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Turbo Manufacturer Boosts Engine Test Lab Utilization with Remote Lab Collaboration
Honeywell Transportation Systems employs thousands of engineers who design engine-boosting systems and other automotive products. They develop engine-boosting systems using a global network of test labs. Engineers would primarily run tests locally, as it was difficult to use other labs’ excess capacity. To improve test throughput and lab resource utilization, Transportation Systems envisioned a remote lab collaboration solution and turned to Microsoft technologies to build a proof of concept. The solution features video streamed over the network in real time, for viewing by remote engineers over a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 portal and by on-site lab techs carrying a Tablet PC running Windows 7. Transportation Systems expects greater test collaboration and innovation with improved engineering productivity to help bring products to market faster and grow the business. … After a series of meetings and architectural design sessions at the Microsoft Technology Center in Irvine, California, Ibrahim and his team were reassured that their remote lab collaboration solution would be best supported by Microsoft technologies. “Microsoft has a track record of continual product innovation, and it offered a cohesive set of technologies that encompassed what we needed: new touch technology on portable devices, streaming video, rich media capabilities, and enterprise collaboration tools,” says Ibrahim.
Honeywell Transportation Systems employs thousands of engineers who design engine-boosting systems and other automotive products. They develop engine-boosting systems using a global network of test labs. Engineers would primarily run tests locally, as it was difficult to use other labs’ excess capacity. To improve test throughput and lab resource utilization, Transportation Systems envisioned a remote lab collaboration solution and turned to Microsoft technologies to build a proof of concept. The solution features video streamed over the network in real time, for viewing by remote engineers over a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 portal and by on-site lab techs carrying a Tablet PC running Windows 7. Transportation Systems expects greater test collaboration and innovation with improved engineering productivity to help bring products to market faster and grow the business.
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After a series of meetings and architectural design sessions at the Microsoft Technology Center in Irvine, California, Ibrahim and his team were reassured that their remote lab collaboration solution would be best supported by Microsoft technologies. “Microsoft has a track record of continual product innovation, and it offered a cohesive set of technologies that encompassed what we needed: new touch technology on portable devices, streaming video, rich media capabilities, and enterprise collaboration tools,” says Ibrahim.
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