Harris Corporation Launches H-Class(TM) Alliance Program in Support of Standards for Vendor Interoperability and Improved Workflows

Harris Corporation Launches H-Class(TM) Alliance Program in Support of Standards for Vendor Interoperability and Improved Workflows

ScheduALL and Marquis named as H-Class(TM) Alliance Program members

CINCINNATI, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Building on the open, service-oriented architecture of the H-Class(TM) Content Delivery Platform, Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced the launch of its H-Class(TM) Alliance Program, an offering that makes it possible for service, software, content and hardware providers to integrate with the H-Class Platform, enabling their solutions to benefit from the platform's content delivery capabilities. The H-Class Alliance Program benefits media and entertainment customers by facilitating a greater return on content transactions via the consistent management of workflows across departments within the customer's organization. Beginning this month, technology suppliers of the media and entertainment market can participate in the tiered H-Class Alliance Program. Harris today announced that ScheduALL and Marquis are the newest program members.

"Harris' aim for the H-Class Alliance Program is to lower development overhead for increased functionality," said Taras Bugir, chief strategy officer of Harris Broadcast Communications Division's Software Systems business unit. "The H-Class Alliance Program eliminates the island effect of 'best of breed' siloed applications and provides a more collaborative approach to workflow. As such, we've created an ecosystem that supports ever-changing business models and associated workflows."

ScheduALL and Marquis Broadcast are introduced as H-Class compliant members, indicating that their applications take partial advantage of the platform's data model and underlying services such as security, database abstraction, auditing and more. By writing to H-Class framework APIs, members achieve third-party interoperability via custom components that use the common H-Class enterprise workflow methodology.

ScheduALL's front-line resource management and back office accounting interconnectivity solutions integrate with Harris' H-Class(TM) Intelligent Transport application for content management workflow capabilities. ScheduALL's centralized database manages broadcast production resources - such as personnel, facilities, equipment, library/vault assets and broadcast transmissions - and enables detailed cost control and reporting capabilities. ScheduALL's automated communications tools and web service interfaces facilitate wide area workgroup collaboration. ScheduALL's solutions, paired with the functionality inherent in the H-Class Platform, enable users to manage and unite isolated islands of information, access real-time information, and communicate across different functional disciplines within the broadcast environment.

"We are confident that our relationship with Harris will create new levels of efficiencies for our broadcast clients," said Rick Legow, president of ScheduALL. "Integration, along with automation, are critical components in the new business model for media and entertainment. Combining ScheduALL's leading resource management software with Harris' extensive content management and distribution technology creates a true end-to-end solution for broadcasters."

Marquis' new media exchange software, Medway, interfaces with the Harris H-Class Platform, allowing operators to browse an asset management system, locate, and move a particular clip between disparate editing systems and servers, including those from Avid, Omneon, Leitch, SeaChange and Sony.

"By forming close ties with industry leaders such as Harris, we can combine our technologies and understanding of broadcasters' requirements and ensure these are reflected in the Marquis media exchange and software integration solutions for the benefit of our customers," said Granby Patrick, managing director of Marquis Broadcast. "Our relationship with Harris also will help us make our software available to a wider market."

About the H-Class(TM) Content Delivery Platform

The H-Class(TM) Content Delivery Platform is a scalable, standards-based, enterprise-class platform that supports a highly integrated set of software applications. It is the first solution of its kind to provide a layer of metadata intelligence that enables media and entertainment companies with the mechanisms to automatically transfer content with business rules for greater efficiencies, assured transactions and increased profitability.

About Harris Broadcast Communications Division

Harris Broadcast Communications Division is one of four divisions within Harris Corporation, an international communications equipment company focused on providing assured communications(TM) products, systems and services for government and commercial customers in more than 150 countries. One of the world's leading suppliers of broadcast technology, Harris Broadcast Communications Division offers a full range of solutions that support the digital delivery, automation and management of audio, video and data. For more information, visit http://www.harris.com/.

About ScheduALL

ScheduALL is the broadcast industry's most widely used production and operations management solution, used in more than 1,000 broadcast and production facilities worldwide. ScheduALL offers workflow management solutions that enable clients to optimize their resources and increase productivity. ScheduALL's scalable enterprise products provide a collaborative platform for users in the broadcast, production and distribution, post- production, satellite transmission, and newsroom environments. Clients include: NBC, Discovery Channel, Lifetime, Scripps Network, Harpo Studios, FoxNews, Sirius Satellite Radio, BBC, Intelsat, Globecast- Asia, APTN, and BT. The Company was founded in 1989. To see more ScheduALL clients: http://www.scheduall.com/clients.asp

About Marquis

Located in Pangbourne, Berkshire, UK, Marquis is a leading specialist in the identification, design and implementation of new workflow practices for the broadcasting industry. Through use of structured methodology and Marquis project management and systems integration software tools, Marquis ensures the implementation of new technology is an efficient, cost-effective and trouble- free process. Where required, Marquis can manage projects from initial concept through to training, handover and ongoing systems support. Marquis systems integration tools are fully compatible with the Harris systems.

See Harris Broadcast Communications at IBC, Hall 8, Stand 8.291

Source: Harris Corporation

CONTACT: Martha Rapp, Broadcast Communications Division, +1-217-221-7577, mrapp@harris.com; or K.C. Du Fay of Sterling Communications, Inc., +1-415-392-2300, kcdufay@sterlingpr.com

Web site: http://www.harris.com/ http://www.scheduall.com/clients.asp

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