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Black Box Builds IoT Reality
B

lack Box , a global solutions
integrator,
has
introduced
Connected Buildings - a suite of
solutions and services that enable
digital experiences in smart, IoT
buildings.
Black Box designs, deploys, manages
and maintains the foundational
technology that connects the internal
ecosystem of interoperable devices
and sensors that work together to
enable human-to-human, humanto-device
and
device-to-device
interaction. Black Box's Connected
Buildings services modernize IT
infrastructure,
solve
in-building
connectivity challenges and link
clients' devices at locations around the
world.
"Demand for the IoT building is
growing exponentially. Now more than
ever, our customers need spaces that
are interactive, adaptive, automated
and secure," said Doug Oathout,
Senior Vice President, Portfolio and
Partnerships, Black Box. "At Black
Box, we apply our broad portfolio of
IT solutions to take the complexity
out of connected buildings and

make it simple for our customers
by giving them one trusted partner
to handle their IT services. Whether
updating hundreds of existing
locations or outfitting one location
from the ground up, our team of
project managers, engineers and
technicians works with our clients to
craft a solution that creates consistent
customer experiences and reliable
communications at every location."
The Black Box Connected Building is
enabled by several faster, more robust
technologies: 5G/CBRS and Wi-Fi to

Connected Buildings - Smart IoT services

augment existing wireless systems and
create fully connected buildings; edge
networking and data centres to collect
data where it's created and combine
it with AI to make smarter devices;
and cybersecurity for governance
and assessments, incident and event
monitoring,
endpoint
detection
and response, and VPN and firewall
services.
The Connected Building service
offering
includes
assessment,
consulting and project management,

coupled with on-site services for
configuration, staging, installation and
logistics.
Black Box accomplishes this with
four solution offerings:
*	 Multisite Deployments;
*	 IoT Deployments;
*	 Structured Cabling
		 and Networking;
*	 Digital Transformation.
"With Connected Buildings, our
role is to simplify IT for our clients especially in complex enterprises and
when they have little or no remote IT
support - all while helping them meet
the device deployment challenges
inherent in digital transformation,"
Oathout added.
"The results speak for themselves:
IT operations managers who have
chosen Black Box as their digital
transformation partner have cut
project costs by more than 33%,
slashed the time for retrofitting
existing locations from years to
months, and experienced the same
high-quality results whether they're
based in Mexico City; Mumbai, India; or
Memphis, Tennessee," he said.

CP Cases Safely Deliver MiPlayer
C

P Cases products ensure UK
troops, deployed around the
world, receive BFBS media services via
the MiPlayer TV player.
BFBS is a charity, committed
to providing the UK military
with a welcome part of ordinary
life in extraordinary situations.
Entertainment, news, sport and
information services build morale by
connecting those serving overseas
to life back home - offering them a
way to know what's going on in the
world, share experiences and build
communities.
The MiPlayer platform is specifically
designed to deliver media to remote
locations where internet and mobile
phone signal solutions are not possible
due to lack of connectivity and
infrastructure, location or as a result
of natural disaster or conflict.
One key challenge BFBS Media
Innovation faced when deploying
MiPlayer was to find a protective
transport and storage case for
the product, that could be used to
safely deliver the technology to the
deployment zone, and act as a storage

BFBS MiPlayer kit
Loading the BFBScases for transport

location during its term when there.
On reviewing the issues faced, BFBS
Delivery Engineer, Mick Stanyer, had
no hesitation in recommending CP
Cases products, as he had used them in
a previous role.
He knew that the range of
Amazon 19-inch rackmount cases
manufactured by CP Cases in the UK,
have been tested and accredited to
many demanding military handling
standards (including Mil-Std 810) and
would solve the transportation issues
for the MiPlayer, keep the technology
box cool in hot climates and offer

additional functionality that would
help ensure a successful installation.
"Ensuring
that
the
MiPlayer
technology can safely reach the MOD
locations overseas, where our own
research shows over 70% of troops
on deployment greatly appreciate the
media services it provides, meant we
had to find a great partner to safely
transport and house the equipment
at the camps. CP Cases products have
proved invaluable in ensuring when I
arrive at a deployment overseas, I can
get on with installing our technology
to provide the camp with the media

services that are in such great demand
by the troops."
"Other aspects of the CP Cases
Amazon Rack cases which have proved
really important to our MiPlayer
product is the option for the EasyGlide
Chassis Removal System. Having the
capability to fully remove the 19-inch
rackmount chassis from its protective
enclosure is a great benefit when
installing the system and routing
cables for the first time.
The shock and vibration absorbing
isolators inside the protective case
ensures the MiPlayer system survives
the rigours of military handling and
provides free air circulation and
climate control during operation."
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