SIRTNET: A Research Platform for Remote Collaboration and Shared Services among Ontario's Screen-based Industries

随着电影、电视和游戏行业现在基于端到端数字流程，IT支持流程中的创新可以极大地影响生产效率和产能。远程协作的广泛机会也可以利用各个公司共同工作的力量。拟议的设备将成为谢里登学院和行业合作伙伴建立的共享服务研究网络的一部分，以解决屏幕行业的转型需求。拟议的计算/渲染基础设施将位于谢里丹的Hazel McCallion校园数据中心（安大略省密西沙加），并通过专用光纤链路连接到151 Front Street，多伦多电信提供商的中心枢纽。动画、视觉效果和后期制作公司将通过这个多伦多中心连接到数据中心，使合作研究成为可能，将谢里登在动画、IT和商业研究方面的高级项目与行业合作伙伴联系起来。拟议的远程协作网络将：为研究建立一个安全、共享的媒体呈现和存储基础设施，促进新业务和技术解决方案的开发，特别是在从生产价值链的开始到结束的公司之间的远程协作中；创建一个信息技术专业研究平台，以满足安大略省电影和电视行业的需求；允许设计和执行协作专业开发和高素质人员培训，并为使用宽带和网络存储功能的2D/3D工作流试点/演示提供测试平台。通过创建共享的IT基础设施，并在价值链的各个方面启动协作试点，该项目将满足集群的需求——通过应用研究和培训促进公司层面的创新；允许公司通过IT中心上的共享资产进行安全交互，从而实现协同创新；并透过充满活力的产业界/政府/学术界伙伴关系，将区内的内容制作/设计专业知识与资讯科技优势结合起来。

With the movie, television, and gaming industries now based on end-to-end digital processes, innovation within IT support processes can dramatically impact production efficiency and capacity. Extensive opportunities for remote collaboration that can leverage the strength of individual companies working together are also now available. The proposed equipment will be part of a research network with shared services being established by Sheridan College and industry partners to address the screen industries' transformational needs. The proposed compute/render infrastructure will be housed at Sheridan's Hazel McCallion Campus Data Centre (Mississauga, Ont.) and connected by dedicated fibre optic links to 151 Front Street, Toronto's central hub for telecommunications providers. Animation, visual effects, and post-production companies will connect to the data centre through this Toronto hub, enabling collaborative research that will link Sheridan's advanced programs in animation, IT, and business studies with industry partners. The proposed remote collaboration network will: establish a secure, shared media render and storage infrastructure for research, enabling development of new business and technical solutions, particularly in remote collaboration among companies from beginning to end of the production value chain; create a research platform for IT expertise to address the needs of Ontario's movie and TV industry; allow design and execution of collaborative professional development and training of Highly Qualified Personnel, and provide a test bed for 2D/3D workflow pilots/demonstrations that use broadband and storage capabilities of the network. By creating a shared IT infrastructure and initiating collaborative pilots on all aspects of the value chain, this project will meet the cluster's needs as identified - fostering innovation at the company level through applied research and training; enabling collaborative innovation by allowing firms to interact securely through shared assets on the IT hub; and linking the region's content production/design expertise and its IT strengths through a vibrant industry/government/academic partnership.