Latin America. Cloud services company Xyte announced a strategic partnership with SDVoE Alliance, a nonprofit consortium of technology partners working to promote AV over IP adoption.
The partnership will bring Xyte's cloud connectivity platform to all 54 members of the SDVoE Alliance, providing a unified monitoring and management platform for more than 700 member products.
"The SDVoE Alliance was formed to standardize a unique approach to AV over IP that works across all manufacturers in the AV industry," said Justin Kennington, president of the SDVoE Alliance. "Our partnership with Xyte brings that same spirit of standardization to SDVoE Alliance members and their customers."
Kennington explains that IT departments with increasing responsibility for AV systems want a single platform to remotely access AV devices on their network, rather than having a dedicated monitoring platform for each component. "We can now build a scalable monitoring platform through the cloud that connects all of our members' products to the Xyte ecosystem."
Xyte's AV platform, Workplace by Xyte, will offer more than remote monitoring and management to SDVoE Alliance members, including the ability to collect usage and performance analytics, and provide direct online customer service, including technical support. Xyte will also offer SDVoE Alliance member manufacturers a comprehensive cloud-based platform to run their entire "Hardware as a Service" (HaaS) business.
This includes support for what Xyte calls "Digital Products," an innovative approach that allows manufacturers to remotely enable device features through subscriptions. Xyte's innovative HaaS will also help SDVoE Alliance members better support their channels and customers and develop new recurring revenue streams.
System integrators using SDVoE member products will also have free access to the platform. These companies can quickly specify SDVoE products in their projects and remotely manage and monitor all SDVoE member devices in their facilities. They can even offer their own customized managed services for their end customers, based on Xyte's platform, and provide proactive, remote support to their customers.
While the AV industry has been slow to adopt cloud technologies, Kennington believes the simplicity and accessibility of Xyte's platform will accelerate the transition to more cloud-based systems and services, similar to how organizations like the SDVoE Alliance have advanced AV over IP acceptance.
