Brad Gilmer

The implementation of fiber optics is a dark art. At least, that’s the way it seemed a few years ago.

Most post-production facilities have been moving pictures over networks for years. Why did post get an early start?

Compression is one of the enabling technologies that allow computers to process video.

Regardless of the portion of the band in which Wi-Fi operates, sharing with Bluetooth is inevitable. Perhaps these two technologies are not competing

Broadcasters are finding themselves in an ever-changing environment. Being able to meet the challenges these changes present is key to remaining relevant

Domain Name Systems are a core component of all broadcast networks.

These days, as movie studios, broadcasters and post houses move from tape to digital facilities, the nature of their archives is changing.

Video over Internet Protocol (IP) affects just about all video-related industries — broadcast, post, news and live sports.

FEC can reconstruct the missing packets at the receiving end.

As broadcasters deploy networking throughout their facilities, security is a constant concern. Many facilities have developed comprehensive security policies

Internet-based efforts such as YouTube and Google Video are increasing the demand for video to the desktop. Newscasts with video have been available for

Compression is a core enabling technology for the digital television revolution. Without it, digital television simply would not be possible. It allows

The interesting thing about this phenomenon is that there are people reading this column right now who are system administrators in their organizations but don’t realize it

Learn to locate “invisible” servers, and how to setup firewalls for specialized applications in this tutorial on troubleshooting networks for broadcast operations.

Just what constitutes a high-speed network depends upon your point of view. If you are running a 10Base-T network using a simple hub, then a 100Base-T

Building disaster-resistant computer networks with fault tolerance and high availability.

It is interesting how one becomes a system administrator. In my case, it sort of snuck up on me. A new piece of equipment arrived, and it required a user

A short primer on Internet network protocols for production professionals covers a few of the major protocols in use today

Here’s a look at the technology and techniques you can use to back up your facility’s precious data.

Having an industrial-strength network is one way to enable collaborative workflow

SAN or NAS? The two systems use fundamentally different approaches to providing users with access to shared storage, each with its own unique benefits. The choice is yours

To get the most out of your network infrastructure, pay attention to details such as cabling. There are always areas in which a good engineer can economize,

Need Ethernet cables? Make sure you buy the right kind. Need to wire them yourself? Here’s how

Find out why it’s so hard to use the Internet as a broadcast medium.