VuWall Technology Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo Wall Control Management
Founded2009
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec
Atlanta, Georgia
Reutlingen, Germany
Area served
Global
Key people
Paul Vander Plaetse, Founder CEO,
Mark Schmidt, CTO and CIO,
Pierre-Yves Desbiens, COO and CFO
Websitevuwall.com

VuWall is a Canadian technology company that specializes in video wall control systems, visualization encoders and video decoders. Its main markets include control room technology for businesses, first responders, and local governments in North America[1], South America and Europe. VuWall employs 75 people in Canada, Germany, the United States, United Kingdom, France and Latin America. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada; Reutlingen, Germany and Atlanta, Georgia. VuWall has its own facilities for sales, marketing, product development, support and manufacturing[2]. Some of VuWall's biggest tech partners include Netgear[3], LG Electronics[4] and Samsung Electronics.[5]

VuWall develops and manufactures a comprehensive range of products, including:

About

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VuWall was founded in 2009 by Paul Vander Plaetse who conceived the idea of simplifying video wall management for control rooms by offering user-friendly software and off-the-shelf products[7]. Today, the company specializes in providing scalable software solutions for managing and controlling video walls of any size. VuWall's main product offering is TRx, software that combines AV-over-IP distribution, KVM (Keyboard, Video, and Mouse) management, and centralized control for multiple video walls.

Vuwall's TRx product has won several awards including the Systems Contractor News 2023 Installation Product Award for most innovative signal management product.[8] The TRx software includes open architecture for scalability so that end users don't require programming support.

Active markets

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Industries:

Venues:

  • Sports arenas and stadiums
  • Shopping malls

Notable Events

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Support for first responders during COVID-19 pandemic

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In 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, VuWall made its proprietary control room software free for organizations that needed it in order to create emergency video wall control centers.[9]At the time, VuWall CEO Paul Vander Plaetse was quoted:

"In this time of crisis, coordination teams within municipalities, newsrooms and healthcare facilities are actively monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and managing response efforts. These decision-makers need to access all kinds of information in order to make fast decisions and share information with their colleagues and in some cases, the public. We hope that by offering our VuWall2 for no cost as a way to create a temporary emergency video wall control center, we can aid key organizations in managing this influx of data and help keep people informed. We want to assist as many organizations as possible, which is why we will be offering first come, first served setup and support.”[10]

Security for the G7 Leadership Summit in 2022

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VuWall was a supplier for the G7 Leadership Summit in 2022, which took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The company was chosen to supply the organization's security team with control room software.[11] Over 18,000 police officers were responsible for safeguarding the event and protecting delegates. The local municipality's skating arena was turned into a makeshift command center from where officers could oversee activity sourced from camera feeds and other devices. VuWall's TRx software was implemented to provide the control room team with a system that supported AV-over-IP protocols (h.264, SDVoE, NDI) and was compatible with over a dozen brands of AV equipment.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Kozel, Anna (2 April 2024). "VuWall Continues to Invest in North American Market with New Hires in Sales, Support, and Operations". VuWall. Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ "About VuWall". VuWall. 6 December 2024. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  3. ^ "NETGEAR : AND VUWALL PARTNER TO ENABLE NEXT-GENERATION VIDEO WALL DEPLOYMENTS". Market Screener. 22 July 2021. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Supply Lines – CBC/Radio-Canada selects Triton Digital to power podcast ad insertion and audience measurement". Broadcast Dialogue. 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  5. ^ "VuWall Partners with Samsung Canada to Bring Unique Visualization Solutions to Control Room Environments". Samsung Newsroom Canada. 18 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ^ Kurz, Phil (30 April 2024). "VuWall Unveils New Capabilities For VuStream 150 Video Encoder". tv tech. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  7. ^ Blair, Nicole (3 April 2023). "Paul Vander Plaetse: VuWall Develops Solutions To Easily Manage Visual Information on Video Walls and Displays". Made In Ca. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Vuwall wins award for latest TRX platform upgrade". Security World Market. 7 February 2023. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  9. ^ Campos, Guy (25 March 2020). "Vuwall offers free software to frontline teams". AV Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ^ Carroll, Sean (26 March 2020). "VuWall responds to COVID-19 with free visualisation tool". connected. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  11. ^ "CASE STUDY: G7 Leadership Summit 2022". VuWall. 6 December 2024. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  12. ^ staff, CI (12 December 2022). "VuWall TRx Enables Transformation of Sports Stadium into Police Command Center for International G7 Summit". Commercial Integrator. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.