DEPLOYING THE AIRMEDIA SOLUTION
Before the Scenes
Intuitive and Speedy Setup — We’ve seen that setting up a single room for AirMedia technology is incredibly simple. Now multiply that experience across an enterprise, and another benefit becomes apparent: there’s a consistent experience across every room in the organization. “Once you’ve quickly become accustomed to the workflow, and you can just literally walk in and use new rooms without having to retrain or read a manual or learn a whole new set of processes,” he adds. That further reduces the number of help desk tickets generated from those rooms.
Providing Data Analytics — “Seeing how people are using those rooms — and how those rooms are working — is another piece of the puzzle,” says Mulpeter. The data you’ll get from an AirMedia technology solution can tell you what devices are online — and even help IT undertake preventative maintenance. “Another component is the ability of the system to gather long-term, historical data — it’s key to understanding how the rooms are used so that the C-suite can make informed decisions. Are smaller niches more popular? Or are the bigger conference rooms used? How many people are booked in them? The list goes on.” Adding a product such as the XiO Cloud® technology operations management platform to the Crestron ecosystem gives an enterprise even more reporting and control options.
Security — “First and foremost, deploying a device like the AirMedia Connect Adaptor is a worry-free proposition – it’s a transmitter, not a storage device, so it can’t carry any viruses,” says Mulpeter. “Beyond that, everything we make is secure from the get-go. These products are made to live on the network.” Additionally, these solutions are built with the same Crestron standard that’s applied to products used by governments, says Mulpeter: “It's all baked into every product. Every data stream is encrypted.”
Reliability — Crestron solutions are built to last. “The products we produce are baked, frozen, hammered, beaten — the testing process is absolutely top-notch,” says Mulpeter. “We’re always updating and addressing any issues immediately,” he explains.
“The result should always be the same: When you turn on a Crestron device or fire up our software, you can be sure it’s just going to work.”