Electronic Environments

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Electronic Environments Control Centers
The Focal Point Of Every Mission Critical Facility
A Brief History.
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• Shearson Lehman American Express - 1985
• Mainframe Operations
• Network Control - Monitoring 2 Front End
  Processors
• Open Style Space Savings

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• Citibank - Manhattan, NY
• Network Operations Control Console
• Exhaust Fans in the Base, First Tier Second
  Tier Sections

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• American Express - Phoenix, AZ
• Mainframe Ops / Network Ops / Print Area /
  Customer Support
• Consolidation of Areas for increased
  communications
• Introduction of Large Screen Technology

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• American Express - Phoenix, AZ
• Mainframe Operations
• Increased Line of Sight to all monitors with
  less movement
• Reduced Staff

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• IBM (ISSC) / Kodak - Rochester, NY
• Mainframe Operations
• 80 Monitors / 40 Linear Feet
• Rear Access

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• Federal Reserve Bank - Richmond, Virginia
• Mainframe Operations
• Network Operations
• Customization
• Glare Caused by Outside Light

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• Corestates - Philadelphia, PA
• Mainframe Operations / Network Operations
• Supervisors Look Over Operations

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• Fidelity Investments - Texas
• Work Surface Lighting
• Increased Keyboard Placement and Flexibility

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• Reuters - Hauppauge, NY
• Overlooking the Enterprise
• Reduced Height Consoles for Line of Sight
  While Seated

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• Space Planning
• Control Room Design in Relation to Corporate
  Objectives Goals
• Console Layout
• Central Grouping of Main Operations Staff
• Interdepartmental Adjacencies for Increased
  Communications
• Key Positioning of Supervisory Staff For Line of
  Sight
• A/V Wall Forward or Segregated per Functional
  Requirement
• Library
• Meeting Table
• Shift Overlap
• Shared Workstations
• Lockers
• Access, Egress, Entries Exits

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Baxter Travenol - Illinois
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Prudential Securities - Manhattan, NY
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• Workstation Design Ergonomics (A Compromise)
• Operations Control
• Typically a Multi-Tiered Environment
• Shared Workstation Per Shift
• Command Center Workstation Design
• Number of Monitors to be Monitored
• Number of Operators Prime Shift
• Single, Double, Triple Tier Determinations
• Monitor Layout by Application and Ease of
  Movement
• Writing Surface Needs
• Storage Needs
• Keyboard Placement KVM Switching Options
• Workstation Lighting

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Computer Associates - Islandia, NY
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IBM - Melville, NY
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Barnett Bank
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• Work Station Design Ergonomics (A Compromise)
• Network Operations Center (NOC)
• Typically a Single Tier Environment
• Possibly a Common Multi-Tier Area to Walk-Up
  Access
• Individual Workstation Design
• Open or Enclosed Style
• Number of Monitors per Operator Workstation
• CRTs or Flat Screens (Future Plans and
  Accommodations)
• Number of CPU Accommodations Needed in Base
• Number of Operators (Prime Shift)
• Shift Overlap
• Writing Surface Needs - Return Worksurfaces
• File Binder Storage Needs
• Workstation Lighting
• Base Section Cable Management - Voice / Data /
  Power / Misc

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• IBM - Boulder, Colorado
• Line of Sight

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The Depository Trust Clearing Corporation -
Manhattan, NY
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Atlanta DOT - Atlanta, Georgia
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• Large Screen Technology
• Todays Choices
• Direct View Monitors
• Standard Television Design
• Flat Panel Technology
• Plasma
• LCD
• Projection Technology
• Front Projection Systems
• Rear Projection Systems
• Cube Wall Systems

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• Lehman Brothers - Jersey City, NJ
• Front Projection

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• Teligent
• Rear Projection

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• Teligent
• Direct View Monitors

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• The Associates - Texas
• Rear Projection
• Direct View Monitors

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• Large Screen Technology
• Resolution (Clarity)
• Screen Manipulation Switching
• Master Control Systems
• Hard RGB Switching
• Video Wall Processing
• KVM Integration
• Audio
• Cable Satellite Feeds

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• Facility Planning
• Adjacency Analysis - Air Handling Units PDUs
• Established Elements - Columns, Ceiling Height,
  Non Raised Floor, Etc..
• Electrical Requirements
• Heat Load Assessment
• Access, Egress, Entries Exits - ADA
  Requirements

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• Computer Associates - Islandia, NY
• Lighting

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• Corecom - PA
• Rear Projection
• Digital Clocks

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• Globix - Manhattan, NY
• Cube Wall System
• Video Wall Processing

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• INTERIOR DESIGN
• Lighting
• Carpet
• Acoustics
• Seating
• Matching Finishes (Room Motif)

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Concept NOC / Computer Rendering
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• ISO - Jersey City, NJ - Call Center
• 50 Plasma Screens - Yoke Mounted

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• Metro Transit - Minnesota
• Open Design Console for Flat Screen or CRT

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• Verizon - Dallas, Texas
• Rear Projection
• Video Wall Processor
• Open Design Console

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• Verizon - Dallas, TX
• Privacy Panels for Accoustics
• White Board
• CNN / Weather (NTSC Signal)

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• EMC - Hopkinton, MA
• 42 Plasma Screens
• Open Design Console - Trading Desk Design
• Flat Screen Desktop Monitor Attachment Arms (
  Fixed / Articulating)

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• Network Solutions
• Flat Screen Desktop Monitor Attachment Arms
  (Articulating)
• Centered Monitor sits on its own Tilt
  Swivel

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• Prudential Securities - Manhattan, NY
• Trading Floor

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• The New York Mercantile Exchange - Manhattan, NY
• Project Management

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• The New York Mercantile Exchange - Manhattan, NY
• Commissioning

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Cairo Alexandria Stock Exchange - Cairo, Egypt
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• The New York Stock Exchange - Manhattan, NY
• Cable Management
• Viewing Angles

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The New York Stock Exchange - Manhattan, NY
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• The New York Stock Exchange - Manhattan, NY
• Internet Operations Center (IOC)
• Non Raised Floor Environments

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Super Booth - Morgan Stanley Dean Witter On The
Floor of The New York Stock Exchange - NY
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Super Booth - JP Morgan On The Floor of The New
York Stock Exchange - NY
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Presentation Room IBM - Boulder, Colorado
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Crisis Management Center Computer Associates -
Islandia, NY
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Board Room OM Technology - Manhattan, NY
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• War Room
• ATT - Dayton, NJ
• LCD Privacy Glass

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• War Room
• ATT - Dayton, NJ
• LCD Privacy Glass

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• Video Teleconferencing Facility
• PKS - Phoenix, AZ
• LCD Privacy Glass

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Y2K Help Desk SIAC - Brooklyn, NY
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Decision Support Center - Team Room IBM / Kodak
- Rochester, NY
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Air Traffic Control Center American Airlines
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Flight Information Display System
(FIDS) Pittsburgh International Airport
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Customs Clearing Counters Pittsburgh
International Airport
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Distance Learning Center US Army
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Industrial / Factory Control Room Burton
Industries Long Island, NY
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Financial Branch Facility CSFB - Manhattan, NY
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