htm. To reserve your room at the Flamingo hotel on April 19 please call 1-888-373-9855 and ask for their best rate. Paid attendees staying at the conference hotel on April 19 can get a $50 rebate on their conference registration.

For additional information on the conference call 408-871-8808 or email info@creativestorage.org.

About Coughlin Associates: Coughlin Associates puts on the Creative Storage Conference through the Entertainment Storage Alliance. Coughlin Associates provides digital storage and applications consulting, market and technology analysis and conference organization services. More information is available about Coughlin Associates at www.tomcoughlin.com.

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