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Our business is all about empowering operators and assuring network reliability and quality.

Solving one of the big issues What was it about the VB440-V that caught the judges’ eyes? “This product allows visibility into sophisticated network infrastructure, thereby solving one of the biggest issues for those trying to diagnose and fix complex network issues in a timely fashion,” they said. And that, in a nutshell, is precisely what it does. The VB440-V monitors high density data traffic in core networks, enabling users to quickly rectify problems affecting quality. It is the first product of its type to become available that addresses two issues of significant concern to broadcasters. The first of these is the transition to higher network speeds: it supports dual 40 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. The second is that it supports SDIoIP – a key feature for broadcasters who are making the sometimes painful transition from SDI to IP. It is also the first product to feature SMPTE2022.7 dual redundant stream analysis. It can be installed almost instantly on any standard high- performance server blade to allow rapid scaling of capacity. But the real revolution is the absolute precision with which the VB- 440V can monitor data flows. It’s all very well being able to monitor a network and gather huge amounts of data, as the VB440-V does. But for that data to be useful, it needs to be turned, in real-time, into actionable information. At Bridge Technologies, we live by the philosophy that we’re in the business of making complex things simple – and that’s where our second award-winning product comes in. ‘Highly commended’ in the ‘Best monitoring or network management solution’ category of the CSI Awards at a presentation at IBC this year, and winner of the Broadcast Beat ‘Innovation in Content Delivery’ award, also at IBC, the Remote Data Wall (RDW) allows those responsible for network monitoring and management to quickly and easily create a visual representation of network activity, enabling potential problems to be rapidly identified and appropriate corrective action to be taken.

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Vol. 38 No. 4 - November 2016 Issue