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Dell Technology Helps Soho vfx Deliver "Incredible" Effects
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Jun 16, 2008, 03:18

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Toronto -- Soho vfx specializes in photorealistic visual effects for television and feature films. It has delivered effects for blockbuster films such as: Fantastic Four, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and The Love Guru.

"Our business is built on technology and our IT infrastructure has to support the storage of large amounts of data, high processing speeds and high security," says Allan Magled, partner at Soho vfx. "Dell's data centre solutions have held us in good stead over the last six years and enabled us to deliver high-end visual effects for The Incredible Hulk."

To deliver the high-end visual effects demanded by such productions, Soho vfx must ensure that its IT infrastructure stays abreast of the rapid technological advancements in its industry. It is using Dell workstation, server and storage solutions to meet its IT needs.

Soho vfx's IT systems had to process and store 30 terabytes of data while running multiple software applications used to create and render visual effects for The Incredible Hulk. In addition, the company runs a number of custom tools and software it has developed. The multi-processor and multi-core workstations provided by Dell also allowed Soho vfx to scale their manpower to 100 employees, the largest team the company has used since its inception.

Dell's solutions and support services helped deliver reduced energy consumption, resulting in up to 20 percent savings in power costs.

"Understanding Soho vfx's unique business needs helped us design a stable, secure and scalable IT infrastructure," said Kevin Peesker, vice president and general manager, Small and Medium Business, Dell Canada. "A robust combination of Dell's PowerEdge Servers, Dell Precision Workstations, storage backup solutions and timely customer service enables Soho vfx to deliver the best creative and technical expertise in the visual-effects industry."

Click www.sohovfx.com and www.dell.ca for more information.

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