FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2010
CONTACT:
Howdy Pierce, Managing Partner
(303) 665-3962 x101
CARDINAL PEAK SIGNS AS OPENGEAR PLATFORM PARTNER
LAFAYETTE, Colo.—Ross Video welcomes Cardinal Peak to the openGear platform, offering high end consulting services to the terminal equipment manufacturers.
Cardinal Peak, based in Lafayette, Colorado offers end-to-end engineering consulting services including high-level requirements definition, hardware design, embedded software design, application software design, QA and documentation.
“Our clients turn to us because of our qualified staff and engineering expertise,” said Chad Scates, Partner, Cardinal Peak. “We expect that our strength in embedded engineering consulting services, with special expertise in cable video products, will be a great addition to the openGear platform, aligning nicely with openGear clients needs.”
“Cardinal Peak brings a wealth of engineering experience to the openGear platform,” said Eric Goodmurphy, Gear Marketing Product Manager, Ross Video. “They will bring their expertise to the platform by offering hardware, firmware and software design ideas that complement the continuously growing openGear product line.”
About openGear
openGear is an open-architecture, modular frame system designed
by Ross Video and supported by a diverse range of terminal equipment
manufacturers. The platform offers clients the freedom to choose
technology from a wide range of products to meet the needs of a
broadcast, production, or distribution facility while maintaining a
compatible openGear frame infrastructure. The Ross Dashboard Remote
Control and Monitoring System and companion SNMP plug-in enables
unified control over all openGear cards in a system as well as for
openGear to tie in with 3rd party SNMP based systems. The openGear
modules offered by Ross include a broad selection of audio and video
products for distribution, analog conversion, Up/Down/X format
conversion, fiber, switching, keying and synchronization, as well as
backward compatibility with a suite of solutions from the RossGear
8000 series.
About Cardinal Peak
Cardinal Peak offers companies the fastest, most reliable way to bring embedded products to market. The firm offers end-to-end engineering services, including high-level requirements definition, hardware design, embedded software design, system software design, QA and documentation. Clients engage Cardinal Peak both to deliver contract engineering services and to augment their internal teams with qualified staff members. For more information, please visit cardinalpeak.com.
About Ross Video
Ross Video designs, manufactures and supports a wide range of
innovative products for use in live production applications. Ross’
award winning product line includes Vision, Vision Octane and
CrossOver Video Production Switchers; openGear, RossGear and GearLite
Terminal Equipment; SoftMetal Video Servers; OverDrive Production
Control Systems and XPression Character Generators. Ross products are
installed in over 100 countries around the world, where they are used
daily by top broadcasters, production companies, sports stadiums,
government agencies and houses of worship. News and information are
available at www.rossvideo.com.
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