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NetApp provides storage soln to MEL

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CIOL Bureau
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BANGALORE, INDIA: NetApp today announced its tie up with Mumbai-based animation studio Maya Entertainment Limited (MEL) to provide its storage solutions to leverage Maya’s animation projects.

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“We are seeing opportunity in digital animation space in India, due to growing outsourcing work as well as proprietary based work developed in India. Global animation industry is expected to touch $80 billion by 2010 and the Indian animation industry is estimated to touch $900 million by 2010, out of which exports account for over 70 per cent of revenues,” said Soumitra Agarwal, marketing director, India, NetApp.

“The NetApp enterprise class FAS 3050, a unified storage system, provides scalability, performance and high reliability, which is very critical for a data intensive digital studio like MEL. Production houses are relying heavily on the data storage systems for on time output, quick back-up and security, ” he added.

MEL is in the process of delivering two hi-definition international television serials for the UK and US markets. It is also working on a high-end animation for the Bollywood.

“IT infrastructure is critical to face the challenges of the digital industry and deliver a complex work in heavy formats like hi-definition and film. Our critical data is served from the NetApp system across a high speed data network,” said Jai Natarajan, EVP- business development, MEL.

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