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TeraBurst Networks Deploys Remote Visualization Solution for Monitoring and Security Exercise During Super Bowl in San Diego

Posted on: Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 06:00 CST

Source: INTERNET WIRE

TeraBurst(TM) Networks, Inc., a leading provider of distributed visualization and optical networking solutions, today announced the deployment of its Wide Area Visualization Solution (WAVS(TM)) as part of the ShadowBowl 2003 activities leading up to the Super Bowl in San Diego on January 26, 2003. The ShadowBowl was set up to demonstrate biomedical security monitoring and communication systems for rapid response, on-demand services in the case of potential mass-casualty events. It is a joint effort of the San Diego State University (SDSU), the San Diego Police Department as the lead for several law enforcement agencies, San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and Cal-(IT)2, amongst others.

TeraBurst's WAVS solution is designed to provide real-time visualization connectivity between geographically disparate locations of high-bandwidth, 3-D display and video applications, over optical networks. This leading-edge remote visualization solution is designed to inter-operate with any software application, any graphics platform, and any projection system, at any distance. At the ShadowBowl, the WAVS solution provided real-time graphics connectivity and the crucial collaborative link between SDSC, where data from various environmental and 3-D imaging activities around the city of San Diego were processed and the command-and-control center at San Diego State University. A whole range of medical, environmental and geospatial applications were available to the command center personnel in an interactive, full-resolution manner with additional videoconferencing capability over the same connection.

"Being able to view and remotely control the supercomputing facilities at SDSC from the ShadowBowl command center in real-time allowed us to set up operations at locations that were best suited for their specific purposes," said Prof. Eric Frost, Director of SDSU's Visualization Center, which hosted the command-and-control center for the ShadowBowl. "This type of distributed visualization is a superb template for homeland security implementations nationally, where major supercomputing centers can process data and instantly deliver the high-end graphical results for detailed analysis anywhere in the country."

"TeraBurst's solution allowed users and monitors at the command center 45 fiber miles away to access and manipulate highly complex, graphically rich images created by and housed on visualization servers located at SDSC," said Dr. Richard Moore, Executive Director of SDSC. "This type of distributed visualization technology developed by TeraBurst can prove invaluable in maximizing the capabilities of supercomputing centers like SDSC and can provide government and private agencies the ability to set up distributed command centers to coordinate resources during mass casualty events nationally."

As the primary component of the WAVS solution, TeraBurst has developed the V2O(TM) system to enable transmission of high-quality graphics images fully synchronized with real-time audio and control data, onto a single optical signal for secure and reliable transport over private or public networks. This patent-pending system, which is available today, combines TeraBurst's optical networking expertise with its high-bandwidth video imaging and audio/video/data mapping technologies to offer users a truly interactive experience. "We've designed the solution with plug-and-play remote visualization and ease-of-use in mind," said Shantanu Mitra, TeraBurst's Vice President of Marketing. "Deployments like ShadowBowl 2003 are great examples of real-time, mission-critical decision making made possible by the collaborative visualization environments enabled by TeraBurst."

About TeraBurst Networks

TeraBurst Networks, Inc. develops scaleable, high-performance optical networking systems and collaborative visualization solutions. Its optical networking products are designed to enable service providers to realize the promise of next-generation photonic networking, while maintaining the performance benefits of current network technologies.

Its collaborative visualization solutions are designed to enable real-time interactive collaboration of high-bandwidth video applications over wide area networks. The company is headquartered at 1289 Anvilwood Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089. Tel: 408-400-4100. For more information: info@teraburst.com or visit www.teraburst.com.

About SHADOWBOWL 2003

Medical organizations supporting the Super Bowl XXVII effort on January 26 are an organization of units that do not routinely work together in day-to-day operations. Should a catastrophic event occur on January 26 the medical facilities in Southern California could be strained under the load of required medical care. The purpose of the ShadowBowl event was to prepare local San Diego emergency medicine providers with "what-ifs" scenarios leading in to the Super Bowl event and to allow participating organizations to demonstrate rapid response, on-demand services in the case of a mass casualty event. For more information please visit www.shadowbowl.org.

TeraBurst, WAVS, and V2O are trademarks of TeraBurst Networks. TeraBurst Networks acknowledges trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks of other organizations for their respective products and services.

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