Cerelink is a cloud computing provider to the motion picture industry. We provide private clouds for rendering and for other content creation/ management applications.

Cerelink is able to offer a cost effective, secure combination of data center space, scalable high performance computing and networking in the form of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).

Besides cloud computing, Cerelink can provide its customers with on-demand access to high performance computing (HPC) services on world class supercomputing infrastructure, thanks to our collaboration with the New Mexico Computing Applications Center and other technology partners. Cerelink is based in New Mexico, which affords our customers--especially in digital media-- several cost savings: cheaper power and data center space, access to competitively priced ultra fast broadband networks and a 25% cash-back rebate on all motion picture production (including rendering) done in New Mexico.

Cerelink at Siggraph

Cerelink’s Chief Technology officer Bruce Moxon and Vice President of Sales John Olson are attending Siggraph , the annual conference for computer graphic professionals. (July 26-29th) held this year in Los Angeles. Siggraph is widely considered the most prestigious forum for the publication of computer graphics research. The Cerelink team will use the forum to learn and to meet with existing and potential customers in the digital motion picture industry.

Cloud Computing for the Motion Picture

Industry

In June, 2010, Cerelink and Dreamworks Animation SKG signed a multi-year agreement to use elastic, on demand cloud computing for motion picture rendering. (Read More Here). This agreement culminates a year-long collaboration between the two companies that proved up the remote rendering technology that connects DreamWorks’ artists in Los Angeles with Cerelink equipment in New Mexico over an ultra-fast broadband network. During the past year, DreamWorks rendered portions of its Shrek Forever After and How to Train Your Dragon features on our servers in new Mexico.

Ed Leonard, DreamWorks Chief technology Officer, called the collaboration “a huge success, working proof that high performance computing clouds are not only possible but practical…the future of rendering.”

Cerelink is first-to-market in using private cloud computing for motion picture rendering. Besides DreamWorks, we are working with other studios and special effects producers to expand our market share in this niche.