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Containers are not just for shipping A new form of virtualization is here, it’s called software containerization Kirk Harnack is senior solutions consultant at Telos Alliance.
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You’ll give a talk at the NAB Show about containerization, a term we’ve been hearing a lot but that is still relatively new to many people. Kirk Harnack: Shipping containers revolutionized the shipping industry; “software containers” are revolutionizing software processes. Containerized software powers audio mixing, processing and distribution. “Virtualization” has been a buzzword and a partial solution for broadcasters wishing to back up their physical studios and transmitter links. But virtualization can itself introduce extra maintenance and upkeep, as well as some inefficiencies, that have led to hesitation among broadcasters in implementation. A new form of virtualization is here and proven by nearly a decade of experience. It’s called “software containerization.” Containerized software is performing the most critical and time-sensitive functions at large organizations like Google, Amazon, Visa, PayPal and MetLife, to name a few. Now, broadcasters are getting the same IT efficiencies from containerized infrastructure such as audio mixing consoles, on-air phone systems, audio processing and virtual broadcast intercoms.
These can be “turned up” quickly, licensed only as needed, and installed with diversity and redundancy without redundant costs. It looks like Telos Alliance is going all in on this topic, making a big investment of resources to launch an online educational program about it. Why is it worth such effort? Harnack: We believe that moving business workflow infrastructure to virtualized environments is absolutely inevitable. Most other industries are already well into this transition, some 100 percent so.
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We believe that moving business workflow infrastructure to virtualized environments is absolutely inevitable.
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