Myth 1:
Command and control technology is always hardware-intensive, requiring server racks and extensive cabling.
Myth Buster:
With visability from Activu, critical operations view and collaborate using any real-time content on video walls, in control rooms, remote, and mobile devices, without the miles of cabling and extraneous black boxes and switches.

Control Rooms: The Information Hub
Control rooms serve as the nerve center for organizations, where vast amounts of information flow and critical decisions are made. Traditionally the assumption has been that an extensive (and expensive) hardware setup is necessary to monitor and deliver essential information effectively. The visability platform renders this belief outdated. Innovations like AV-over-IP and cloud computing have revolutionized how the most advanced control rooms operate, significantly reducing their reliance on hardware.
Streamline Operations with visability

With visability software from Activu, control room operators can seamlessly manage critical information through the smallest hardware footprint available anywhere, and gain added features and flexibility via the cloud. This allows instant and automated collaboration during incidents without heavy hardware investments and maintenance. Visability delivers visual content to users anywhere and on any device—whether it’s in a control room, out in the field, or on a smartphone.
Key Benefits of visability:
- Scalable: Grows with your organization’s needs.
- Secure: Protects your critical data.
- Affordable: Eliminates unnecessary hardware costs.
- Future-Proof: Stream any content into the common operating picture, whatever the future throws at you.
And the best part? You can gain all these benefits with your existing videowall screens, while planning future control room upgrades. (See Myth 14 if you’re curious why)
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Curious to uncover more myths about control room technology? Check out our latest insights piece, Top Control Room Myths, and discover how recent advancements are transforming critical operations.
Contact Activu today to discuss your options and schedule a demo of visability.

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Recent Case Studies
- Visability: The Unifying Platform for a City’s Digital ConvergenceThis Israeli city trusts vis/ability for their information security, improving the city’s visual monitoring center, and providing better services for both residents and municipal employees
- Future-Proofing Power: Transforming MTE’s Control Room for Unparalleled EfficiencyThe largest electric cooperative in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) region, faced challenges with antiquated technology.
- DTE Energy: Storm Resilience Revolutionizes a Utility Control CenterChallenge It all started with an unprecedented windstorm in March of 2017. Windspeeds peaked at 68 miles per hour throughout… Read more: DTE Energy: Storm Resilience Revolutionizes a Utility Control Center
- Integrated Operations Center: Flexibility & Security Across Critical OperationsA large Northwestern U.S. power utility is leading the nation in innovation, and a seamless operating picture, through a unified approach across functions through vis/ability.
- Arlington EOC: Managing the Unexpected in the Entertainment Capital of TexasThe Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Arlington, TX—one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the United States—is prepared for the unexpected with Activu’s next-gen control room platform, vis/ability.
- EnXchange: Virtual Power Plants, Digital Twins, and a More Connected WorldUsers of enx vis/ability collect a more detailed view of their operations than ever before, gain exclusive analytics, and easily share insights with teams in the control room, another facility, or in virtual command centers, accessible anywhere.
- PGE’s Video Wall & Control Room Add Resilience & CollaborationThe Integrated Operations Center is part of the nerve center of PGE’s smart grid. At the IOC, we centralize PGE’s… Read more: PGE’s Video Wall & Control Room Add Resilience & Collaboration
- Global Sports League: An elegant control room solution for a high-profile, enterprise-security challengeThis sports league chose Activu vis/ability for their demanding GSOC and all-encompassing critical security mission.
- Fortune 500 Bank: Modernizing the Digital Business.Challenge A Fortune 500 American bank’s modernization efforts required a new Network Operations Center (NOC) to keep the digital business… Read more: Fortune 500 Bank: Modernizing the Digital Business.
- Staying on course in the throes of a global pandemicChallenge A global Fortune 500 company, employing tens-of-thousands in over 60 countries, The Adecco Group was building a new command… Read more: Staying on course in the throes of a global pandemic