Emerson Helps Facilitate the Transformation from Analog to Digital

A transformation from analog to digital in the data center is happening and high definition digital leader Emerson (News - Alert) Network Power wants to make sure that it equips you with the technology to facilitate the migration.

“Your Television made it to the digital age...why hasn't your Data Center?” Avocent (News - Alert), a division of Emerson, asks on its website. “Avocent wants to take your production environment to the next level by introducing you to our digital products.”

To help you go digital, Avocent suggests employing the Avocent HMX solution, the only solution that permits users to access multiple computers from their desks and have all their local USB peripherals connect to those remote computers. The technology also boasts the best video quality in the industry as it allows users to connect remote computers over industry standard TCP/IP networks.

“Migrating to a digital strategy is a logical transition from other legacy formats,” Director of Product Marketing for Avocent Products and Services Paul Nashawaty told TMCnet. “By migrating to digital, customers can take advantage of newer technologies while leveraging their existing investments.”

Some of the HMX benefits include: a distance limitation of 1,000 feet; the ability to utilize fiber infrastructure efficiently by granting access to fiber, as opposed to copper, infrastructures; and the benefit of allowing the number of users to be virtually unlimited, as opposed to AMX technology.

For example, to the first point, with existing AMX technology, customers are stuck because their users have to be within 1,000 feet of their computers. And, in some cases, they can be no more than 150 feet away. With HMX technology, a user can now be placed outside the 1,000 feet limitation as long as there is IP present at that location.

HMX also provides customers with: the ability to install your solutions using a standard network infrastructure that eases deployment and future expansion; enhanced video resolution (1680x1050 at 60Hz); support for both analog and digital video; easier support for dual screen environments or mixed environments with both single and dual screen needs; easier support for larger environments with many users; support for rich USB peripheral sets; and support for other USB devices including thumb drives, external hard drives, CD/DVD ROM.

In other company news, the next time you are pumping gas don’t be surprised if you find a small screen in the pump itself as there is a huge push for wireless video and Emerson is giving the movement wings with its technology.

Emerson’s Avocent technology transmits video from point A to point B, or sometimes from one point to multi-points, all through wireless technology.