Lightware, a leading manufacturer of connectivity solutions for the professional integrated systems market and a pioneer in signal management, has announced a higher level partnership with NETGEAR to deliver AV-over-IP (AVoIP) deployments for a wide range of professional AV environments.
The goal of the partnership is to enable integrators to build dedicated AV networks that are “easier to deploy, manage and scale, while giving IT teams the reassurance of a proven, pre-validated solution”.
NETGEAR AV’s line of switches are now offered as part of a one-stop shop solution from Lightware, pre-loaded with a Lightware configuration profile.
This profile developed in a joint effort with NETGEAR engineers is designed to eliminate the time and complexity of manual setup, enabling system integrators and IT teams to create fully optimised AV networks straight out of the box.
NETGEAR AV’s switches, including the GVN-LWS-1G-26G4F-P (M4250-26G4F-PoE+) and TPN-LWS-10G-24X4V-P (M4350-24X4V) models, have been tested and verified for full compatibility with Lightware AVoIP products such as UBEX, GEMINI GVN, and TPN Ecosystem, such as Taurus TPN and HDMI-TPN products.
For users, the solution provides a plug & play setup in case of the Gemini GVN and TPN products. Meanwhile for the UBEX AVoverIP product it requires a one-click setup only for loading the Lightware profile.
Gergely Vida, CEO of Lightware, said: “AV-over-IP continues to transform the way organisations think about connectivity and signal distribution. By partnering with NETGEAR, we’re removing one of the biggest pain points in AV network design, making it easy for our customers to deploy powerful, future-ready systems with total confidence.”
Richard Jonker, vice president marketing & business development at NETGEAR AV, added: “Our collaboration with Lightware brings together two trusted names in AV technology to simplify and accelerate the deployment of AV-over-IP networks. Integrating our managed AV switches with Lightware’s configuration profiles enables customers to get up and running faster with a reliable, high-performance solution that works right out of the box.”
Look out for the feature on “taking control of AvoIP” in our forthcoming June edition, available from May 30.
