BSkyB Upgrades Autodesk Visual Effects Systems to Linux
BSkyB's in-house creative department has upgraded its Autodesk Flame visual effects systems to the latest version running on Linux-based workstations. It has also invested in the Autodesk Backdraft Conform media management solution and Infiniband high-speed networking. BSkyB's Autodesk Flame systems are used for promo creation and channel branding across the broadcaster's news, entertainment and sports channels.
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
