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MiMiC Ltd
MIMIC has been developed for media companies that require additional burst resources to meet deadlines or reducing capital expenditure. With the introduction of new media formats and the transition towards file based media the volume of created content is increasing at an exponential rate. MIMIC offers a solution to the problem with dynamic resource allocation, servicing and infrastructure as a service. In particular MIMIC is designed to remove IT resource limitations and improve accessibility. MIMIC is the only media and entertainment managed services solution in the market that is able to meet the demands of your customer while improving your business profitability and performance. All services are centred on customer confidence, strict SLAs that are matched to planned/unplanned,scaling/phasing of resources, storage, processing and connectivity.

How does MiMiC work ?
MiMiC has been built using production proven technology from IBM and Cisco within a Tier-3 grade data centre which has been optimised for media production and post-production. The storage infrastructure is based on IBM storage servers, storage controllers and clustered storage nodes. Connectivity of the infrastructure is provided by Cisco Nexus data centre switching providing a SAN lossless Ethernet. The entire MiMiC infrastructure is situated in a secure, resilient and redundant tier-3 data centre with dedicated staff on hand 24/7.