How Post & VFX Teams Deliver With Less

Surviving With Less, Delivering Anyway

The past few years have been brutal for post and VFX. Teams are leaner, budgets tighter, and yet expectations haven’t eased. Layoffs, budget freezes, and stalled hiring have left smaller crews managing increasingly hybrid, cloud-heavy workflows. Security requirements keep multiplying, while facility moves and infrastructure gaps expose new risks.

The pressure hasn’t let up - and neither have the deadlines. Teams are still expected to scale, secure everything, and deliver more, often with fewer engineers and fewer hours in the day.

The reality? Most teams simply don’t have the capacity anymore. There’s too much to manage, not enough people, and no room for trial-and-error.

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Why Infrastructure Matters

In this environment, your network isn’t just part of the background,  it shapes how fast you move, how secure you are, and how much you can take on. And when things go wrong, the pressure lands directly on your team. Deadlines don’t shift. Expectations don’t lower. And generic providers rarely respond with the urgency or expertise that creative production demands.

The difference between teams constantly firefighting and those who can focus on the work that matters often comes down to one thing: the network that underpins it all.

Case in point: When Kevin VFX hit the limits of their facility space, the answer wasn’t just more desks or machines -  it was a network that let them scale beyond their walls. Read the full case study here. 

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What a Media-Ready Network Looks Like

So what does the right network for post, VFX, and production actually deliver?

• Firewall and security management: Expertly managed with real-time threat detection, hourly backups, and full revision history.
• Direct access to major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud — without detours through the public internet.
• Flexibility to scale: Bandwidth that flexes month to month, without contract battles every time a new project lands.
• Operational accountability: A partner who stands shoulder-to-shoulder with your team, helping manage outages, TPN audits, and bespoke configurations.
• Built-in redundancy: Dual-path fibre, failover routing, and backups to keep productions moving even during outages.
• 24/7 expert support: Real engineers who understand media workflows and treat downtime like the critical issue it is.
• Dedicated, uncontended bandwidth: Performance that doesn’t compete with local users or oversubscribed lines.
• Guaranteed throughput and stable latency: So reviews, renders, and uploads move exactly as they should.
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The Sohonet Difference

This is where Sohonet comes in. Unlike generic telcos, Sohonet was built for the creative industries. For nearly 30 years, we’ve supported the world’s leading post, VFX, and production teams, powering the largest private media network in the world.

Our infrastructure isn’t just fast. It’s reliable, flexible, and designed around the realities of creative work: leaner teams, higher stakes, and workflows that don’t stop.

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Closing Thought

As we enter 2026, the question isn’t whether your team can keep surviving with less. It’s whether your network is built to carry that load for you. With Sohonet, you don’t just get bandwidth,  you get resilience, confidence, and the freedom to focus on the creative work that matters.

Book your 121 consultation with a Sohonet expert.

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