Case Study: The Mill achieves faster, more cost-effective VFX rendering with Sohonet FastLane

The Mill - Customer Case Study

The Mill, a leading VFX and content creation studio, needed a better way to handle time- and resource-intensive 3D rendering bursts. Instead of relying on hard-to-find rental hardware and office space for extra capacity, they looked for a secure and cost-effective way to reach cloud compute resources. Sohonet’s FastLane service was brought in to help connect them to cloud providers like AWS and Google Cloud.

Using Sohonet’s FastLane over existing Sohonet Media Network connections, The Mill gained fast, secure, pay-as-you-go access to cloud rendering capacity. The result was a major improvement in efficiency: The Mill said extra capacity could be added in minutes instead of at least 24 hours, and the cloud-based approach was cheaper and more efficient than renting hardware. Sohonet’s solution helped streamline operations, save costs, and save time.

The Mill

Jonathan Brazier

Group Computer Systems Manager