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In an innovative leap forward for the visual effects industry , DNEG , an acclaimed leader in digital animation and VFX for major films , has adopted Red

Hat OpenShift . This strategic move significantly enhances artist productivity and optimizes data centre operations .

DNEG is a visual effects ( VFX ) and animation studio for feature film and television with seven Academy Award wins for ‘ Best

VFX ’ in recent years , including Inception , Interstellar and Dune : Part One . What makes DNEG unique is its software developed by hundreds of engineers around the world and its artists accessing those creations to deliver DNEG ’ s renowned work . A fundamental part of any visual effects workflow is the ability to track and manage a large volume of digital assets and their metadata to assemble everything from cityscapes to jostling crowds to flowing water .

From its roots 25 years ago as a small company based in London , DNEG has been steadily growing and now has more than 9,000 employees in 10 locations around the world . DNEG needs to move fast to be the best in its field , yet aspects of its asset tracking system , a large monolithic application , had become a bottleneck . The steady increase in artists and workload brought a corresponding increase in the amount of metadata , all competing for access to the same database services .

Paul Salvini , DNEG CTO

It was clear that the asset tracking system needed a significant architectural overhaul in order to scale to support this expanding , globally-distributed team . DNEG also continually faces increasing compute demands as the industry ’ s technology evolves , such as with the introduction of

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