Sennheiser
Qt’s elegant
object-oriented architecture enabled e-GITS’ team of developers to design the
NET 1 application quickly and easily.
Sennheiser electronic is a worldwide group of companies with more than 1,800 employees and one of the world´s leading manufacturers of complete audio solutions. Still a family-owned company, Sennheiser has made a name for itself above all in the development and manufacture of high-quality microphones, wireless RF technology and headphones. Conference and information technology, infrared systems, products for the hearing impaired and aviation headsets round off the comprehensive product portfolio.
The Challenge
Audio technology leader Sennheiser and its service provider partner e-GITS wanted to develop a sophisticated desktop application that would allow users to maintain a clear overview of an entire network of multi-channel sound systems. The application would be available on a PC connected to a rack-mountable NET 1 hardware appliance.
The Solution
For development of its new application, the team chose Qt. Qt’s elegant
object-oriented architecture enabled e-GITS’ team of developers to design the
NET 1 application quickly and easily. Key to the success of the project was
Qt’s set of item view classes that use a model/view architecture to manage the
relationship between data and the way it is presented to the user. This gave
the developers greater flexibility to customize the presentation of items and
provided a standard model interface to allow a wide range of data sources to be
used with existing item views.
The Value
Because the new application was developed quickly and easily, time to market was shortened. Additionally, the new product, with its sophisticated features, gave the company a competitive edge.
“We saw immediately that Qt was going to be easier to use. We saw that
the libraries, the way Qt is structured, and its object-oriented design were
going to give us the flexibility we needed.”
Sven Liess, Managing Director of Global IT Solutions, e-GITS
Take a look at Sennheiser's NET 1in this Harmony Central Video.
