Harris Corporation Forms New Broadcast Unit to Address U.S. Government's Growing Need for Rich Media Management Solutions

Harris Corporation Forms New Broadcast Unit to Address U.S. Government's Growing Need for Rich Media Management Solutions

NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has established a new Government Solutions Unit within its Broadcast Communications Division to address the rapidly growing requirement for broadcast and rich media management solutions within the public safety, Department of Defense, federal agency, and state and municipal government markets.

"Government organizations today have large appetites for ingesting, storing, analyzing and retrieving large quantities of digital video, audio and visual content," said Tim Thorsteinson, president of the Harris Broadcast Communications Division. "Our new Government Solutions Unit is uniquely qualified to address these organizations' requirements to move from an intensely manual and analog media environment, to one that is streamlined, digital and networked."

Demonstrating its capability in this market, Harris recently deployed its rich media management solutions at military training bases to improve military readiness for new soldiers. Harris Corporation's H-Class(TM) solution -- consisting of the H-Class(TM) Digital Asset Management, H-Class(TM) Intelligent Transport and NetVX(TM) applications interoperating through the H- Class(TM) Content Delivery Platform -- is being used to collect, store, manage and analyze multimedia information from more than 60 different sources of video and hundreds of audio feeds for after-training reviews.

"We're proud to play a role in modernizing the multimedia infrastructures of today's military bases and federal agencies, while continuing to support traditional broadcast requirements for government news gathering organizations," said Brian Cabeceiras, vice president, strategic marketing and technology for Harris Broadcast Communications Division. "We recognize that our commercial, rich-media management systems have applications beyond the federal level, and can be applied to homeland security for municipal governments and law enforcement agencies."

Along with powerful media management tools, the company's Government Solutions Unit also offers customers the broadest range of infrastructure, video server, editing and test and measurement products to create, distribute and deliver media -- delivering a comprehensive portfolio of point products, platforms and workflow solutions to help meet potential government applications.

The new Government Solutions Unit will be based in Mason, Ohio, and headed by John Delay, director, strategic management, and Lucius Stone, director of sales.

"The Harris Broadcast Communications Division is not a newcomer to the government market, having developed the acclaimed Iraqi News Media Network and the Afghanistan Broadcast Network, as well as voice over IP solutions for various U.S. government programs," said Delay. "The additional focus on government customers will allow us to better anticipate their needs and develop products that will help them to exploit commercial off-the-shelf tools with the latest in rich media management techniques."

About Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation understands the criticality of video, audio and imagery analysis for ground operations, command and control, and homeland security. Providing the most comprehensive multimedia platform available today, Harris enables federal agencies and the U.S. military (including government broadcasting organizations) to efficiently acquire, manage and distribute visual and audio information from a multitude of formats and networks for analysis, reporting and information-sharing purposes.

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual sales of about $4 billion and more than 14,000 employees - - including more than 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(TM) products, systems, and services for global markets, including government communications, RF communications, broadcast communications, and wireless transmission network solutions. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com

Source: Harris Corporation

CONTACT: Susan Sheppard, Consultant, Harris BCD-Government Market,
+1-585-624-7969, or sshepp03@harris.com; or Laura Whitaker, Vice President,
Communications, Harris Broadcast Communications Division, +1-408-782-1201, or
Laura.Whitaker@harris.com

Web site: http://www.harris.com/

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