on virtualized platforms, there are still a lot that don’t. Furthermore, many control rooms still work with legacy applications that are not fit for virtualization. Desktop sharing is another tech-
nology with a lot of potential in the control room, but still limited use. This is a great way to help opera- tors collaborate, but it’s mainly used for static applications and not for the important dynamic information.
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DESIGNING BOTTOM-UP To address this situation and meet this most pressing of needs Barco has introduced OpSpace, a dramati- cally different operator workspace solution. In fact, OpSpace combines IP-based KVM switching, virtualiza- tion and desktop sharing software, and puts them in a robust and simple user environment. “When designing a
Smart city operations workstations have to be ergonomically on-point
all relevant information is needed in the blink of an eye. A workaround for this is to keep the monitors con- nected to the computers, and just use the switch for the keyboard and mouse. But this greatly expands the operator workspace and still keeps the operator moving around – in this case, while carrying a keyboard and mouse... Secondly, it is quite a nuisance to constantly be using the switch, which – typically in stressful situations – can lead to mistakes.
Another approach is the use of vir-
tualization software, which allows all applications to run on the same server. his sounds great € but man vendors of operations control soft- ware still prefer to run their most demanding applications on dedicated machines – for robustness and reli- ability reasons – while reserving virtualization for things like dash- board applications or administrative software. Although more and more vendors enable their software to run
new product, engineers tend to start with an idea, create a prototype, and then go to alpha customers to get feedback,” Dirk Hendrickx, GM Barco Operational Collaboration Systems, explains. “For OpSpace, we started by talking to operators to learn how they want to work, what their uto- pian workspace would look like. This opened up a lot of new insights for us, making us take drastic design deci- sions we would never have thought of ourselves.”
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