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Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

About
VPN as a form of signage is rapidly overtaking costly and ineffective methods such as producing informative messages in poster form or using pin-boards to keep your audience informed.

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a private data network that makes use of the public telecommunication infrastructure, maintaining privacy through the use of a tunnelling protocol and security procedures and at a much lower cost. A VPN can be contrasted with a system of owned or leased lines that can only be used by one company. Companies today are using VPNs for both extranets and wide-area intranets.

VPN Screens can be erected at any location in a building or complex and can be located in any country in the world. You, the client, will have full control of all content displayed on these screens. In effect, you will be able to run your own, private television broadcasting channel.
Benefits
  • Cost Effective
  • Security
  • Scalability & Increased Savings
  • Global Reach & Easy Access
  • Unprecedented Flexibility
  • Centralized Control
  • Customized Content
  • Support
  • Negligible Maintenance Cost
Features
  • VPNs makes it possible for content to appear on a display, in real time, as it is happening.”
  • High Resolution Screen Display
  • Screen Rotation
  • High Resolution MPEG4 Video
  • Picture in Picture
  • Scroll Text
  • Play Back of Content from Local Storage
  • Real Time News and Weather
  • Blending of Messages Over Live TV
  • Industry Standard Content Authoring
  • Real Time Messaging
  • Full Reporting and Auditing
  • Automated Monitoring of All Screens
  • Power Management
  • Robust Architecture
  • Remote Customer Support
  • Industrial Strength Product
Specs
The hardware specifications are:
  • High performance RISC processor.
  • Screen resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 pixels, including HDTV resolutions.
  • Screen rotation for portrait and landscape orientation.
  • VGA & TV oOutput.
  • Hardware accelerated high resolution MPEG4 video decode.
  • Alpha blended graphics & text overlay with high quality scroll texts.
  • Zone partitioning of display area, e.g. split screen presentations.
  • Macromedia Flash support.
  • Optional alpha blended graphics and text over live video input, e.g. for example advertising over live TV broadcasts.
  • A minimum of 4GB of solid state content storage, i.e. no moving parts or hard drive required.
  • Embedded, robust LINUX operating system.
  • Remote upgrading of software, firmware and operating system.
  • Automated remote configuration and maintenance.
  • DPMS signalling for display switch on/off.
  • Display monitoring via RS232 serial port.
  • Power over Ethernet.
  • Very low power usage and heat output.
  • Very small form factor (100mm x 80mm x 40mm) for internal installation within displays and touch screens.
  • Industrial strength product able to operate in extreme environments (-20 C to 80 C). Sealed case to prevent dust contamination.
  • Mean time to failure of 10 years.
Hardware
The hardware requirements include:
 
Content Controller

The content controller is driven by RISC computers and the operating system is Linux based. This content controller enables users to control any number of screens, from 1 to 5,000 if needed. The controller is able to support all digital media inputs – AVI, MPEG, QTIME, DIVX, BMP, JPG, TIF, GIF, wav, mp3 and CD Audio. The content controller is also capable of retrieving real-time information from Web-based news sources available on the Internet.
 
STB
The STB (Set Top Box) is the device that drives the content on the screens. Content is stored at each location. Each STB is capable of driving one or more screens at each site.
STBs carry the information which includes advertisements, news, sports, corporate messages, emergency procedures, promotions etc and store it at each screen site on the network. The STB is the client’s end user device on the network. These provide a comprehensive suite of software for installation on approved devices. The number of STBs required for a particular network depends upon the kind of information displayed. If the content is the same across the entire network of screens then only one STB is required; if the information varies from screen to screen then a separate STB is required for individual screens. 

 
Clients
  • Mall of Emirates
  • Australian & New Zealand Defence Forces
  • Telecom New Zealand
  • NEC Corporation
  • Nokia
  • Coral Deira Dubai Hotel
  • Ibis Dubai Hotel
  • Radisson SAS Dubai Hotel
  • Kempinski, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai
  • Movenpick, Dubai Hotel
  • Renaissance , Dubai Hotel
  • Ritz Carlton, Dubai Hotel
  • Sea View Hotel, Dubai Hotel
  • Sheraton Creek, Dubai Hotel
  • Sheraton Jumeirah, Dubai
  • Novotel, Dubai Hotel
  • Traders Dubai Hotel
  • Villa Rotana Suites, Dubai
  • Radisson SAS, Sharjah
  • Ajman Kempinski
  • Coral Beach Hotel - Ajman
  • Le Meridien Al Aqah, Fujeirah
  • Emarat Petrol Stations, UAE
  • Adnoc Petrol Stations, UAE
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