PRO TECHnology to showcase advanced digital broadcast media solutions at CABSAT 2006

During the exhibition, PRO TECHnology will be showcasing a range of broadcast and production solutions that will help the region's broadcasters manage the transition to new digital formats, including Apple's Final Cut Pro 5, Small Tree Communications, Storageflex and NEXSAN's SATA Beast.

Visitors to the show will be able to get hands first view of Final Cut Pro 5, which delivers powerful and precise editing tools that work with virtually any format, from DV and native HDV to fully uncompressed HD. As the first choice for professional editors everywhere, Final Cut Pro 5 supports intuitive integration with other Apple professional video and audio applications.

The company will also be highlighting Small Tree Communication's high performance networking and video solution dedicated to providing unique leading edge enterprise networking solutions to the Mac and PC.

PRO TECHnology's other digital asset management technology exhibit at CABSAT includes NEXSAN's SATA Beast, an enterprise-class storage array, which is built around Serial ATA disk drives and is designed to deliver the highest performance and utmost cost effectiveness in a single, scalable solution ideal for data-intense storage applications such as online archiving and disk-based backup. The Storage and Digital Archiving division of the company will demonstrate the Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions named Cumulus 6.6 from Canto of Germany who is partner of PRO TECHnology.

"We are excited about our participation in CABSAT 2006, as this will be our first involvement with this exhibition, which has established itself as the region's number one show of its kind," said Jamal Maraqa, Managing Director, PRO TECHnology.

"After our extremely successful participation in other leading shows such as Gitex, Gulf Print and the Media & Marketing Show, we wanted to leverage the reach and popularity of CABSAT, which is known to be an excellent networking event for solution providers and buyers in the electronic media and communications industries."

The company's is also offering live and hands-on presentation which includes audio and video solutions based on XSAN, an Apple Server Solution that is built on a high performance Xserve RAID Storage Pool. The solution adds storage for new projects with a dedicated Metadata Controller that mediates traffic and includes Editor Workstations built on the PowerMac G5 machines.

"We are excited at the prospect of unveiling Final Cut Pro at CABSAT. Final Cut Pro along with other solutions offer the complete set of tools needed for the regional broadcast and media industry," Maraqa added. "We are looking forward to explore the potential business opportunities at the forthcoming exhibition with our range of broadcast and production solutions that are certain to interest most participants."

PROTECHnology provides comprehensive IT solutions for medium to large enterprises. The company's solution offerings are as diversified as network infrastructure, remote access, complex storage, backup, high availability, mobility and digital graphics and printing solutions. PROTECHnology specialises in the implementation of efficient client/server network infrastructure and peer-to-peer network requirements.

Over the years, PROTECHnology has built strong mutually beneficial partnerships with leading companies such as IBM, Veritas, Storageflex, Qualstar, Nexsan, DICOTA, Apple Computers, Canto, LaCie and HP.