AV Trends - AV-Over-IP Specialist

AV moves out of its proprietary world to join IT on the network, making it easier to deploy, use and support at scale.

AV-over-IP is fast becoming the new standard for AV, delivering organisations with significant cost savings, flexibility and futureproofing.

The technology enables audio, video and control signals to be distributed over standard IP network infrastructure, bringing substantial benefits to users and those managing the technology.

AV-over-IP allows for complete flexibility over a previously unachievable amount of devices to be switched and distributed to a similarly previously unachievable amount of end points and displays. The ability to distribute camera and microphones feeds across 10 floors of an office space has never been easier or more cost effective with the added benefit of being completely flexible and able to b...

AV-over-IP is fast becoming the new standard for AV, delivering organisations with significant cost savings, flexibility and futureproofing.

The technology enables audio, video and control signals to be distributed over standard IP network infrastructure, bringing substantial benefits to users and those managing the technology.

Users benefit from consuming realtime content on a previously unachievable scale. Any capture or playback device can be connected wired or wirelessly to the network, giving users long-for flexibility and plug-and-play simplicity, whether they’re at their desk, in a self-service huddle or meeting space or a formal conference setting.

AV and IT departments benefit from being able to deploy at scale and speed and manage and support users effectively and economically.

They are freed from the need to lay dedicated cabling or make expensive and disruptive alternations. They can rely on the tried and tested standards IT professionals already know and trust. They can use PoE (Power over Ethernet) and enjoy dynamic routing without additional dedicated equipment, and, most importantly of all monitor and manage all connected AV end-points from a remote and centralised location to optimise the user experience and minimise downtime.

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proAV have a dedicated team of experts that deal exclusively with integrating complex AV schemes into equally complex client IT and network environments.

A greater reliance on network infrastructure means there is a greater focus and reliance on this team of experts to ensure that, as clients move into the brave new world of AV-over-IP, they are fully supported throughout.

proAV have also invested heavily into its offsite and production facility with the inclusion of a dedicated internal switching infrastructure. This allows for full offsite staging and production of a clients given AV-over-IP estate on industry leading infrastructure, configured by industry leading engineers. A total of 300 endpoints can be connected and demonstrated within this facility which gives allows for full testing and signoff before a connected device ever touches a client’s live network.

In addition to integration and deployment another critical aspect of AV-over-IP that needs to be considered and is often overlooked is security. A greater number of devices connected to a network will drive greater bandwidth consumption and use however it also introduces a significant amount of attack vectors that were previously a non-issue. proAV’s team of experts are well versed in this subject and as part of ongoing collaboration we can adopt an organisations given security protocols, advise where there are gaps and if required provide our own set of protocols that can be accepted by the client.

proAV have been ready for this paradigm shift and will continue to lead our clients through their own similar shifts.