International. Avid successfully held its second annual Avid Customer Association event "Avid Connect" with full participation of its guests, in which it unveiled the next phase of its Avid Everywhere vision.
"Once again the event was a success. The energy, unmatched," said Louis Hernandez Jr., president and CEO of Avid. "We are super honored to have had the massive participation of our customers and strategic partners, who attended to celebrate the progress made by the Association (ACA) during its first year and to be the first to know the next phase of the Avid Everywhere vision."
Led by an independent board of executives and media visionaries, the ACA provides indispensable leadership in the industry and works closely with Avid operationally and strategically to determine future direction. "The emphasis placed on the ACA proves to our customers that Avid is serious about listening to and addressing the key challenges we are all facing," said Domingo Simonetta, president of SVC, in Argentina. "I am very proud to be a part of this partnership and find it great to have had the opportunity to meet with such talented professionals at Avid Connect."
During the event on April 11 and 12, Avid revealed the next phase of Avid Everywhere focused on expanding its product portfolio to also reach small businesses and creative professionals; and unveiled powerful new solutions tailored to individual edges, creative teams and multinational media companies working in a global ecosystem.
Ariel Sardiñas, Sales Director for Latin America commented "this year, the conference had much more echo, innovation, connections and contacts. The response received has been extremely positive. We have already begun the planning process for our event in 2016, which will be April 15-17 at the Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas. I want to take this opportunity to invite our customers to set aside the date and accompany us in this process of transformation of the digital content industry."
The list of sponsors of Avid Connect and the ACA included strategic partners and technology providers such as HP, Sony, Glookast, Aspera, CloudCraze, Pronology, Global Logic, Spectra Logic, Bluefish444, Blackmagic Design, Telestream, T2 Computing, Media Dist, G-Technology, Vintage King, LaCie, Root 6, StorageDNA, File Catalyst, CTG, Pro Sound Effects, Editor Keys, HB Communications, Oracle, NUGEN Audio, and SLG.
