Virtual Machines have been used in computer data centers and corporate IT systems since the late 1990’s, with popularity skyrocketing in the past 5 to 8 years. Today’s VM technology is allowing broadcasters to run several automation and production systems on virtual computers - on hardware that’s fully redundant. Dave Turner from ENCO joins us to tell us how this all works.
Links from the show:
What is a Virtual Machine?
What is Microsoft’s Hyper-V?
“Best Practices for Virtualization of Broadcast Automation” (ENCO white paper)
Guest:
Dave Turner, Executive Vice-President - ENCO Systems
Hosts:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting
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