At Cine Gear, we caught up with Michael Cioni, who, together with his brother Peter and their dedicated team, decided to revolutionize peer-to-peer systems by eliminating traditional cloud storage limitations for video professionals by introducing Strada Network. Let’s dive into it and find more. Video professionals have long struggled with the limitations of traditional cloud storage services. While platforms like Dropbox, Google Drive, and WeTransfer are great for documents and small files, they struggle to handle the massive file sizes often encountered in video production. As Strada co-founder Michael explains, “The cloud was never designed for video,” and the numbers support this claim. Modern cameras can easily generate half a terabyte or more of footage per shoot, making uploading to traditional cloud services prohibitively expensive and time-consuming. The Strada team, after receiving the Cine Gear 2025 best of show award for software implementation. Credit: CineD Strada’s Revolutionary Approach Strada has developed what they call the “Strada Network” – a peer-to-peer system that transforms any storage device into a shareable cloud. Whether it’s a USB stick, camera SSD, or large NAS drive, users can instantly turn their local storage into an accessible, collaborative workspace without uploading anything to traditional cloud servers. The concept is elegantly simple: instead of treating clouds as “someone else’s hard drive,” Strada allows your own hard drive to function as the cloud. Users can share their drives with collaborators worldwide, who can then browse, stream, and download files directly from the original storage device. Technical Innovation: Real-Time...
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