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VCA Expands AVID Service & Support Contract Capabilities in NY/NJ/PA with Acquisition of New Senior Avid Staff
With the acquisition of three new key employees, VCA now has the largest AVID certified staff of engineers and technical support personnel in the mid-Atlantic region.
Tewksbury, MA, March 13th, 2010 – Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) is pleased to announce that Video Corporation of America (VCA), its largest reseller in the east has made a major expansion of its AVID technical staff, enabling VCA to offer 24x7 enterprise level comprehensive support contracts for the most demanding customers in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Dave Berlin President of VCA commented, “the expansion was a response to user demands to maximize productivity, reduce downtime and risk, while having predictable support annual operating costs. “ Additionally, VCA has invested in a GPS enabled Web Trouble Ticket system to enable contract clients to track support progress in real time.
Who has joined VCA?
Richard DiLorenzo – Senior Avid Support Engineer; 20 years of Mission Critical Support for all Avid post and broadcast installations.
Anthony Petrozzino – Avid Support Engineer; 10 years of installation, maintenance, and support, for all Avid post and broadcast installations.
Krystal Galli – Post and Broadcast Service Coordinator, 10 years of Help Desk support and service dispatch for all Avid post and Broadcast projects.
Avid Fast Track Systems Now Available at VCA
Short turn-around time for engineered Avid systems has been made easier through the introduction of VCA Fast Track Systems. These core systems allow users to get up and running and producing revenue within 10 days.
VCA Avid Support options
VCA offers multiple levels of support, from blocks of hours to comprehensive 24x7 coverage with optional loaner equipment. VCA supports all Avid products: Media Composer, Symphony, DS, Unity, Isis, and Interplay.
For more information on VCA please go to www.vca.com or contact VCA at 212-967-4400
VCA Launches New Website
Video Corporation of America is pleased to announce the launch of our new website at www.vca.com. Come see how VCA has established an online platform for customers to learn, experaince, and utilize the most current technology to increase their ROI.
VCA Welcomes Don Pacitti
In an effort to enhance the value of what technology brings to our clients by offering more effective designs, Video Corporation of America is happy to announce the addition of industry veteran, Don Pacitti, to our staff. Don is well-known as an exceptional engineer and manager with over 30 years of experience in the A/V industry. Possessing an extensive knowledge of high-end audio/visual and conferencing solutions, Don holds an engineering degree from Drexel and an Infocomm CTS-D certification.
Don is now taking that experience and combining it with VCA’s strong engineering and sales personnel to lead a dedicated sales engineering team. By bridging the gap between end-user needs and technology, Don will provide the sales force with the engineering support required to bring unique value to our clients. His vast experience, engineering background, and team building mentality, make him an asset we are glad to have here at VCA.
Please join us in welcoming Don to Video Corporation of America as the new Sales Engineering Manager.
VCA Welcomes Christina Schackleton
VCA is pleased to announce that Christina Shackleton has recently joined VCA, the Mid-Atlantic region's largest most dedicated team of Post Production & Broadcast Systems professionals, as a sales representative. Christina and her support team will be covering New York City thru Washington/Virginia. Christina will be focused in the Broadcast, Production and Post-Production markets and will be handling content creation & editing solutions from Autodesk, Avid and Apple; as well as the full array of engineering, project management, and system installation services VCA uniquely provides to the region.
Christina came to us from Autodesk Media & Entertainment Systems where she was the Mid-Atlantic Territory Manager selling Smoke, Flame and Lustre, she has more than a decade of past experience in selling professional video solutions for Content creation and broadcast professionals.
Industry NEWS
Sony Announces New AVCHD Professional Camcorder
The new HXR-NX5U camcorder is the first product of the Sony NXCAM generation, and a new category of tapeless memory camcorder, providing an ideal balance of power and performance in the digital age. Utilizing the revolutionary AVCHD format, this camcorder offers long duration recording - with dual memory slots - on affordable consumer memory cards. As it facilitates a totally IT-based workflow, the HXR-NX5U has the potential to profoundly change the way content is created. Simultaneous hybrid recording is available in HD and SD formats, using the optional HXR-FMU128 flash memory unit. In any format, breathtaking picture quality is assured with proven features such as a state-of-the-art G Lens and three Exmor CMOS sensors with a ClearVid array. Professionals expect this standard of picture quality from Sony ... and accept nothing less.
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Autodesk Announces Smoke 2010 For Mac OS X
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) has announced that it is ready to start shipping Autodesk Smoke 2010 for Mac OS X, a software-only editorial finishing tool and the first Autodesk finishing product designed to run on the Mac. Smoke software’s proven editorial finishing tools harness the 64-bit power of Snow Leopard to provide an interactive, all-in-one finishing experience.
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