VBrick Systems Provides Streaming Video for World's 13th Largest Bank, ABN AMRO.ABN AMRO ABN AMRO Algemene Bank Nederland-Amsterdam Roterdam Bank (Dutch bank) Selects VBrick and Systems Integrator Inside Technology BV to Stream Live News to Desktops and Video Monitors at its Netherlands Dealing Room - Largest in Europe; Empowers Employees to Capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. Breaking Financial Information Quickly WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- VBrick Systems, Inc., the world leader in digital video systems and solutions, today announced that ABN AMRO - the 13th largest international bank - has selected VBrick to stream live news to its Netherlands financial dealing room. ABN AMRO is using VBrick and systems integrator Inside Technology BV to deliver breaking news to desktops and video monitors at Europe's largest dealing room, which supports 750 ABN AMRO financial traders. Financial service institutions require up-to-the-minute news to capitalize on new investment opportunities quickly and serve clients effectively. VBrick network video appliances enable ABN AMRO to stream multiple cable television channels, such as Bloomberg, BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. , and Reuters to the desktop - thereby simplifying access to important market information and eliminating barriers to timely, effective communications. "Successful global banking and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. are based on strategic economic analysis, timely information, and predicting financial community reactions to events that impact global markets and economies," said Andrew Howard, director of marketing, VBrick Systems, Inc. "Live digital video news to the desktop provides another resource for informed, real-time decision making. VBrick empowers organizations to deliver live DVD-quality video to the desktop without impacting network performance." In addition to ABN AMRO, ING Bank and the Van Lanschot Bank in the Netherlands have equipped their dealing rooms with VBrick network video appliances. VBrick network video appliances receive feeds from financial cable networks such as CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. , then digitize and stream the programming to networked PCs or televisions across organizations' Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) networks. Approximately the size of a dictionary, VBrick network video appliances provide reliable "plug and stream" capabilities across IP networks. Internet streaming bandwidth requirements can consume significant network resources, slowing mission-critical application performance. VBrick enables global organizations to sidestep side·step v. side·stepped, side·step·ping, side·steps v.intr. 1. To step aside: sidestepped to make way for the runner. 2. network video bandwidth challenges by using multicasting technology to enable an unlimited number of IP networked users to view a video stream, while only requiring the bandwidth of a single stream. ABN AMRO is using VBrick's network video appliances to stream cable television broadcasts in MPEG-4 format, which allows for sub second delivery of news to the desktop. By supporting multiple digital video standards, VBrick enables users to focus on business requirements for digital video, rather than the underlying technologies. VBrick also enables organizations to add new applications such as video on demand and webcasting easily, and also expand their digital video capabilities internationally to remote branch offices. About ABN AMRO ABN AMRO is a prominent international bank, with a history going back to 1824. ABN AMRO ranks eighth in Europe and 13th in the world based on total assets, with more than 4,500 branches in 53 countries, a staff of over 110,000 full-time equivalents and total assets of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 999 billion as of September 30, 2006 ($1,270 billion USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). Find out more at www.abnamro.com. About Inside Technology BV Inside Technology BV has extensive knowledge and experience of streaming video techniques and has installed numerous IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. systems at Banks, Financial institutes, Governments, Large enterprises as Shell, KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) , Philips, and many educational institutes. Find out more at www.inside.nl. About VBrick Systems, Inc. VBrick Systems, Inc. is the world's most reliable provider of standards-based video networking solutions to educational institutions, corporations, and governments. VBrick, an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 certified company, has garnered numerous industry accolades including the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Connecticut 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, USA, VBrick's products are distributed through industry-leading value-added resellers, system integrators, and distributors. Find out more at www.VBrick.com. |
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