Front Porch Digital has recently acquired ManagedStorage International's (MSI) DIVArchive software and solutions division located in Toulouse, France in exchange for common stock.

The acquisition will help expand Front Porch Digital's market reach to include companies in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, says a company release. DIVArchive is an advanced digital content management and archiving software that is integrated with a variety of broadcast and medical systems, including archive systems for medical PACS vendors, such as Kodak.

Many global entertainment companies and broadcast facilities currently utilise DIVArchive, including newsrooms, centralized broadcast operations, show business channels, television stations and sports event broadcasters. The Content Management Software Group acquired by Front Porch Digital currently services over 30 installations of DIVArchive for the division's top-tier global clients.

DIVArchive enables Video Servers and Asset Management Systems to archive to a common storage. Front Porch Digital's VAST workflow automation and transcoding software adds searchability and format independence, considerably enhancing the value of shared storage. The VAST architecture features Front Porch Digital's single capture, multi-repurpose process that simplifies digital content archiving. Broadcasters and Cable Multiple Systems Operators (MSOs) may now treat their shared storage as a shared archive, completing the transition from a videotape based production and distribution to a more efficient data and server based environment.

Front Porch Digital claims to be transforming the digital world by developing unique software and services that convert audio, video, images, text and data into digital formats that enable searching, browsing, editing, storage and on-demand delivery of content in nearly any other digital format through a single capture.


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