Barco teams with Agricultural Bank of China to launch China banking industry's largest video display wall

Shanghai, CHINA, 31 August 2009 — Barco, a world leader in visualization and display solutions, is proud to announce the unveiling of a new Barco video display wall at the data center of Agricultural Bank of China. At 12.8 x 6 meters in size, the display stands as the largest of its kind in China's banking industry.

The display solution, which incorporates 40 cubes Barco OV-D2 series 80" SXGA+ DLP™ projection modules, allows Agricultural Bank of China's archived data center to integrate complex signal flow into a range of operations via one display system. Barco provides Agricultural Bank of China an unrivaled DLP™ rear projection-system with outstanding picture quality, system reliability and ease of use.

The Agricultural Bank of China is the first commercial bank established in the People's Republic of China in 1951. Since its inception, the Bank has continually played an important role in China's rural economic sector. One of the “Big Four” banks of the People's Republic of China, Agricultural Bank of China is headquartered in Beijing and has branches throughout mainland China, as well as in Hong Kong and Singapore. The data center of Agricultural Bank of China was established in November of 2005. It serves as the operation center, information security center and processing center of for the bank's overall operations. In 2009, the Agricultural Bank of China ranked 155th among Fortune Global 500 companies.

“Barco's advanced solutions and excellent service have assured us that we made the right choice,” says a managerial spokesperson for Agricultural Bank of China. “The new system perfectly matches with our existing front equipment, and now allows us to better utilize our data center information by way of a smoother, trouble-free operational process; the result is a great improvement in the capability of our information control and operations. We believe our cooperation with Barco helps us to create a world class financial operation infrastructure, which in turn allows us to provide excellent financial services to our customers.”

Frank Christiaens, President of Barco for Greater China comments: “Barco enjoys long-term working relationships with a number of China's major banks, including Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Agricultural Bank of China. The China banking industry has invested a lot of resources and energy in improving data center access and reliability. As a market leader in providing visual and display solutions to China's banking industry, we are proud to play our role in helping China's financial institutions to continue to positively influence both the domestic and global economy.”

Barco's OV-D2 series integrate cutting edge DLP™ technology into 80" video wall systems that are designed and optimized for use in a 24/7 mission critical environment. Its Barco designed projection engine provides a set of unique features, while the displays are seamlessly integrated into any center already in use as they support universal inputs such as motion video, Internet data streams, VGA, computers, video-conferencing and satellite links. All this information can be fed into any number of screens and moved across the display area.

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