{"id":28860,"date":"2018-06-28T16:18:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T16:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=409926"},"modified":"2018-06-28T16:18:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T16:18:55","slug":"nimble-collective-now-powered-by-microsoft-azure-accelerates-the-future-of-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/28\/nimble-collective-now-powered-by-microsoft-azure-accelerates-the-future-of-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nimble Collective now powered by Microsoft Azure accelerates the future of animation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2014 Nimble Collective on Microsoft Azure extends global reach;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i>plans to revolutionize animated content creation \u2014 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

June 28, 2018<\/b> \u2013 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA \u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Today,<\/span> Nimble Collective<\/span><\/a>, the leading cloud-based animation technology platform, announced that it is available and optimized on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. As Nimble Collective\u2019s exclusive cloud partner, Microsoft Azure provides storage and compute services to power Nimble\u2019s high-end animation platform, rendering workloads and media asset management. As a Microsoft partner, Nimble will receive go-to-market and market development support from one of the world\u2019s largest enterprise salesforces.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Microsoft Azure\u2019s support of Nimble lets us expand our global reach to bring new voices, stories and artists to the world of animation,\u201d<\/span> said Rex Grignon, Co-Founder, CEO, Nimble Collective. \u201c<\/span>It will help us further reduce cost, complexity and enable new and established studios to accelerate their animation production. Nimble Collective is excited to partner with a platform company, with a trusted public cloud \u2013 Microsoft Azure \u2013 to deliver a world-class cloud-based animation production and management solution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Nimble Collective\u2019s cloud-based animation production platform streamlines the traditional animation studio infrastructure. With full end-to-end production capabilities hosted in Microsoft Azure\u2019s secure hyperscale environment, Nimble\u2019s platform integrates everything digital animators need, including streaming workstations, asset management, license brokering, versioning, elastic compute farm to MPAA certification. All of which is seamlessly woven together in a browser-based workflow that dramatically simplifies and improves archaic animation processes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe go beyond data and storage to deliver a complete industrial-strength platform that dramatically lowers barriers to entry for every animator.\u201d said Grignon. \u201cMicrosoft Azure uniquely gives us the features, performance, and scalability to offer our customers better user experiences, reliability and security a fraction of the cost of in-house studios.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMicrosoft is committed to helping content creators achieve more using the cloud with a partner-focused approach to this industries transformation,\u201d said Tad Brockway, General Manager, Azure Storage, Media and Edge at Microsoft Corp. \u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re excited to work with innovators like Nimble Collective to help them transform how animated content is produced, managed and delivered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership with Azure represents further validation of the promise of Nimble Collective and we can\u2019t wait to see what the future holds\u201d said <\/span>James Bennett, Co-founder\/Creative Director with Shomen Productions. \u201cNimble is our solution of choice for our remote based production studio. We\u2019re impressed with their user-frie<\/span>ndly pipeline and amazing support team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

About Nimble Collective<\/b><\/p>\n

Founded in 2014 by Academy Award-winning animators and technology entrepreneurs, Nimble Collective is revolutionizing the animation content market by offering studio-level capabilities without the costly and complex infrastructure. With all the production capabilities of the animation pipeline hosted in a secure cloud environment, animators and their collaborators, wherever they are in the world, are able to spend more time creating instead of managing infrastructure. With Nimble Collective, studios can spend more time creating, and save up to 75% on overhead and drive faster time to market. Nimble Collective is the brainchild of animators <\/span>Rex Grignon<\/span> (<\/span>Toy Story, Madagascar,<\/span><\/i> and founding head of character animation at DreamWorks), <\/span>Jason Schleifer<\/span> (<\/span>Lord of the Rings, Megamind<\/span><\/i>) and <\/span>Scott LaFleur<\/span> (<\/span>How to Train Your Dragon, Megamind<\/span><\/i>). Learn more at<\/span> NimbleCollective.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Media Contact for Nimble Collective<\/b><\/p>\n

Juliet Travis
<\/span>Liftoff Communications
<\/span>510-612-9622
<\/span>juliet@liftoffcommunications.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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