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"At De Lane Lea … administration, connection management and brokerage of
the system was key," says Pierre Ketteridge’

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PP has built a reputation for
de signing, delive ring and
supporting integrated workflow
optimisation solutions based on
KVM matrix and desktop IP KVM,
IP routing and switching, bandwidth
management, trafﬁc shaping, ADN/
CDN and protocol optimisation.
“In the broadcast market we have
traditionally designed systems
around an analogue matrix product,
such as the Avocent AMX,” says
Pierre Ketteridge, Technical
Consultant at IPP. “This provides
a robust solution for deterministic
environments where the number of
communicating endpoints and the
TX/RX ratio is a known constant, and
relatively static.
“The analogue transport is
proprietary, but bandwidth and
latency are guaranteed as it is a closed
system. The solution is scalable, but
does involve architecting additional
cross-connected matrix switches as
the installed base grows. What we
have found is that in post the working
environment is ﬂuid, and that is where
an IP-based digital solution such as
HMX comes into its own.”
The Avocent HMX Digital KVM
solution from Emerson Network
Power is the industry’s leading
switchable extender system.
Designed to provide the ability to
seamlessly access and share multiple
computing resources separated
from the work environment, HMX
leverages industry-standard IP
technology and existing network
infrastructure. Easily deployed over
a LAN (or WAN), HMX supports a
comprehensive range of peripherals
including DVI-I video, CD audio,
keyboard and mouse, USB mass
storage, and other devices such as
graphics tablets.
“Every post-production environment
is different,” says Ketteridge. “At
De Lane Lea, being a post facility;
administration, connection

management and brokerage of the
system was key, allowing them to
offer their clients maximum ﬂexibility,
whilst retaining control through a rich
suite of access proﬁles and internal
authentication options, such as
Microsoft Active Directory and LDAP.
Their clients pay a lot of money to
use the facilities, and so expect
perfection – and a quick turnaround
of customised, bespoke facilities.
“Pinewood, on the other hand,
needed a system that was simple
to deploy and administer, platformagnostic and able to integrate MS
Windows, Mac and Linux machines,
waveform meters, video playback
systems and archive tape robots, all
interconnected with a SAN. HMX
gives them that ﬂexibility, streamlining
the workﬂow process and speeding
up delivery of ﬁnal content. Our other
post production customers, including
Deluxe Digital, Golden Square,
Molinare and Technicolor, have had
equally diverse requirements, ranging
from securing control of USB mass
storage devices to HA redundancy
and resilience.”
IPP’s involvement with hi-res
a/v switching systems has also
taken them into “unchartered
waters. After a successful
deployment for hydrographic survey
company NetSurvey, the National
Oceanography Centre, Southampton
(NOCS) approached IPP to supply
an HMX system and IP switching
infrastructure on the research vessel
RRS James Cook, so that scientists
and students could collaborate and
share oceanographic data anywhere
onboard ship.
“The HMX system has proved
effective, despite some unique
challenges in deploying and
supporting such technology on
shipboard environments. It will be
interesting to see which unexpected
application for HMX we’re presented
with next,” adds Ketteridge.

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