NXN to launch alienbrain Studio 7

Avid’s recent acquisition NXN Software, the leading supplier of asset management solutions for the digital entertainment and computer graphics industries, has announced alienbrain Studio 7, the next-generation of its award-winning digital asset management software.
Version 7 of alienbrain Studio is designed to allow creative teams to significantly improve their performance through process optimisations, enhanced usability and innovative feature upgrades, including new change management functionality.
The new version will be on display in booth no. 423 at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California, on March 24-26.
Version 7 provides more than 40 new features focused on performance enhancement for creative teams, including: Change sets that enable a structured approach to complex projects; Multi-threading support to leverage hardware resources and balance the workload in peak times; An integrated ‘Reference Manager’ that provides an instant overview of 3D scenes and their related files directly in alienbrain Studio; A new ‘Windows Integration Framework’ (WIF) that significantly simplifies the integration of third-party and proprietary tools into the alienbrain workflow; And a new ‘Central Configuration Server’ that simplifies administration by using existing directory services, such as Windows NT domains or LDAP, to enable a true single sign-on solution.
"The games industry continues to evolve from small teams to larger teams that require enterprise-level software infrastructures," said Gregor vom Scheidt, managing director at Avid with responsibility for the alienbrain product line. "Version 7 of alienbrain Studio was designed to uniformly support programmers, artists, and managers regardless of team size."
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