Going cloud-native to bring VFX to life

The ITPro Podcast

If you’ve seen Oppenheimer, Dune, or Blade Runner 2049, then you’ve seen the work of DNEG. The British visual effects firm, formerly known as Double Negative, has had to contend with growing compute and data demands in its 26 year history, with thousands of hours of rendering required to bring the latest visuals from servers to the cinema screen.
In recent years, DNEG’s legacy infrastructure began to feel the strain of this task, leading the firm to work with Red Hat to adopt a cloud-native approach.
In this episode, Jane and Rory speak to Ian Abbott, software architect at DNEG, and Ollie Harding, software infrastructure architect at DNEG, to discuss how the visual effects firm has adopted a cloud-native approach to help its artists be more productive.
Read more:

• How cloud-native agility helped DNEG level up its award-winning VFX
• Cloud-native tools are becoming more popular in Europe than the US
• Red Hat launches OpenShift Platform Plus alongside new managed cloud services
• Red Hat unveils new application services toolbox for developers