The outside broadcast (OB) truck is a microcosm of a studio control room. Placed in any number of settings, from theater productions and sporting events, to one-off concerts and festivals, OB trucks play a crucial role in delivering up to the minute, high quality content.
The control room could be viewed as the central nervous system of a mission critical operation; relying on millions of data points to provide operators with the situational awareness required to make important decisions.
Control rooms are often mission critical environments where a physical location or distributed service is monitored and controlled by trained operators. Often functioning around the clock, with rigorous standards and targets, control rooms and their staff can help save resources and even lives.
The control room is an integral part of a mission critical business, but this level of dependency also makes it a prime target for cyber criminals.
IP-based KVM has long been seen as a shining example of just how beneficial the use of IP can be, and as more broadcasters make the move to adopting IP networks for use within and across campuses, IP-based KVM continues to add value. How does it add this value? Here are ten ways...
