NEP develops its own orchestration platform

The latest innovation from NEP Group brings together NEP Platform different applications in a single software solution to offer greater flexibility, scalability and reliability in audiovisual production.

NEP Platform is emerging as a new software orchestration system designed to meet this need, transforming the way the industry manages media infrastructure and hybrid workflows. Its main advantage is that it unifies the deployment of critical production applications from multiple vendors in a single secure interface. Currently deployed in many of NEP's own facilities around the world, including new “software first” mobile units recently launched in Australia and Norway, NEP Platform will be commercially available to customers who wish to integrate it into their own facilities, backed by ongoing support from NEP engineers.

NEP Platform offers today's largest collection of trusted software applications for audiovisual production, so NEP customers have more options and control on the design of your workflows. Essential production features such as video and audio mixing, playout, infrastructure, multi-display and metering are available through technology partners such as Bridge Technologies, Calrec, Grass Valley, Lawo, Manifold, Panasonic, Sony and Sony's Hawk-Eye Innovations, with plans to add more.

Con solo pulsar un botón, los operadores pueden configurar el entorno adecuado para cada evento y ajustar los recursos bajo demanda, creando un entorno verdaderamente dinámico, adaptable y escalable.

Martin Stewart, CEO of NEP Group, highlights that "the launch of NEP Platform marks an important step in NEP's innovation journey, as well as in the way the industry uses the software. Companies are distributing more content, in more markets and to more audiences than ever, and that requires great agility. Our goal has always been to simplify content production so that our clients can deliver it at scale easily and securely. I am pleased that NEP Platform offers that long-term solution with the ability to adapt as Our clients do it.”

A secure and sustainable platform

With NEP Platform, capabilities can be added through new applications and software upgrades rather than major rebuilds, allowing customers to focus on content creation while NEP takes care of the technology.

This proposal takes software efficiency one step further by automatically allocate resources as production demands change, ensuring teams only use the computing power they need. This provides a clear view of how infrastructure, licenses and resources will be used, allowing costs to be accurately forecast.

On the other hand, NEP's team of experts guarantees that the implementations are secure and that the system is resilient. NEP Platform delivers continuous vulnerability scanning, strong identity and access controls, encryption, and continuous monitoring to protect customer environments and keep productions on the air. It also validates application versions and configurations on each deployment, avoiding many of the common software errors.

Additionally, by scaling intelligently, NEP Platform encourages more sustainable practices by helping productions reduce power consumption and the need to ship hardware.

Dan Murphy, vice president of NEP Platform, emphasizes that "NEP Platform offers customers real choice without added complexity. From a single interface, teams can launch the applications they prefer, deploy workflows in a matter of minutes and scale as production needs change."

"With this new way of managing infrastructure, customers can move to software-based solutions that work seamlessly with existing hardware. This not only protects our customers' investments, but positions them to take advantage of the technology of the future," he concludes.