July 22, 2002
Business Editors/High Tech Writers
SIGGRAPH
2002
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002-- Angstrom Microsystems, a
leading provider of high-end rackmount server technologies, today announced
that Vice President of Technology for Rhythm & Hues Studios, Mark A. Brown,
has been appointed to Angstrom's Board of Advisors.
Under Mark Brown's
direction, Rhythm & Hues Studios, one of the largest privately held visual
effects houses in North America, has successfully created visual effects and
animation for a list of box office winners, among them "Scooby Doo", "Harry
Potter", and "The Lord of the Rings". Rhythm & Hues Studios has won
numerous awards for its film and advertising creations, including the Academy
Award winning "Babe" and the popular Coca Cola(TM) "Polar Bears".
Prior to joining Rhythm & Hues, Mark Brown was the Director of Research,
Development & Systems and Associate Dean for Information Technology at the
University of Southern California.
Brown is a member of the Visual
Effects Society and has been a key advocate of the use of Linux for visual
effect production and has spoken at several of their technical summits.
"I
have always been passionate about computers. My relationship with Angstrom
began as its customer. In a market full of garden-variety server providers,
Angstrom's products and people stood out," said Mark Brown. "During the
production of Scooby Doo, our existing systems needed an upgrade in
performance. Using Angstrom servers, we substantially improved our
productivity, and achieved record render times in the production of Scooby Doo.
Its systems also performed flawlessly in the recent productions of Men in Black
II and The Sum of All Fears. Angstrom's support is excellent and so are the
products. Its future looks bright under the continued direction of Founder
& CEO, Lalit Jain, who is both an adroit business leader and a technology
visionary. I am indeed pleased about my appointment to the Board and look
forward to working with him and the group of remarkably talented individuals at
Angstrom."
"Mark Brown is often regarded as an 'industry spokesperson'
in the rendering space," said Angstrom CEO Lalit Jain. "His vast experience and
his intimate familiarity of the end-to-end needs of the industry, rendering
systems, and Linux will be a tremendous asset to our Board of Advisors, and
will do much to benefit Angstrom's goal of being a market leader in
entertainment systems."
About Angstrom Microsystems (www.angstrom.com)
Angstrom Microsystems is a provider of leading-edge high performance
computing solutions with deployments worldwide. Focused on the entertainment
industry and scientific computing, Angstrom designs its servers for flawless
24x7 operations. Angstrom systems' superior density, cooling, and user-friendly
server management software drive computing performance and reliability while
reducing total cost of ownership. Angstrom has a proven track record of quality
and a reputation of satisfying high-profile clients and demanding needs.
Contact:
Angstrom Microsystems
Rachel Sun, (617)
695-0137 x 28
rsun@angstrom.com
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