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Vimsoft Showcases VimBiz At IBC2012
VimBiz Broadcast Resource Management represents the true integration of engineering workﬂows such as asset and service management with operations processes such as rentals and resource scheduling. VimBiz enhances visibility, collaboration, and efficiency for large national networks, specialty channels, Outside Broadcast ﬂeets, military broadcasters, educational institutions, post-production houses, rental companies, and media conglomerates. By leveraging modern database capabilities and state-of-the-art software development technology, VimBiz offers a compelling and cost-effective alternative to separate systems for scheduling facilities and people, servicing missioncritical assets, managing complex projects, and controlling rental workﬂows and costs. The broadcast industry’s most comprehensive, integrated, and scalable Resource Management software, VimBiz encompasses the following solution areas: • Resource Scheduling and Timecard Management; • Rentals Management; • Enterprise Asset Management; • Service Management (including ITSM;) • Engineering Project Management; • Purchasing and Receiving Management; • Stockroom Management; • Discrepancy Reporting; …and now Media Asset Management… “Gone are the days of needing separate systems for scheduling, rentals, and engineering,” said Vimsoft Marketing Director Joel DeWolfe. “Gone, too, are the costs and limitations of the separatesystems approach. With VimBiz a customer can leverage areas of immediate focus while remaining secure in the knowledge that a technological tour de force is available as needs evolve. VimBiz is comprehensive and very adaptable, so our customers recognise that they can begin using additional modules or options to increase their business advantage.” “People soon realise that Vimsoft is a refreshingly different k i n d o f c o m p a n y, ” n o t e d DeWolfe. “We are very customeroriented, broadcasting-focused, and passionate about software technology. Real people answer calls and emails. We listen to customer suggestions and implement them for interim VimBiz releases. When the requesting customer approves changes we provide a general release to beneﬁt all customers. Updates are frequent and easily performed with VimBiz, which is something quite revolutionary in itself. “Efﬁcient updating is an example of how our development technology provides a distinct customer-service advantage, but there are many other examples. Vimsoft often mocks up a customer idea and demonstrates the new functionality integrated into VimBiz. The customer may have expected a Statement-of-Work discussion but instead provides realtime feedback on our interpretation of their idea. Refreshing.” Vimsoft remains focused on the customer experience for broadcasting and media organisations, a community the software vendor is ideally positioned to service globally. VimBiz is multilingual, multi-time zone, and multi-platform - available on rich (thick), web (thin), and mobile clients. Customers love this technological ﬂexibility, and also love the adaptability and resourcefulness of the Vimsoft Team. Many describe the customer experience as “local” regardless of geography. “If you are involved in managing broadcast resources - people, facilities, assets - Vimsoft is dedicated to your workﬂows and VimBiz can maximise ROI for those resources,” concluded DeWolfe. For broadcast and media companies large and small, the VimBiz suite provides a set of powerful tools that enable betterinformed decisions to be made, efficiencies to be gained, and bottom lines to be improved. ■

Success For PROVYS At IBC
At IBC2012, broadcast management specialist PROVYS showcased the latest developments and features of its systems in Amsterdam RAI. These not only included new features and modules, but also a completely new product. P R O V Y S h a s g ro w n i t s development programme as the needs of broadcasters have continued to expand and evolve. To date this has delivered three successful generations of the broadcast management system and introduced new capabilities such as Broadcast Planning, Rights Management, MAM (Media Asset Management) and Archiving, Production Management, Airtime Sales, and more that are shipped to users. At IBC2012 the new PROVYS. NET marked the arrival of the fourth generation of the PROVYS broadcast management products. PROVYS.NET is a new client platform that is designed to be user friendly while being open for changes and extensions, re a d y f o r seamless integration and full of new features and functions. CEO Josef V a s i c a PROVYS TV ofﬁce GUI with Media Layer commented: “PROVYS.NET is a big step forward both for us and our clients. “It is stunningly easy to use and integrates smoothly with the Windows environment. “It has involved a total re-design of the PROVYS software so now we have a completely new and modern corporate application. It brings not only an unprecedented user comfort but also a future-proof technology.” Also on show was PROVYS Media Layer, a new media workflow run-time component that offers unparalleled robustness for broadcasters’ departments such as digital archives, media libraries, programme planning and content sales. Professionals who use the extensive choice of metadata available in PROVYS are now able to view the content and to be more in control of the media workflows. There are many other developments that have recently become available to enhance workflows and add features for PROVYS customers. These include VOD licensing and planning support, improved media

PROVYS CEO Josef Vasica

preview facilities, new production project planning support, improved sales workﬂow, and management reporting and statistics. This autumn PROVYS celebrates 15 years of business since its ﬁrst successful roll out. Since then its growing number of broadcast customers and partners have beneﬁted from continuing support. In the last 12 months PROVYS has successfully completed a number of installations and projects including RTVS in Slovenija, Digi channels in Romania, Panorama HD in Russia, Canal Sur in Spain, Sigma in Cyprus, and Slovak Radio in Slovakia. ■

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