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What is KVM over IP?

KVM over IP stand alone units and KVM over IP switches are designed to enable remote access to computers and servers across a LAN/WAN, the Internet or even ISDN/56K

modem. Adder KVM over IP devices also enable out of band management enabling remote power cycling and BIOS level access to remote locations or within a data center.

Adder KVM over IP devices are jointly designed with Real VNC. Using the original industry standard remote access tool means that Adder devices are not only amongst the highest performing, flexible and reliable on the market but also come packed with a whole host of additional features such as scaling viewers, high color depth and advanced mouse support.

What makes Adder KVM unique?

While Adder’s KVM solutions are designed to provide a wide range of functional advantages to specific types of KVM users, including SMBs and hosting/co-location service providers, Adder has over the years paid particular attention to the quality of the KVM user experience. As a result, Adder’s solutions are significantly differentiated by the premium user experience they deliver.

Examples of how Adder delivers this premium KVM user

experience include:

Intelligent video thresholding

Adder’s innovative active de-artifacting technology automatically calculates the ideal threshold for any computer or KVM switch so that video displays are refreshed with optimum immediacy - while “screen junk” is kept to an absolute minimum.

Adaptive video compression

Adder solutions also optimize the immediacy of video data updates through the use of adaptive compression that ensures the best possible performance over any given network connection. This is especially critical for KVM over IP, where excessive bandwidth utilization can easily cause video performance to deteriorate under shifting network conditions.

Flexible screen scaling

Adder solutions provide point-and-click screen scaling, so that users can quickly accommodate target devices running any size display with any aspect ratio. Adder solutions also allow users to easily override scaling if and when they require unscaled pixel-to-pixel mapping.

Self-learning video and mouse settings

Adder’s KVM over IP technology automatically captures and saves the video and mouse settings for each managed target device. This saves KVM users the time and hassle of

recalibrating those settings as they manage multiple remote devices.

Outstanding mouse response

Adder uses advanced acceleration algorithms to deliver mouse responsiveness that is up to ten times faster – and exhibits substantially less motion lag than some competing

products.

Fully adaptive mouse support

Adder supports all types of mouse implementations over IP- including single and dual mouse modes, as well as relative and absolute USB modes. Adder solutions also optimize

mouse performance by adapting to all acceleration settings for most common systems.

A highly intuitive, easily navigable user interface Adder solutions are intentionally designed to make it as easy and efficient as possible to execute all types of  KVMsupported

IT operations. This is achieved with features such as “in-picture” menus that allow KVM over IP session to be managed within the same window as the target device’s video

- as well as with an intuitive interface that lets users quickly access KVM functions and move between managed devices and/or access functionality such as power cycling. Users can also download viewers right from Adder KVM devices in case they have to work from a PC or laptop that does not yet have a viewer on it.

Fast, easy setup

Adder solutions save time and eliminate many common sources of user frustration with a simple, intuitive on-screen setup “wizard.” This wizard, combined with automated IP address administration, enables users to quickly add or delete devices, regardless of their level of KVM expertise.

Adder’s KVM solutions are also differentiated by their reliability, robust security, flexible administration, and broad choice of configuration suitable for diverse computing

environments. However, because IT staff productivity is such a key issue for today’s  businesses, it is the premium KVM user experience Adder offers that is often the key differentiator in terms of bottom-line value.

Real VNC

VNC (Virtual Network Computer) Software is a system devised to enable users to simply access and control remote computers over a network. Invented in Cambridge, England by a team at Olivetti and then AT&T, VNC was made open source enabling the protocol to quickly become the remote access standard. Many companies began to adapt and commercialize various features of the VNC protocol capitalising on its ubiquitous nature. In 2002 the original inventors of VNC took it upon themselves to completely re-write their code bringing their expertise to bear on the standard. Real VNC brought the enterprise version to market featuring high level security together with encryption to assure the safety of your enterprise. Adder Technology and Real VNC collaborated together to provide Real VNC Access with a difference. Rather than installing the software on each server, the protocol would be embedded into Adder’s advanced KVM switches adding a hardware security layer to the model. This provided users the benefits of both technologies. Features such as the multi platform nature of KVM switches coupled with Out of Band Access enabling users to remotely boot computers and see the configuration prior to the OS becoming active are now the base level requirements.