Accessible Archives Inc. Partners with Portico. Press release. Accessible Archives, Inc. Mar 05, 2019.
Accessible Archives Inc., an electronic publisher of full-text primary source historical databases, has partnered with Portico, in order to fully support the digital preservation of their content. With more content in a digital-only format, this will help the archival collections remain accessible Preservation will help to ensure the long-term availability of these resources for future scholars.
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Tuesday, March 05, 2019
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Sony and Memnon announce partnership to enhance digital preservation capabilities
Sony and Memnon announce partnership to enhance digital preservation capabilities. Press release. April 13, 2015.
The partnership is offering their technology and experience in delivering large-scale digital preservation projects involving audio, video and film content. Some of the existing customers include Danish Radio, the British Library, Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Indiana University, BBC Worldwide and Sony Pictures. The need for large-scale digital preservation in organizations have accelerated due to the continuous physical deterioration of media carriers and the need for interoperability, lower storage costs and a stable long-term digital storage format. The research suggests that only 21% of broadcasters have completed digitisation of their tape libraries, and other the others, they average more than 100,000 legacy tape. “As a result, many content owners have assets that are literally depreciating, yet simultaneously have increased opportunities for reusing and monetising their digital content, once it is made readily accessible.”
“The time to tackle this challenge is undoubtedly now, but any successful digital preservation project is reliant on proven technological and operational expertise. We believe that large-scale digitisation is a distinct discipline that requires industrial processes and methodologies for high efficiency and consistent quality.
The partnership is offering their technology and experience in delivering large-scale digital preservation projects involving audio, video and film content. Some of the existing customers include Danish Radio, the British Library, Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Indiana University, BBC Worldwide and Sony Pictures. The need for large-scale digital preservation in organizations have accelerated due to the continuous physical deterioration of media carriers and the need for interoperability, lower storage costs and a stable long-term digital storage format. The research suggests that only 21% of broadcasters have completed digitisation of their tape libraries, and other the others, they average more than 100,000 legacy tape. “As a result, many content owners have assets that are literally depreciating, yet simultaneously have increased opportunities for reusing and monetising their digital content, once it is made readily accessible.”
“The time to tackle this challenge is undoubtedly now, but any successful digital preservation project is reliant on proven technological and operational expertise. We believe that large-scale digitisation is a distinct discipline that requires industrial processes and methodologies for high efficiency and consistent quality.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
New cloud service safeguards organisations’ digital assets.
New cloud service safeguards organisations’ digital assets. Press Release. 27 June 2012. Tessella has announced Preservica, a new cloud-based service that provides organisations with a secure and affordable solution to safeguard their digital assets. Preservica runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is built on Tessella’s SDB technology and provides tools required to build a long-term digital preservation solution including:
- Ingest – upload digital content and metadata from a variety of content sources
- Content storage – encrypt and store multiple copies in a safe, backed-up location
- Flexible metadata and security – choose how is arranged, described, and protected
- Access – full search, browse, and download facilities via browser interface
- Preservation tools – ensure that content is protected against future obsolescence.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Abingdon firm gets Queen's seal of approval
Abingdon firm gets Queen's seal of approval. Oxford Journal. 22 September 2011.
Tessella has been awarded one of the UK’s most prestigious business awards for their collaboration with a public sector organization in developing a unique system for preserving digital information. Their product, Safety Deposit box which came out in 2003, is now used by governments in seven countries.
Tessella has been awarded one of the UK’s most prestigious business awards for their collaboration with a public sector organization in developing a unique system for preserving digital information. Their product, Safety Deposit box which came out in 2003, is now used by governments in seven countries.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Evaluating Open Source Digital Preservation Systems: A Case Study.
Evaluating Open Source Digital Preservation Systems: A Case Study. Angela Jordan. Practical E-Records. August 18, 2011.
The University of Illinois Archives has implemented the “Practical E-Records Method,” a project that provides recommendations to help make digital curation and digital preservation systematic institutional functions. They tested Archivematica, which is essentially "an Ubuntu (Linux) distribution with extensions to support digital preservation actions using a web-based preservation dashboard." The test "started with elementary electronic records such as Microsoft Office documents and PDFs, then moved to complicated, larger file types, such as audio-visual objects." Some parts worked well, but there were a number of errors. "Given the immediate needs of the University Archives, the developing state of Archivematica, and other digital preservation development work taking place within the University Library, we chose not to incorporate the current version into our electronic records work flow."
There were three remaining concerns:
The University of Illinois Archives has implemented the “Practical E-Records Method,” a project that provides recommendations to help make digital curation and digital preservation systematic institutional functions. They tested Archivematica, which is essentially "an Ubuntu (Linux) distribution with extensions to support digital preservation actions using a web-based preservation dashboard." The test "started with elementary electronic records such as Microsoft Office documents and PDFs, then moved to complicated, larger file types, such as audio-visual objects." Some parts worked well, but there were a number of errors. "Given the immediate needs of the University Archives, the developing state of Archivematica, and other digital preservation development work taking place within the University Library, we chose not to incorporate the current version into our electronic records work flow."
There were three remaining concerns:
- smaller institutions may lack the hardware or the technological capability to support the system
- the installation process is not user friendly
- the software is best run from a dedicated virtual server, to which many institutions may not have access. Running Archivematica on a dedicated virtual machine requires significant help from IT
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Atempo Digital Archive Helps Simplify and Streamline Broadcast Workflows With Scalable Storage Integration.
Atempo Digital Archive Helps Simplify and Streamline Broadcast Workflows With Scalable Storage Integration. Press release. Sept. 8, 2011.
Announcement that Atempo Digital Archive (ADA) has been integrated with MediaGrid, to simplify and streamline broadcast workflows. The software addresses long-term data retention requirements and digital preservation. "Atempo enables organizations to preserve and protect digital information simply and effectively, across any infrastructure, on any platform, over long periods of time. Atempo's comprehensive archiving solutions deliver policy-based and workflow-driven management of rich media files, email and other high-value digital assets to maximize the efficiency and performance of storage systems and reduce long-term storage costs."
Announcement that Atempo Digital Archive (ADA) has been integrated with MediaGrid, to simplify and streamline broadcast workflows. The software addresses long-term data retention requirements and digital preservation. "Atempo enables organizations to preserve and protect digital information simply and effectively, across any infrastructure, on any platform, over long periods of time. Atempo's comprehensive archiving solutions deliver policy-based and workflow-driven management of rich media files, email and other high-value digital assets to maximize the efficiency and performance of storage systems and reduce long-term storage costs."
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