Protect Your AV System Investment: Managed Services
Why managed services contracts are so so important for
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Tag: AV integration
Why Collaboration?
HOW IMPORTANT IS REALTIME COLLABORATION? I found a Harris Poll that found most Americans working 8.7 hr/day. BUT It found that we average less than half that (45 percent) performing the primary duties of our job. What is taking time away from doing our job? Fifty-nine percent of those surveyed by AtTask reported that[…]
Barco Clickshare Updates CSE-200 and CSM-1
CSE-200 firmware v1.2.2 available now A ClickShare CSE-200 firmware v1.2.2 is now available to: Enable static IP address to cover multiple subdomains (VLANs) in network integrated mode Resolve audio issues on HDMI when connected to screens/projectors in WXGA resolution Eliminate connectivity issues with umlaut characters in the meeting room name Download now from the Barco[…]
Barco Clickshare: Network Integration
Why network integration? Three reasons. Bandwidth With network integration, you don’t have to create a WAP (or a lot of them, depending on the number of base units in your deployment) to allow for mobile devices and tablets to connect. Strewing access points across the facility increases the bandwidth consumed by management traffic such as beacons and probe[…]
Net Neutrality: What Does It All Mean?
It seems that those who decide how the internet works, and grows, is built, and who controls it, are arguing about HOW it will work over the next decade or so. Those decisions will affect how fast your internet runs and how much you pay for access. To understand net neutrality, we need to understand the net… WHAT[…]
Do UC the Lync: AV Integrators in Unified Communications Part 2
The Challenge It should no longer surprise anyone to see IT vendors showing up in the AV space. This often begins in videoconferencing installations. So does the trend toward Unified Communications (UC), including Lync deployments, come as good news or bad news for AV integrators? It’s an important question, as UC is mostly IT and services, not[…]
HDbasicallyT: How’s it working out in 2015?
Valens updated HDbaseT by announcing the Colligo HDBaseT family of chips at ISE recently. They now support native USB 2.0, HD audio, transmission of 4K video over Cat-5/6 cables up to 100m in length, and add single- and multi-mode fiber transport over distances up to 10km. Not a bad spot to ask whether HDbaseT is becoming a[…]