MatrixStore’s Object Matrix is to be bundled up with the Sony Optical Disc Archive technology to create a repository for protecting rushes, work-in-progress and masters.

The combination, which will be available from Sony Resellers later this year, can be driven by third-party applications, Object Matrix applications or via the Sony Media Navigator MAM. “Organisations are looking for compact and packaged solutions that will solve their current and future challenges when it comes to asset management,” said Niall Duffy, head of IT solutions at Sony Professional Europe.