Polar appointed as Huge Systems exclusive distributor for UK and Ireland

London, 15th March 2004, Polar Graphics today announced that they have signed an agreement with Huge Systems, Inc., a leading storage solutions provider for the content creation, broadcast and delivery markets, for the exclusive distribution rights of their products in the UK and Ireland.

 Huge Systems, located in Agoura Hills, California, designs and manufactures low cost, high performance hard disk based storage systems optimized for the non linear editing, content creation and delivery markets.  The company is focused on providing best-of-breed storage solutions for video intensive applications, from uncompressed HD video editing to collaborative multi-seat DV production. Its products have been qualified by many major vendors including DPS, DVS, Matrox and Pinnacle, and has thousands of satisfied OEM and end-user customers worldwide.

"I am excited about the Huge products.”, said Garry Davis, Technical Director Polar Graphics Ltd, “The same five drive U320-R array can support either a multi-stream real-time uncompressed SD project, or a single stream uncompressed HD project.  It also looks great, comes in high capacities at reasonable prices and has a 3 year warranty, what else could a customer want?”.  He also commented, “I also think that their (Huge Systems) SAN Stream product which integrates server, storage and 1G Ethernet switch into a single box is very exciting.  It can sustain up to 12 simultaneous streams of DV over Ethernet which makes it a highly cost effective alternative to Storage Area Networking (SAN) for customers working with DV”.

Huge Systems U320-R

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Huge Systems SAN Stream

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Davis continued, “By distributing Huge Systems products in addition to Medea storage solutions we have increased the strength and depth of the range we offer our customers.  Coupling this with other new products we expect to be introduced at NAB by both Huge and Medea, we believe that this will help us reach our goal of becoming the distributor of choice for all our dealers storage needs.”

For more information, please contact Polar Graphics at: +44  (0) 20 8868 2479, Fax: +44 (0) 20 8866 8207 Email to: info@polar-graphics.com

About Polar Graphics:

Polar Graphics Ltd is a privately owned company operating out of Greater London, UK.  Polar distributes a range of plug-ins, hardware and software products for the UK and European film, video and graphics arts industries.

The principal members of Polar Graphics have a good blend of experience in the R&D, manufacturing, distribution and marketing fields making Polar an ideal partner for manufacturers looking to expand into the UK and European market.  Polar’s philosophy has always been to distribute complementary products so that we are always able to offer our resellers new and exciting products.