This fall, KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (G&D) will be presenting the best of the KVM world at InfoComm in Orlando, FL. Under the motto "feels right", the company will not only showcase many new products at booth 2761, but also a completely new look and a new communication concept.

The G&D Asia Business Group is expanding. The KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) welcomes two new employess in Shanghai and Ghouangzou. To provide customers in China with an even better local service, Julia Zhang (Shanghai) and Alex Chen (Ghouangzou) are now supporting the G&D Asia team on site. Both are control room experts with many years of KVM experience and will be able to provide G&D's customers with even closer and more individual consulting and support.

The comprehensive portfolio of the German KVM manufacturer G&D continues to grow. With its "VisionXS", the company is launching a new high-end extender product series. Following the motto "smaller, more compact, more powerful", G&D developed a new compact multi-purpose KVM tool. The main idea: a wide range of functions in the smallest possible housing. The new VisionXS systems are high-performance KVM extenders with a bandwidth of 10G and video transmission for resolutions up to 4K. Users can expect the best video quality and an even better performance.

Black Box, an industry-leading provider of IT connectivity solutions, is partnering with OSPL UK to present "How to Protect Assets and Information With TEMPEST-Certified Solutions." Starting at 10 a.m. GMT on March 3, the 45-minute presentation will explain the TEMPEST protection profile, the test and certification process and the security benefits of TEMPEST modifications to Black Box Secure KVM Switches. The webinar will conclude with a live Q&A session.

KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (G&D) received the TOP 100 award 2021. For the 28th time, this award has been given to particularly innovative medium-sized companies. In an extensive scientific selection process, G&D had previously shown their commitment to innovation.

Integrating virtual machines in KVM installations and operating them remotely – with this solution, G&D's RemoteAccess-CPU impressed the jury of this year's System Contractor News Innovation Awards. The US magazine awarded the innovative KVM system as Product of the Year 2020.

In the fast-moving digital world, the ability to link company sites around the world and access computer systems at different locations from anywhere is becoming more important than ever. Especially in light of the global Corona crisis, topics such as remote access to KVM installations and remote production and operation are essential.

Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (G&D) is proud to announce that it is a member of the Grass Valley Technology Alliance. G&D has been at the forefront of the KVM industry for over 35 years and is a sought-after expert when it comes to intelligent KVM solutions for broadcast and post-production.

The Grass Valley Technology Alliance was established to identify compatible technologies that ensure greater efficiency. And the partners’ many years of experience ensure that Grass Valley’s customers always receive optimal solutions that interact perfectly with one another.

Black Box, a global information technology solutions provider, today introduced the KVD200-2H 4K HDMI dual-head desktop KVM switch, a competitively priced KVM switch designed for professional users who need to control two computers, such as a desktop and a laptop computer, with a single keyboard and mouse.

KVM manufacturers Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) opened their new KVM showroom KVM ControlCenter-Xperience (CCX) on 1 October 2020. To celebrate the occasion on site, G&D's CEO Rolland Ollek and Steffen Mues, Mayor of the City of Siegen, gave an opening speech and cut the opening ribbon together. Steffen Mues was fascinated by the technical possibilities offered by the new high-tech room: “We are proud that a Siegen-based company, which started 35 years ago as a start-up at the University of Siegen, is now at the top of its industry and a global expert when it comes to high-end KVM in control rooms around the globe.”

Artel Video Systems, a world-class provider of innovative, real-time multimedia delivery solutions, today announced that its Quarra series of PTP-aware managed IP switches has now been installed in facilities across Asia, Europe, and North America. Known for providing industry-leading accuracy in IEEE 1588-compliant timing and synchronization, Quarra switches are being deployed around the world in radio and television broadcast stations, multimedia/multiplatform production facilities, live performance environments, and other general switching applications requiring PTP.

With their ControlCenter-Xperience, Guntermann & Drunck (G&D), leading manufacturers of KVM systems for control room applications, announce a showroom to present their cutting-edge KVM equipment. The name refers to a permanently installed control room that can be used to show customers how G&D KVM equipment works in a live application. Following the motto "Experience KVM like never before", the company promises a breathtaking 360° experience. From October 1, 2020, visitors will be able to experience first-hand how KVM systems perfectly interact with different applications. On top of this, they will get a live demonstration of how G&D's KVM systems and their intelligent control options can be optimally integrated into a control room installation.

Argosy, a leading international supplier of broadcast cables and infrastructure products, has announced it has added the powerful 1RU Stream+ encoder to its active hardware range, bringing this large-scale, ultra-density video encoding device to the broadcast market for the first time. As a result, Argosy has now become an official ‘channel reseller’ for British technology specialist Boston Limited.

The ControlCenter-IP, a high-performance matrix for KVM-over-IP™ from KVM manucturers Guntermann & Drunck, provides new features making it even more secure and user-friendly. It now includes important functionalities such as the integration of Generic USB devices and high speed USB 2.0 in KVM-over-IP installations. In addition, the MatrixGuard function was implemented in the ControlCenter-IP to provide extensive security for possible failure scenarios. The MatrixGuard enables extremely secure, redundant clusters to be implemented in KVM-over-IP environments.

Admittedly, it’s not the best time to celebrate an anniversary, but the occasion remains: Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (G&D) has been in business for 35 years and is considered one of the hidden champions of Germany’s South Westphalia region. The Siegen-based company develops and manufactures KVM products for extending and switching computer signals, and operates on a global scale. KVM systems from G&D are installed in numerous control rooms around the globe, for example in air traffic control centers, TV & film production studios, the chemical industry as well as in the energy sector.

The company was founded on 22 July 1985 by Udo Guntermann and Martin Drunck as well as Reiner Ruelmann. Today, the medium-sized company continues to grow solidly and employs around 100 people at its locations in Siegen, Germany, and Burbank, CA, USA. “We were already developing KVM devices before the technology even had a name" says Roland Ollek, CEO of Guntermann & Drunck GmbH. “Our company works in a niche occupied by few companies in the world. With our expertise in providing solutions and developing products close to both the market and our customers, we have now become one of the world's leading hidden champions.”