Audio Networking Management Gets Serious with Audinate’s New Dante Domain Manager

One of the main requests from both users and implementers of audio networking technology has been the need for better security. When Audinate promotes education sessions on its Dante media networking technology, integrators and IT/network specialists frequently express their concerns regarding the need to protect and manage user access and different network domains. Now, Audinate announced Dante Domain Manager, a new enterprise-wide, IT-Grade platform to simplify AV Network Management.
 
Audinate is giving visitors to ISE 2017 the first opportunity to see the revolutionary new Dante Domain Manager platform, a complete network management solution bringing enterprise-grade system administration to the AV world. “Dante Domain Manager makes audio networking more secure, more scalable and more manageable than ever before,” the company announces.

Dante Domain Manager allows administrators to secure their audio networks from unwanted changes and modifications, and provides the ability to scale and segment audio networks regardless of the physical constraints of the network. With Dante Domain Manager, integrators can define specific AV device groupings, by room, building and site, allowing for the creation of independent Dante Domains and enabling a single Dante Domain to encompass multiple IP subnets. 

The network domain concept was first successfully pioneered by the IT industry to differentiate and manage multiple private networks within the same infrastructure. Audinate is applying this same approach to AV, customizing the features to the needs of AV professionals and end-users and effectively providing the community with the opportunity to deploy the best strategies and best practices of both AV and IT.  

Dante Domain Manager provides robust security for IT departments and AV managers, including user authentication and control, role administration, and integration with Active Directory. System managers gain complete visibility and accountability through a suite of user-defined dashboards, audit trails, alerts, and messages. 

“Coupling AV and IT functionality requires deep consideration of the challenges addressed in the design, deployment, and maintenance of AV network systems,” says David Myers, COO, Audinate. “We worked closely with AV and IT integrators, end-users and our partners in the manufacturer community to make sure Dante Domain Manager provides the scale, flexibility, administration, and security of IT to professional AV systems.”

Audinate’s Dante Domain Manager will be available in the second half of 2017.
www.audinate.com/DDM