EMC announced Monday it is buying NAS (network attached storage) vendor Isilon Systems for roughly $2.25 billion (£1.39bn). Both companies' boards have approved the deal, which is expected to be finalised later this year.
Escape Studios is best known as a leading training facility for visual effects artists, modellers and animators -- but the company has also taken the knowledge it’s acquired by creating a network of up to 100 users running high-end 3D tools from Maya to Nuke and sharing assets to build a business that offers solutions similar to its own to post-production companies large and small.