PrestoPRIME

In PrestoPRIME we are researching and developing practical solutions for the long-term preservation of digital audiovisual content. Our focus is on the planning and management of preservation and access services across the lifecycle of digital content. Many audiovisual content holders are making the transition from analogue to digital ways of working and are generating or storing huge amounts of digital content. There are an estimated 100M hours of audiovisual content in Europe's archives and with new production being almost entirely digital, data volumes are doubling every couple of years. Yet those tasked with keeping this valuable digital material safe and accessible in the long-term are ill-equipped to deal with the transition to digital content and the use of IT systems for its preservation and access. Good planning and management are key to lower costs, higher throughputs, better quality and reduced risk of loss. Our tools and service management framework help those responsible for retention and access to digital content to be more effective in their jobs and deal with the challenges and uncertainties of the digital world in which they find themselves.

See our PrestoPRIME mini-site on simulation and modelling, with access to our free to use and download tools.

IT Innovation has over 10 years of experience working on the preservation, restoration, storage, search, navigation and retrieval of digital media. PrestoPRIME is just one of the projects that give us a world-class track-record in this area and ensures we are recognised as an organisation to work with that really can make a difference.

A key result from all this work is a new company called Arkivum, which has been spun-out of IT Innovation to provide assured archiving services across a range of sectors.

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PrestoPRIME has received EC research funding.