IBM said it had created a computerized approach to help the National Football League organize, store and retrieve a massive catalog of game footage, a project Big Blue hopes can become a model for others with similar expanses of data to store. The company said the solution, known as Digital Foundation, would make it easier and faster for the NFL to find specific segments within the database and highlights the advantages of an information technology-based approach over the way that broadcasters typically store video and film.
IBM, NFL Team on Digital Media Deal
Posted by: Keith Regan October 20, 2005 01:17 PMIBM said it had created a computerized approach to help the National Football League organize, store and retrieve a massive catalog of game footage, a project Big Blue hopes can become a model for others with similar expanses of data to store. The company said the solution, known as Digital Foundation, would make it easier and faster for the NFL to find specific segments within the database and highlights the advantages of an information technology-based approach over the way that broadcasters typically store video and film.