InfoComm's Board of Directors responds to AV-IT trends.
The AV world has changed and if you’re not up to speed on IT networks, you are at a growing disadvantage.
By David Labuskes, CTS, RCDD
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With limited network resources, AV & IT work together to solve common problems.
What were once the separate challenges of each discipline are now shared, but the good news is that new opportunities arise through sharing.
By Adam Rosenberg & Jeremy Scheinberg
Published May 2013 | Read More...
How to choose the right product from an ever-expanding array of selection.
Control systems have evolved from remote-controlled slide projectors to the integration of campus-wide converged IT network solutions, all while increasing accessibility to "non-technical" users through highly refined graphical interfaces. This is the new...
By Russ Noble
Published IT/AV Report, Fall 2012 | Read More...
Early diagnoses smoothes the path for successful system integration.
The First Baptist Church in Dallas TX, which has held worship services at the same location since 1890, has spent...
By John Switzer
Published IT/AV Report, Fall 2012 | Read More...
Deploying AV for aerospace control.
United Launch Alliance's Centennial CO design center and corporate headquarters demanded an extremely high level of quality and an incredibly challenging timeline for completion.
By Brian Seid
Published IT/AV Report, Fall 2012 | Read More...
Advancing U of Hawaii's Distance Learning.
Hawaii's island geography creates issues not faced by other universities, and ongoing developments in technology have encouraged the University of Hawaii (UH) to redesign and advance its interactive video distance learning system...
By Royd Liu & Erica Aquino
Published IT/AV Report, Fall 2012 | Read More...
Feds, Mobsters, Mayhem & Digital Networks
The National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement (aka: The Mob Museum), an homage to Las Vegas' seedier past, opened on Valentine's Day this year. A team of...
By Raymond Kent, LEED AP, CTS, DMC-D, ECA
Published IT/AV Report, Fall 2012 | Read More...
A look 'under the hood' of AVB.
An overview of Audio Video Bridging, a suite of open standards for the networked transport of audio and video media.
By Lee Minich
Published November 2012 | Read More...
Immersive Collaboration At Clue Center
The Customer Learning Understanding and Exploration (CLUE) Center, headquartered in Indianapolis IN, enables cross-functional employees to collaborate with members of Lilly's Global Marketing Team as they evaluate business decisions.
By Andrew Sellers
Published IT/AV Report, Fall 2012 | Read More...
How Will Mobility Change The Face Of Videoconferencing?
QoS, VaaS, MDM and BYOD are true IT/AV: The mobility of the user is today's mantra. Addressing the issue are Scott Cruikshank, James Fairweather, Mark Dumas, Aspen Moulden, Rupert Wever, Jim Floyd and Joanne Kossuth.
By David Danto
Published IT/AV Report, Fall 2012 | Read More...
Industry experts' insights into technology and application trends
Many of the corporations sitting on large cash reserves are waiting for more certainty to return to the markets, and when that happens, spending—much of which is going into AV technology—is expected to increase dramatically.
By Dan Daley
Published August 2012 | Read More...
Net-AV: The marriage of a construction pro and an IT expert.
For Net-AV, the convergence of networking, security and audiovisual systems is the business model the company has built customer relationships on.
By Dawn Allcot
Published July 2012 | Read More...
Watch for Siri on steroids.
Control systems are going to the “next level” with technology designed to recognize speech and gesture.
By Pete Putman, CTS, ISF, KT2B
Published July 2012 | Read More...
'It isn't always the best approach when it comes to AV.'
With AVB, a new protocol "smoothes" out the AV stream so the network can enable faster and more reliable transmission of video and audio across a typical wired TCP/IP LAN.
By Pete Putman, CTS, ISF, KT2B
Published June 2012 | Read More...
Integrators + IT VARs = a beginning.
How to make a profit seems to change every 10 years. Earnings will continue to change as we move forward.
By Chuck Wilson
Published June 2012 | Read More...
VTC and DS open the world to Rialto USD K-12.
AVI-SPL and Cisco systems created a technology showcase of interactive AV for Rialto USD to complement the learning experience.
By Jim Stokes
Published May 2012 | Read More...
Digital projection provides immersive experience.
To create an immersive audience experience, MSG Entertainment collaborated with Visual Acuity to provide architectural scale projection and 3D elements for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
By Shonan Noronha, EdD
Published March 2012 | Read More...
With Duocom, Canada's DuoLogik builds a strong IT/AV entity.
Canada's leading IT Solutions provider, DuoLogik, acquires leading Canadian AV firm, Duocom, to build a stronger entity based on IT convergence.
By Dawn Allcot
Published February 2012 | Read More...
Social media is blurring the line between AV and IT integrators in Houses of Worship.
The power of social media to build community with people inside and outside the walls of religious institutions presents new opportunities...and new challenges.
By David Lee Jr., PhD
Published February 2012 | Read More...
Change: It Won’t Bite You
The AV landscape has changed over the last 20 years...
and the future of integrators’ business and livelihood
depends on embracing the “new world.”...
By Pete Putman, CTS, ISF
Published December 2011 | Read More...
HD video center is key to team's 2012 home.
The Florida Marlins' received a $515 million ballpark courtesy of systems contractor Parsons Technologies and the design consultants at Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams...
By Shonan Noronha, EdD
Published November 2011 | Read More...
Robust IT Backbone At New Ballpark.
The Marlins build a converged infrastructure for networks. An interview with the Florida Marlins Director of Information Technology, David Enriquez....
By Shonan Noronha, EdD
Published November 2011 | Read More...
HDBaseT uses a single LAN cable.
It is clear by now that high definition (HD) is everywhere. The creation of HD content combined with the evolution of traditional TV viewing has fueled the demand for...
Published February 2011 | Read More...
Lessons learned from Uncle Sam.
Secure video teleconferencing: James Bond and Jack Bauer demand it. However, corporate America is also...
Published January 2011| Read More...
Integration calls for new strategies and skills.
The integration of IT and AV technologies is one of the change agents driving business growth out of the doldrums of the recession and into a brighter future...
Published September 2010 |Read More...
Positioning AV and IT integration as a specialty.
Audiovisual (AV) and Information Technology (IT) systems can be complex amalgams that have evolved over time...
Published September 2010
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Are we on the verge of a completely new type of convergence?
For more than a half dozen years now, our market’s been using
the term “convergence” to describe the merging of the commercial AV and IT markets...
Published August 2010
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Challenges, and potential, abound.
The promise and profitability of converged communications has emerged at the epicenter of a vast array of rapidly...
Published November 2009
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There is much to consider in applications of digital camera-based technologies.
If you’ve been thinking that our culture couldn’t get any more video-centric, let’s dispel that illusion now and move on.
Published October 2009
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A Special Report from InfoComm International finds that the two sides must work together.
The convergence of AV and IT is today's reality in most...
Published IT/AV Report Fall 2009
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NOW THAT YOUR CLIENT HAS BOUGHT INTO TELEPRESENCE, HOW MUCH DID IT REALLY COST?
A few months ago, I had a meeting with a senior technology manager for a global pharmaceutical company.
Published IT/AV Report Fall 2009
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How cheap, great quality encoders change everything. Maybe.
A few months ago, I had a meeitng with a senior technology manager for a global pharmaceutical company.
Published IT/AV Report Spring 2007
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A proposal that implements common TCP/IP protocols.
A simple “connect and present” solution has long been the Holy Grail of the audiovisual system designer. Unfortunately, the consumer origins of most source and display signals...
Published July 2007
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