CatDV explained

CatDV
Developer:	Square Box Systems Ltd.
Latest Release Version:	Version 14
Operating System:	Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux
License:	Proprietary

CatDV is a media asset manager program for handling multimedia production workflows developed by Square Box Systems. Quantum Corporation acquired Square Box Systems in 2020.^[1]

Versions

The full family of CatDV Products is as follows:

CatDV Standalone Products

• CatDV Professional Edition
• CatDV Pegasus

CatDV Networked Products

• CatDV Essential - entry level server product
• CatDV Enterprise Server - for MySQL databases and most common server platforms including Linux, Windows and Mac OS X
• CatDV Pegasus Server - adds features such as high performance full-text indexing, access control lists, and more
• CatDV Worker Node - automated workflow and transcoding engine
• CatDV Web Client - provides access to the CatDV database via a web browser. There is no need to install special software on the desktop, making it easy to deploy to a large number of users.
• CatDV Professional Edition & Pegasus Clients - designed to support the multi-user capabilities of the CatDV Enterprise and Workgroup Servers from the desktop

Using plugins and scripting, which often require additional professional services support to set up, complex integrations with a wide variety of third party systems (including archive, cloud storage, and artificial intelligence) are possible.

Awards

CatDV won two awards in 2010, a blue ribbon from Creative COW Magazine^[2] and a "Best of Show Vidy Award" from Videography.^[3]

In April 2012 Square Box won a Queen's Award for Enterprise for CatDV.

External links

• Square Box Systems Ltd. official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mellor . Chris . 2020-12-15 . Quantum gains media asset management chops with tuck-in acquisition . 2022-08-17 . Blocks and Files . en-US.
2. Winners of the Creative COW Magazine Blue Ribbon . 2010-12-16 . 2010 . Creative Cow Magazine . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227080348/http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/winners-of-the-creative-cow-magazine-blue-ribbon . 2010-12-27 .
3. Videography Announces 2010 NAB Best of Show Vidy Award Winners . 2010-12-16 . 2010-04-27 . Videography.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125131830/http://www.videography.com/articlefeatures/94148 . 2010-11-25 . dead .