HITS Exclusives
The Silicon Valley Pandemic
There is no virus (currently) running rampant in Silicon Valley; instead, I’m talking about the rather toxic impact tech businesses have on their surrounding communities. Unti... More
Is the Media Industry in the Cloud? Only Mostly
For more than a decade now, the media industry has been at the forefront of the cloud-computing economy, streaming movies, games, and other content into living rooms everywhere. ... More
WiTH June 25 Webinar: Turn Your Potential into Performance
Those who are usually considered indispensable at their organization don’t just perform well, or impact the bottom line in a positive way. Their presence, “who” they are and ... More
How SASE Improves Cloud Security, Reduces Costs and Increases Network Performance
Gartner’s “The Future of Network Security Is in the Cloud” report spells out the potential for the transformation of networking and security in the cloud, built upon a new ne... More
Irdeto Looks to Reduce Catch-Up TV Costs and Streamline Workflows
As streaming TV popularity continues to soar and the number of over-the-top (OTT) services continues to proliferate, the need to reduce costs associated with running these services... More
M&E Journal: Hollywood’s New Remote – and Virtual – Production Reality
For director and actor Ramon Fernandez (Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig, “Sons of Anarchy”) the past year was challenging on all fronts, both around the producti... More
Bluescape: Redefining Remote, Creative Collaboration
In 2012 Bluescape launched as a joint venture between contract furnishings specialist Haworth and Obscura Digital, a creative studio specializing in immersive digital design. A... More
Pepperdine, Hollywood IT Society to Host Entertainment Evolution Symposium July 21
The Hollywood IT Society (HITS) and Pepperdine’s Graziadio Business School are teaming up to present the inaugural, all-virtual Entertainment Evolution Symposium on July 21, brin... More
IBM Security Explores How to Secure Your Journey to Hybrid Multi-Cloud
From mis-aligned business strategies to shared security responsibility models in the cloud, to the growing tools and technologies available, security in the cloud can seem daunting... More
Azure, Super 78 and Howie Mandel Team to Bring Magic Back to Movie Screens
COVID-19 has delivered a major blow to movie theatres, which may need new business models and programming innovation to fully recover even after the pandemic ends. Magic Screen ... More
How to Overcome Fear and Use Failure to Help You Succeed and Win
To succeed and win, it is important to overcome our fears and use our failures to learn, according to Bill Wooditch, a sales and leadership coach, author and CEO and president of T... More
HITS Spring: M&E’s Top Technology Minds Take the Stage
Twenty breakout sessions, three keynote presentations, two main stages of insights from Hollywood’s top minds, and actor, comedian and producer Howie Mandel unveiling revolutiona... More
Genpact Touts Investing in Existing Systems at May 12 HITS Spring
The pandemic most definitely accelerated enterprise-wide digitization among media and entertainment companies, with many aiming to integrate disparate legacy systems and workflows,... More
M&E Journal: Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Content Consumer
March 2020 was a month of change for the media and entertainment industry. Organizations found themselves in a position that forced them to transition their everyday operations to ... More
Arch: The Right Platform for Post and Virtual Production at the Right Time
When Arch Platform Technologies was founded five years ago, a growing number of film and TV production companies were starting to move to the cloud, but few would have predicted th... More
IBM Security Details Securing Hybrid, Multi-Cloud at May 12 HITS Spring
Security in the cloud can seem like a daunting task: shared security responsibility, ever-growing tools and technologies, attempting to adopt traditional security controls for the ... More
What Do You Need to Unlearn?
Change is everywhere these days, both positive and negative. The United States is opening back up, vaccination rates continue to increase, and in Los Angeles, students are returnin... More
HITS Spring Keynoter Bill Wooditch to Talk Developing IT at Scale
Bill Wooditch has a long list of titles to his name — motivational speaker, CEO, entrepreneur, sales and leadership coach, author — and a record of success to back each one up.... More
WiTH Launches New ‘Knowledge Circles’ Mentorship Program
Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH) has launched the latest program for its Knowledge Circles for Impact mentorship endeavor, offering group mentorship “circles” in data scien... More
Industry Execs Tackle the State of Disruption
Amid constant change, the IT sector continues to face significant disruption from new technologies that include artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), as well as t... More