visual effects

Fusion-io Brings Flash Madness to Workstations and Movies Like “Hugo”

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 12 at 7:35 am PT

Long focused primarily on servers, Fusion-io is now going after professional workstations, like the ones used by visual effects artists.

Lucasfilm's Data Center, and an Encounter With the Real Death Star (Video)

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 25, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Yes, the Death Star is real. Luckily it looks nothing like the floating space station of the Star Wars movies. It also no longer runs. But you can find it inside the data center at Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light and Magic.

Meet Kevin Clark, Master Not of the Force, but of Data

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 23, 2011 at 5:30 pm PT

He’s not a Jedi, but given the computing challenges he wrestles with every day, he might as well be. Kevin Clark talks about running the IT infrastructure for that nerve center of geekdom, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Industrial Light and Magic.

Family Snapshots in the Splendor of HD

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on November 25, 2008 at 5:28 pm PT

This Thanksgiving, families across the country will gather around the television just as quickly as they gather around the turkey. And with good reason: Many people will be staring at beautiful high-definition TV sets.