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Editorial
Helping our customers
prosper
At
SONY,
one of our main objectives is to ensure
that our customers grow and prosper. Unless
they do, SONY will not grow and prosper.
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Dow
Chemical is the largest plastics and chemical
company in the world. In order for its 50,000
employees located around the globe to communicate
effectively, it needs the best digital tools.
Which is why Dow Chemical turned to Sony.
In “Dow Connects With Sony” (page 24), learn
how The Dow Chemical Company is installing
interactive digital teleconferencing equipment
in its more than 500 conference rooms worldwide
and connecting all of the conference rooms
over the Internet.
Much of the equipment Dow Chemical has selected
for its high-tech conference rooms comes from
Sony, such as the VPL-PX31 SuperBright™ LCD
Data Projector. “Perhaps the greatest gain
of the system,” says Chris Duncan, global
leader of e-communication technology for Dow,
“is an intangible advantage: speed to decision
making.”
 Speed
is also an issue for Knowles Electronics,
a worldwide manufacturer of hearing aid, automotive,
and other minielectronic components, which
recently installed a DMS-B80L PetaSite®
automated tape library at its headquarters
in Itasca, IL. According to Knowles Electronics,
the PetaSite system has enabled the company
to reduce its backup time by almost 75 percent.
And Mike Swank, a network analyst at Knowles,
is sleeping better at night. He no longer
receives a page at 3 a.m. alerting him that
backup system is frozen.
Enabling Sony customers to be more efficient
is also one of the topics that Jay Dellostretto,
vice president of Sony’s Display Systems Division,
discusses in Questions & Answers (page
16). “Today, we’re more focused on the application
of technology and how products can make each
customer’s workflow more efficient and productive,”
says Dellostretto. “Our products are built
for the emerging broadband era, enabling customers
to display information anytime, anywhere.”
Security is also an important issue. In “The
Focus on Security” (page 30), learn how schools,
stores, and other institutions are using Sony
security equipment to reduce crime, prevent
theft, and protect their employees and the
public. With the aid of Sony digital equipment,
Ben Davis High School, the largest high school
in Indiana, has installed a state-of-art security
system that includes 400 high- tech cameras,
all of which will soon be networked with TCP/IP
technology.
In “Tough Stuff” (page 34), read about how
Schlumberger Oilfield Services and Invision
Media Communications produced a high-definition
corporate recruiting video. Schlumberger was
losing
time and money when its newly hired employees
discovered that they couldn’t handle the demanding
lifestyle of being a field engineer. With
its new recruiting video, shot with Sony HDW-
700A cameras, Schlumberger can give its job
recruits a much-needed dose of rig reality.
Lastly, “How Sony Technology Assists the OR”
(page 38) tells the story of how four new
digital products from Sony Medical Systems—the
DXC-C33 miniature camera, the UPA-P100MD digital
image capture unit, the LMD-181MD monitor,
and the UPD-71XR printer—are destined to help
busy nurses and doctors.
We hope you enjoy this latest issue of Network
and welcome your thoughts and comments. |
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--Cordially,
Alec Shapiro
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