VBrick Systems Expands Business-Critical Digital Video Capabilities; New EtherneTV 3.0 Delivers Single Point of Control for Windows Media and MPEG; Intuitive Management Empowers Organizations to Harness Digital Video for Diverse Requirements.WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- VBrick Systems, Inc. (www.VBrick.com), an industry leader in affordable video over IP network solutions, today announced EtherneTV Media Distribution System 3.0, a turnkey See turnkey system. platform to record, distribute, and manage digital video across IP networks. EtherneTV 3.0's integrated console for Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). video empowers organizations to simplify enterprise IP video application management and tailor A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them. Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor their IP video capabilities to support diverse requirements. EtherneTV 3.0 features VBrick's new VB6000 WM Appliance A stand-alone hardware device or software environment dedicated to a specific task. See hardware appliance and software appliance. for Windows Media, which delivers reliable video streaming See streaming video and video stream. and intuitive management capabilities that enable organizations to launch streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. in minutes. VBrick empowers Information Technology (IT) staffs to optimize optimize - optimisation their Microsoft investments and also seamlessly access popular MPEG-format digital video. (In a concurrent release today, VBrick announced the VB6000 WM Appliance). Additional EtherneTV 3.0 features enable users to harness digital video for applications such as automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. tele-presence video sessions for weekly planning meetings, on demand DVD-quality training videos, and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the streaming video presentations. New scheduling capabilities simplify EtherneTV 3.0 management while additional enhancements strengthen performance and scalability. "From boardrooms to classrooms, digital video is quickly becoming the next critical application," said Sivakumar Muthuramalingam, industry analyst, Technical Insights, Frost & Sullivan. "To support the exciting collaboration and training opportunities effectively, organizations need to cohesively and centrally manage their growing networked video requirements. EtherneTV 3.0 will help organizations control and manage the supporting infrastructure to drive a seamless experience for the end user." "Many organizations have not achieved digital video ubiquity Ubiquity See also Omnipresence. Burma-Shave their signs seen as “verses of the wayside throughout America.” [Am. Commerce and Folklore: Misc. due to the need for several digital video formats," said Rich Mavrogeanes, president and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of VBrick Systems. "EtherneTV 3.0's simplified, yet powerful IP media capabilities enable organizations to apply the right video technology quickly to specific business requirements." EtherneTV 3.0 Features VBrick's new EtherneTV 3.0 provides the performance and ease-of-use required for essential operations, including:
-- Portal access to essential digital video content:
-- Enables users to access digital video seamlessly across
multiple Windows Media release versions and MPEG
standards. Importantly, users access both live streaming
content and archived video. By eliminating video
compatibility hurdles, organizations leverage IP video to
increase operational efficiencies, training effectiveness,
and collaboration
-- Simplifies digital video management via an intuitive,
browser-based interface to search, select, and play video
content
-- Powerful scheduling capabilities:
-- Enables users to schedule video sessions and recordings.
Features "set and forget" automated tele-presence video
sessions for sales meetings, daily school announcements,
etc. EtherneTV 3.0 automates all administrator-defined
meeting requirements, including turning on compatible
users' systems for the point-to-point meetings
-- Distributes pre-recorded messages quickly for emergency
broadcasts or other events
-- Database enhancements: Features metadata searching
capabilities and increased customization (e.g., customized
video cataloging)
-- Expanded security: Offers increased access and authorization
management, including Single Sign On (SSO)
-- Enterprise-strength video recording capabilities: Concurrent
video recording session scalability supports expanding user
requirements
-- Expanded remote video connectivity: HyperText Transfer
Protocol (HTTP) tunneling removes common firewall video
connectivity barriers. EtherneTV 3.0 simplifies and expands
remote network access to digital video content
-- Closed captioning: EtherneTV 3.0 appliances are the only
products that provide MPEG-4 closed captioning for PCs and set
top boxes. EtherneTV 3.0 provides closed captioning for
MPEG-1, 2, and 4
-- Protect Microsoft investments: EtherneTV 3.0 Windows Media
support enables users to extend their Microsoft infrastructure
ecosystems and provide added management, performance, and
flexibility to their Windows Media technologies
EtherneTV 3.0 Components VBrick's standards-based solutions assure high performance and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. with existing IP-based infrastructures. EtherneTV 3.0's modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. enables users to expand their IP video capabilities quickly. EtherneTV 3.0 includes:
-- VB6000 WM Appliance for Windows Media: Provides
enterprise-strength Windows Media performance that enables
organizations to deliver live and stored video virtually
anywhere. Powerful VBrick encoder multicasting capabilities
eliminate the requirement for a separate Windows Media server.
The VBrick appliance enables organizations to deliver a single
video stream (multicast) to all networked desktops and support
up to 200 separate (unicast) Windows Media sessions per
appliance, allowing organizations to deliver live video
virtually anywhere
-- VBrick MPEG encoder appliances: Enables IP video capture and
delivery via support for MPEG-1, 2, and 4 standards for
high-performance, low-bandwidth connections
-- EtherneTV 3.0 Media Control Server Product Suite: Delivers
single point of control for simultaneous streamed and stored
digital video. Also features intuitive scheduling and back-end
management capabilities to align IP video with operations.
Includes support for Windows Media Server and MPEG-1, 2, and
4, and provides user access and authentication, as well as
stored video retrieval and live channel access
-- EtherneTV 3.0 - NXG Video-On-Demand Server: High-performance
video-on-demand capabilities include up to four terabytes of
storage to manage active digital libraries
-- EtherneTV Set-Top Box 3.0: Enables televisions, flat panel
displays, and projectors to display IP video. Intuitive remote
control enables users to select video quickly and easily.
Closed captioning capabilities expand video applications and
support federal disabilities compliance requirements
-- StreamPlayer: PC-based software that supports MPEG (MPEG-1, 2,
and 4) and Windows Media from a single viewer
Availability EtherneTV 3.0 is currently available from VBrick and VBrick Network Certified See certification. Partners. About VBrick Systems, Inc. VBrick Systems, Inc., creates and delivers innovative networked video solutions that enhance communications and reduce costs for organizations around the world. VBrick's broad range of video solutions provide the simplest and most reliable visual communications to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies ranging in use from distributing news and information to distance-learning to training and surveillance. VBrick has garnered numerous industry accolades, including the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Connecticut Connecticut, state, United States Connecticut (kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W). Technology Fast 50, and the National Association of Broadcaster's (NAB) Award for Innovation in Media in the Content Delivery category. Based in Wallingford, Connecticut Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 43,026 at the 2000 census. History Wallingford was established on October 10, 1667, when the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the "making of a village on the east river" to , USA, VBrick Systems' products are distributed through industry-leading value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. , system integrators See systems integrator. and distributors. Find out more at www.VBrick.com. |
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