{"id":58139,"date":"2022-02-28T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/?p=58139"},"modified":"2023-05-08T10:55:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:55:06","slug":"videoworks-ultimate-system-integrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/electronics\/videoworks-ultimate-system-integrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Videoworks: The Ultimate System Integrator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Videoworks uses various types of technology to customize a yacht owner\u2019s system-connectivity needs.<\/span>\n Unsplash\/Adrien Olichon<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

In March 2020, the world learned how to become (Microsoft) Teams players and Zoom stars. Videoconferencing might have seemed cutting-edge during the pandemic\u2019s opening salvo, but for Videoworks SpA, work with remote meetings began in 1981. That\u2019s when the Ancona, Italy-based audio-video and IT-systems integrator for mega-yachts began innovating land-based virtual meeting rooms that leveraged professional video and production systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Videoworks<\/a> remains ahead of the curve on other modern technologies that make life on board more colorful, comfortable, information-rich and quieter. And that\u2019s to say nothing of Videoworks\u2019 forays into lighting controls, intelligent glass and secure, professional-grade networking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of today\u2019s yacht owners think nothing of stepping aboard to find their favorite music playing, optimal temperatures set, and preferred lighting choices activated. And they expect access to voice calls and high-speed data via cellular- and satellite-communications systems, plus navigational information at their fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquiring these individual pieces of equipment is straightforward; getting them all to play nicely is complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n “I\u2019d say 60 percent of the time, the innovation is driven by listening to our clients and accepting their challenges.\u201d \u2014Maurizio Minossi, CEO Videoworks<\/span>\n Courtesy Videoworks<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

While other companies focus on integrating third-party technologies aboard high-end yachts, few accomplish the goal with the same level of innovation across hardware and software as Videoworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVideoworks is a pure system integrator,\u201d says Maurizio Minossi, Videoworks\u2019 CEO and chief technology officer, adding that the company is actively engaged in projects from about 100 to 400 feet length overall across five countries. \u201cWe pick products from the best manufacturers to build a specific marine experience, and we work on engineering and software solutions to create a specific system with off-the-shelf products.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some cases, Videoworks also collaborates with third-party manufacturers to innovate its own hardware. Examples include the boards for digital signal processing that the Leaff Engineering Co. developed to allow Videoworks\u2019 acoustic installations to sound better with SSP6 Multiducer \u201chull speakers\u201d from Revolution Acoustics, as well as active noise control, which Videoworks developed with the University of Ancona to use miniaturized speakers and microphones to cancel out ambient noise in staterooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d say 60 percent of the time, the innovation is driven by listening to our clients and accepting their challenges,\u201d Minossi says, \u201cwhile 40 percent involves scouting the market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videoworks also builds proprietary software that lets its technicians create vesselwide synergy among networked systems and devices. The effort often involves working with Windows, iOS, Android, Simpl+ and HTML5 operating systems and architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVideoworks aims to have full control of software development,\u201d Minossi says. \u201cThe core software platforms that are developed by our in-house software company, ItWorks, are the base for almost all the projects. On top of these platforms, according to a project\u2019s size and budget, we create bespoke layers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardware and software let Videoworks give owners next-level vessel control from a smartphone, tablet or smart TV, using the company\u2019s MyInfo, MyConcierge and MyCrew apps. But the company\u2019s hardest missions, Minossi says, often involve eyes and ears, not screwdrivers or code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the harder job is to understand the real needs of the client and real soul of the ship, and to create a solution within the project\u2019s budget and in the time and physical spaces allowed by the builder,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Videoworks customers want to build secure, professional-grade networks; high-quality audio and audiovisual installations; and the best-quality onboard lighting. Smaller installations typically involve 5G cellular connections, robust wireless local area networks (think Wi-Fi), TVs, consumer-grade audiovisual libraries and services, and smart-device control over systems and equipment. Projects of medium size typically step up to a VSAT satellite-communications system, multiple 5G cellular connections, Wi-Fi, TVs, consumer- or professional-grade audiovisual libraries and services, and smart-device control. The biggest projects have these same elements, plus what the company calls \u201cPentagon-grade\u201d IT structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d say the biggest effort is on achieving high-speed connectivity, or speed-for-the-money connections,\u201d Minossi says. \u201cWe think every implementation must be security-validated at the highest level, otherwise it will not be included in a Videoworks solution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, Videoworks regularly specs Kerio Control Wi-Fi routers, which have built-in firewalls, content filtering, virtual private networks and a service to protect against intrusion. That service monitors network traffic for threats and provides antivirus protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe IT part of a superyacht project is becoming more important each year,\u201d Minossi says, explaining that Videoworks tries to be involved with all phases of a new build or refit, from project engineering to maintenance and airtime service. Sometimes, this effort means becoming involved with a project before any contracts are signed; while at other times, Videoworks gets involved 24 to 30 months before completion, when big-picture decisions have already been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project complexity, Minossi says, typically arises from one of three common scenarios when working with yachts. \u201cOn the largest, 100-meter-plus yachts with highest-level specs, there\u2019s a lot of pressure from the owner\u2019s team and the shipyard on top quality,\u201d he says. Videoworks is also regularly asked to fit a lot of equipment aboard smaller yachts, or receives owner requests to make everything \u201c10 times simpler than usual.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videoworks installations often use rack-mounted equipment, which the company assembles. It then craftily hides the equipment in unobtrusive onboard spots\u2014say, inside furniture\u2014and works with a yacht\u2019s available space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minossi says this part of the job is poised to get easier. \u201cIn five years, hardware on board will be drastically reduced in terms of space and weight,\u201d he says, adding that he also suspects all data will funnel on, off and across yachts via high-speed connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you\u2019re interested in creating a high level of integration among networked devices and systems with next-level amenities and technologies, consider Videoworks\u2019 expertise. Or if you\u2019re ready to fast-track the conversation, request a videoconference. You may still be a relatively new Teams player or a still-rising Zoom star, but Videoworks has been an expert for years.\u2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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