AVNOC® Support Gateway

AVNOC® Support Gateway provides remote audiovisual system management for improving customer support. Used in conjunction with AVNOC® monitoring solutions the Support Gateway can be utilized to perform program updates and diagnostics from a remote help desk.

Features:

• Port 443 or 8080 Internal Access
• Port 443 WWW. Remote Access
• HTML5 Remote Desktop Gateway
• Connection Notifications and Alerts
• Simple Navigation for Remote Support
• Access Remote Files and AV Applications

The AVNOC® Support Gateway offers a remote desktop for programmers and system managers to deliver multi-tiered support to customers. The AVNOC® interface gives the end customer control making it easier for in-house IT to restrict access to unauthorized users.

The new Support Gateway is another example of our continued progress in technology growth and stringent security practices. Gaining remote access to a corporate network environment is reserved for trusted knowledgeable professionals. The team at AVNOC® and the products we produce are a testament to the best practices in network security.

To learn more about AVNOC® and the solutions we provide to the enterprise customer contact us by visiting avnoc.com

 

Herman Announces Partnership with AVNOC®

Herman Announces New Partnership with AVNOC®

Offers New Annual Service Agreements that include AV Monitoring

TAMPA, FL., May 17, 2016 – Herman (www.Herman-is.com), the leading nationwide provider of professional AV products, procurement services and labor resources to systems integrators in the commercial AV and broadcast industries, announced a new partnership with AVNOC®, the ideal support management solution for today’s commercial integration service providers. With Herman’s new suite of service offerings for commercial integrators and AVNOC’s monitoring solution, the partnership will provide the commercial integrator a new opportunity to boost recurring revenue, the ability to strengthen customer loyalty and a way to improve margins.

Herman now offers warranty, priority service, and Herman Prime service. Herman Prime will include AVNOC® remote monitoring for a complete end-to-end solution for enhanced audiovisual support services. Commercial integrators will now have a way to monitor and address their customer’s pain points using a single-source service provider.

“With national coverage, Herman trained technicians, and AVNOC’s remote monitoring, we give integrators the reach they need and the protection their customers desire on their AV investments. We’ll provide coverage for the AV systems that we install for our customers or AV systems that integrators take under contract. By utilizing Herman, the integrator is able to offer a service plan without hiring additional staff,” said Chris Bianchet, President of Herman Integration Services.

Herman Integration Services partnering with AVNOC® creates a synergy of two forces in the audiovisual industry,” said Scott Allard, Managing Partner of AVNOC, LLC. Mr. Allard continues, “Our collaboration on a national scale provides a turnkey service solution for integrators and a solid growth path for both companies. We are excited to be a part of the Herman team.”

Herman Prime, the premiere service level, includes unlimited break/fix service with a 48-hour SLA as well as a preventative maintenance schedule. AVNOC’s remote monitoring tells us when there is an issue in real time. AVNOC® is a secure remote network agent, is scalable for unlimited customers, and monitors Crestron, AMX, Extron and more.

Learn more about our new partnership and our suite of services at InfoComm 2016. Information will be available at the Herman Booth #C6146. Check out our video.

About Herman
Herman is a leading provider of professional AV products, procurement services and labor resources to systems integrators in the commercial AV and broadcast industries. With two distinct and complementary divisions – Herman Pro AV and Herman Integration Services – Herman is the single source for industry leading products, procurement and supply chain solutions, as well as technical labor resources. Systems integrators rely on Herman for complete project coordination and trained, experience personnel. Celebrating more than years in business, Herman has leveraged its industry experience to help integrators improve operational efficiencies and achieve cost savings related to the procurement and management of project materials and labor resources. Visit www.HermanAVGroup.com to learn more.

About AVNOC®
AVNOC® software is specifically designed for today’s technology providers to use as a core service management solution. The ability to quickly add remote monitoring and create new technology services is just a simple AVNOC® monitoring agent away. Our products are easy to use and have secure remote monitoring for corporate and commercial applications without VPN. We deliver real-time data for a NOC, technology help desk or service centers through our platform. Visit www.avnoc.com for more information.

AVNOC® Crestron Monitoring

Crestron Monitoring

Connecting AVNOC® to Crestron systems helps Integrator’s remote monitor those installs. AVNOC® captures details about the health of a system and attached outboard devices through the Crestron 2 & 3 series processors and Fusion. The data is delivered securely to the AVNOC® cloud software for accurate event management.

Through SIMPL Windows system programmers add AVNOC® to new and existing Crestron designs. By accessing the SNMP modules, programmers can connect outboard devices to AVNOC® for secure remote monitoring. The results are notices and log files directly from processors in the field delivered to your help desk for support diagnostics.

AVNOC® – Crestron Interface Supports: 

• Direct Crestron Monitoring
• SNMP Data Translation
• Systems Current Status
• Most Recent Logs Files
• Automated Event Ticketing
• Device Setting Detection
• API Integration to Fusion
  
  

AVNOC® Quick Setup

Auto-population of outboard devices to AVNOC® gives a seamless transfer of system nomenclature. Retrieving customer demographics, room definitions and details assigned to assets are included in the data. AVNOC® prioritizes events automatically through presets and queues notices by level of importance.

AVNOC® – Crestron Fusion Integration

Through API AVNOC® integrates into Fusion providing resourceful tools to respond to events from outside of the customer’s network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVNOC® Monitoring Made Easy

AVNOC Software for Enterprise Businesses

Integrating ALL Audiovisual Service Operations

Integrating Audiovisual Service Operations

The forward momentum in the audiovisual industry is pushing towards creating a better overall service model. Looking back at the evolution of service it becomes evident there’s now a quality-of-service gap that exists between managed services and field service offerings. Combining AV monitoring with managed services is the natural progression in the networking age. Consider field service as a part of the remote monitoring equation and it becomes a more interesting proposition.

The need for Integrators to bring all of their customers into a help desk, both managed services and priority service is an important step forward. Being that audiovisual is more often integrated in the customer’s network today the opportunity for enhancing support has been completely activated. Easy enough for in-house managed services to be proactive, but now in field services it’s becoming the focus more than ever.

The progression results in audiovisual customers experiencing a higher level of service. There’s more choices of Integrators who provide remote monitoring and management in their service offering these days. Either through managed services or field service every customer can now enjoy the benefits of proactive support and remote AV monitoring.

By including AVNOC® in each customer’s network audiovisual systems are easily monitored remotely. AVNOC® creates a central management location for Integrators where procedure can be sourced more efficiently. The AVNOC® framework displays activity through cloud software providing important accurate data for every connected customer.

AVNOC® recently launched new software features that include a World Map view. The World Map is the easiest way to view updates of customer’s networks anywhere around the globe. Perfect for the Network Operation Center the World Map is an effective resource and an attractive presentation as a full-time video wall display.

AVNOC® increases the ability for Integrators to grow support services without limitations. Easy on-boarding, enterprise scalability, plus HIPAA compliance is a part of what makes AVNOC® the solution for leading Integrators around the globe.

Monitoring is made easy at avnoc.com

Unchecked Tunneling Into Corporate Networks – Who Allows That?

As Audiovisual Integrators research different options for remote monitoring they need to be leery of products that promote unchecked tunneling through corporate firewalls. In today’s climate of robust data security to suggest that someone can access a secure network by tunneling through a device via HTTPS is reckless. Although it may sound like a good idea for easy remote management, telling corporate IT you can gain access to their network through a device no one can track isn’t something they’re going to celebrate.

Understanding the differences in Residential and Corporate network security should be a straight forward conversation when selling AV in both markets. Residential is low to medium security that offers easy access to AV and home security systems. Asking for residential level access into a corporate customer’s network is unprofessional at the very least.

Best practice is to have a secure solution in place when offering remote monitoring to corporate customers. IT departments are very aware of monitoring their entire infrastructure and do not waiver on security. Bring IT a secure solution that allows you to see AV system details from the outside posing no threat to the IT infrastructure what-so-ever. That will help put the IT people at ease knowing you have knowledge about network security and the product to back it.

The ultimate goal is to have better customer service and generate more recurring revenue. Remote monitoring is designed to augment service sales and support by bringing a proactive solution to the table. No one needs to tunnel into a customers network to update a program. That’s not a good selling point. Trying to eliminate important customer visits should never be the target. Providing better service is the bulls eye and will ultimately yield the biggest rewards through more customer satisfaction.

AVNOC® is dedicated to providing secure remote monitoring solutions and delivering the confidence IT professionals expect. Put AVNOC® in your toolbox and the confidence of a secure monitoring solution.

AVNOC® Partners with Bravo Audiovisual

AVNOC®, an AV/IT industry software developer and manufacturer, with offices in Williamsburg, VA and Reno, NV, has partnered with Bravo Audiovisual in Oslo, Norway to deliver remote audiovisual monitoring for their customers. AVNOC® reports on device and network availability plus detailed system metrics keeping help desks, service centers and customers in-touch with audiovisual systems.

AVNOC® software is a service management platform complete with an Executive Interface, Operations Dashboard, Field Service Software and Website Plug-in. Features include remote power management, device control, and API for leading room control systems. AVNOC® remote monitoring continually delivers usage data plus diagnostic accuracy for commercial audiovisual systems. The combination of AVNOC® cloud software and remote monitoring creates an end-to-end managed services offering.

“Partnering with Bravo Audiovisual is a wonderful opportunity for both companies, ”says AVNOC® Managing Partner, Scott Allard. “Providing our solutions for Bravo Audiovisual helps them bring new support services to their customers throughout the Nordics. Expanding our business footprint Internationally with Bravo moves us in to new markets and is consistent with the rapid growth we’re having in the U.S.”

Bravo’s main focus is to deliver total AV solutions tailored to the specific needs of each customer. The company’s vision is to transform the way clients communicate and interact through new and innovative solutions developed with creativity and the best product knowledge in the business.

“We are truly looking forward to launching this product in the Nordics”, says Trond Christensen, Bravo Audiovisual Managing Director. We are impressed by the AVNOC® team and their products and believe that their remote monitoring solutions will be an attractive offering in the Nordic market.”

Bravo Audiovisual is a leading AV integrator in Norway. The company designs, builds and supports AV systems for video conferencing and commercial audiovisual installations and was established by a group of people with more than 50 years of industry experience.

For further information on Bravo Audiovisual and their products and services, please visit www.bravoav.no

For further information on AVNOC®and their remote monitoring solutions, please visit www.avnoc.com

AVNOC® API for Leading Room Control Systems – Remote Audiovisual Monitoring

AVNOC Develops API for Room Control Systems

Remote AV monitoring has become a hot topic and the focus of AV service providers. Having a proactive service delivery system in place adds real value to an audiovisual company’s total offerings. The leading room control systems have established the ability to manage and monitor devices from inside a customers network. This standard leaves a gap in service as gaining access to multiple customers with different systems becomes unmanageable.

AVNOC® provides API for the major room control systems like Fusion, GVE, and RMS. Our software platform takes those 1000’s of emails generated by usage and turns them in to meaningful data. Using AVNOC® remote audiovisual monitoring, equipment connected by RS232 like projectors report detailed status information directly to our software. Our multi-user platform has 6 different points of view for the executive, operations, engineering and the customer assignable by User or PIN.

Tying multiple systems together is done in the AVNOC® Cloud. Customer’s are displayed on the AVNOC® Dashboard individually making every system and customer location a breeze to manage. Automated ticketing creates a more manageable workflow that reveals points of failure for accurate diagnosis and proper service dispatch. All activity is available to generate reports filtered by customer, billing, rooms, service, and more. 

AVNOC® is used by leading service providers across the nation and around the globe. Our system brings remote monitoring to any customers network without VPN. AVNOC® is a HIPAA compliant solution that delivers reliable data to your Service Help Desk with real-time performance for proactive results.

For more information about AVNOC® API for Fusion, GVE and RMS go to avnoc.com 

AVNOC® Integrates Google Business Products

AVNOC® Audio Visual Service Management (AVSM) integrates Google Services for a seamless user experience. Google allows us to bring more features into our software that are proven effective and user friendly.

The AVNOC® Dashboard service scheduling populates directly into Google Calendar for an overview of all field technicians availability. The effectiveness of AVNOC® combined with Google Calendar creates a scalable service operations platform that grows with your business.

Utilizing Google Maps for today’s smart phones makes it simple to get an accurate Geo-location and directions to wherever you need to go. AVNOC® now brings the simplicity of Google Maps into our field service platform for easy turn-by-turn directions to customer locations.

At AVNOC® we apply technology that provides useful features for businesses to operate smoothly and efficiently. Google business products deliver enterprise solutions that utilize web tools anybody can access through a browser.

By using Industry Standard Tools like Google AVNOC® leverages today’s technology in a modern interface for smarter business.

 

 

For information about AVNOC® and our AVSM software solutions visit AVNOC.com

AVNOC® VM Hosting at AWS

AVNOC® VM hosting with

Helping integration partners to offer higher levels of support, AVNOC® Virtual Machine now deploys to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The IT infrastructure to handle growth and scalability when developing AV network support centers can be streamlined using Amazon services. Having more flexibility is one of the conveniences of using AWS, being able to move forward now with a more powerful support services model that includes AVNOC® remote monitoring is the primary benefit.

Using the AVNOC® VM provides a scalable backbone for expanding remote monitoring to reach more customers locations. Combined with AWS the opportunity to rapidly develop large scale service solutions becomes easier. The AVNOC® VM includes the AVNOC® Dashboard and the Service Console that creates complete end-to-end remote monitoring and a proactive services offering.

Offering remote monitoring and cloud services to customers with unlimited scalability involves IT engineering, hardware and software. AVNOC® supports integration partners with IT services, software and training. AWS can provide the infrastructure for developing advanced audiovisual support services allowing businesses to focus more on developing customer service and less on IT.

For information about how AVNOC® products help integration partners with remote monitoring and proactive service solutions visit avnoc.com