AWS for M&E Blog

Category: Desktop & Application Streaming

Unleash creative potential with Wacom Bridge powered by HAQM DCV

Wacom Bridge is now generally available. This solution allows creatives such as artists and animators to have a local-like experience with their Wacom digital pen device when working remotely. The solution is available to users of HAQM DCV (including on-premises workstations), HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2), and HAQM AppStream 2.0. What is Wacom Bridge? […]

Optimize GPU costs for video editing and CG/VFX with HAQM AppStream 2.0

Having the correct number of GPU workstations that are secure, cost efficient, and high-performance for video editing and film production can be a challenge. With HAQM AppStream 2.0, using the multi-session fleet feature, it doesn’t have to be. The challenges of securing GPUs for video editing and CG/VFX production In professional video editing and computer […]

Addressing the needs of media customers during unprecedented times

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, IT and communications leaders of commercial businesses, government agencies, schools, and religious organizations around the world are working quickly to keep the lines of communication open. The ability to quickly set up streaming platforms and to scale video infrastructures in the cloud helps government agencies keep first-line responders informed and […]

AWS M&E Cloud Symposium in Los Angeles – Presentations available on-demand

If you missed our M&E Cloud Symposium on July 31, 2018, session recordings are now available for viewing. PRESENTATIONS Opening: State of Media and What’s New from AWS Ben Masek (Global M&E BD Lead, AWS) Usman Shakeel (Global M&E Tech Lead, AWS) Chris Kuthan (M&E Solutions BD, AWS) AWS M&E subject matter experts present AWS’s […]

AWS at SIGGRAPH 2018

By Colin Cupp, AWS Thinkbox Product Marketing Manager SIGGRAPH is the premier event for computer graphics artists and professionals, drawing more than 16,000 attendees from around the world. With a schedule of rotating destination cities, this year’s event will be held in Vancouver, BC August 12-16. In years past AWS subsidiaries have exhibited at SIGGRAPH […]

New from the Compute Blog: Building a GPU workstation for visual effects with AWS

The elasticity, scalability, and cost effectiveness of the cloud value proposition is attractive to media customers. One of the key design patterns in media and entertainment (M&E) workloads is using the cloud as a content lake and bringing the underlying processes closer without having to synchronize data. In this high-end graphics visualization business, a pixel-perfect, […]