Digital Storage in File-Based Workflows

Tom Coughlin, president, Coughlin Associates, is a widely respected storage analyst and consultant. He has more than 30 years in the data storage industry with multiple engineering and management positions at high profile companies. Coughlin has many publications and six patents to his credit. He is also the author of “Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Essential Guide,” which was published by Newnes Press. Coughlin Associates provides market and technology analysis (including reports on several digital storage technologies and applications and a newsletter) as well as Data Storage Technical Consulting services. Coughlin publishes the Digital Storage Technology Newsletter, the Media and Entertainment Storage Report, and the Capital Equipment and Technology for the Hard Disk Drive Industry Report. — Coughlin is active in SMPTE, the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), International Disk Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Magnetics Society, IEEE CE Society, and other professional organizations. He is the founder and organizer of the Annual Storage Visions Conference (www.storagevisions.com), a partner to the International Consumer Electronics Show, as well as the Creative Storage Conference (www.creativestorage.org). Coughlin is a senior member of the IEEE, Leader in the Gerson Lehrman Group Councils of Advisors and a member of the Consultants Network of Silicon Valley (CNSV). For more information on Tom Coughlin and his publications, go to www.tomcoughlin.com.