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www.postmagazine.com 8 POST DECEMBER 2015 BITS & PIECES JMR ANNOUNCES BLUESTOR DATAMOVER APPLIANCE CHATSWORTH, CA — JMR Electronics (www.jmr.com) has announced the general availability of its new BlueStor DataMover appliance, a high- speed, enterprise-class data mover that operates at near-line speed and is independent of file size or depth of directory nesting. This allows users to quickly and easily transfer large and small files across networks, whether locally, across the nation or around the world. The system includes the capability to compress, de-duplicate, encrypt and difference data, in virtually any combination, during data movement. All of these features operate at full bandwidth, independent of any laten- cy introduced by the distance between the source and destination. With the DataMover, typical transfers across a 10GbE fiber optic link are in excess of 925MB/s with a 300ms latency and approximately 1.1 GB/s with lower latencies. JMR has tested file transfers inclusive of media files, such as DPX, large contiguous mezzanine files and metadata files that typically choke even the highest bandwidth connections. The system includes a 2U appliance running CentOS and the Data- Mover application, which uses TCP/IP for orderly accelerated transac- tions and "drop-in" implementation with existing infrastructures. The appliance provides dual GbE and dual 10GbE networking ports and includes a custom, easy-to-use GUI that is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux OS. House Call: Post recently dropped by NYC's Sonic Union (www.sonicunion.com), visiting with managing director/partner Adam Barone (left) and co-founder/mix engineer Michael Marinelli (right). The 8,000-square-foot audio post house, which opened end of 2008 with co-founder/mix engineer Steve Rosen, features seven identical- ly-equipped studios featuring ProTools and Blue Sky 5.1 surround sound/ Grace monitoring systems for mixing, sound design and a wide range of audio projects. Recent work includes spots for Old Navy, GE, Under Armour, and Pepsi. LENOVO INTRODUCES NEW WORKSTATIONS MORRISVILLE, NC — At Autodesk University 2015, Lenovo unveiled a series of new workstations, includ- ing the ThinkPad P40 Yoga (photo right), a high-performing mobile workstation that delivers a first- class digital sketching experience, along with mobile workstation performance and reliability. A multimode mobile workstation, the ThinkPad P40 Yoga offers the versatil- ity to work across four modes — laptop, stand, tent and tablet — for flexibility. The system provides a responsive pen and touchscreen powered by the Wacom Active ES technology, offering full 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity on a high-res (2560x1440) IPS display. For a comfortable and realistic sketching experience, the rechargeable ThinkPad Pen Pro is included. Lenovo ThinkPad P40 Yoga is powered by an Nvidia Quadro M500M GPU with 2GB VRAM, is certified to run a full range of professional applications, features an Intel 6th Generation Core i7 CPU and up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD storage, and Lenovo's Lift 'n Lock keyboard with a frame that automatically rises around the keys when the Yoga device switches into tablet mode. Lenovo also introduced the ThinkPad P50s and ThinkStation P310. The ThinkPad P50s features a more affordable premium functionality and advanced performance in a thinner, lighter mobile workstation. Innovative features include a 3K IPS display and Lenovo Power Bridge technology, which allows for up to 17 hours of battery life. The P310 builds on the success of the Lenovo ThinkStation P300, offering an entry-level machine with the advanced technology of a high-end workstation. Featuring the new Intel Xeon E3-1200v5 and the latest Nvidia GPU technology, the system also doubles the memory capacity of previous entry-level workstations, offering up to 64GB of DDR4 RAM and support for FLEX drives with Samsung M.2 NVMe SSDs. The new workstations will be available starting in Q1 2016 through Lenovo business partners and on www.lenovo.com. Pricing: ThinkPad P40 Yoga (begins at $1,399), ThinkPad P50s (begins at $1,299) and ThinkStation P310 (begins at $729).