It is no secret that our TV watching habits have significantly evolved over the past several decades. TV screens have gotten larger (and thinner), picture resolution has become clearer and streaming content has become instantaneous. Broadcast camera technologies evolve to meet the criteria of the newest TV watching and audiovisual trends. People want to see more dynamic angles, sharper color …
Laser Projectors: The new standard in projection display
I still remember some of my old high school days. I’ll often talk with old friends about some of the memories from class. One memory seared into my brain is when the teachers did a presentation using AV projection technology. To present notes to the class, the teacher would lug out a cumbersome overhead projector. They would spend several minutes …
Cyber Security Assessments: Impact on Healthcare Facilities
The amount of cyber-related attacks continues to significantly increase year after year. This is especially true in the healthcare field. One patient record goes for $50 on the black market. To put into perspective, social security numbers or credit card numbers go for $1 per account. The sheer value of patient records create tremendous incentive for cyber criminals to target …
Cloud Migration: Best Practices
Organizations recognize the need to be adaptable, flexible and efficient in every part of the business process. This is especially true for IT departments. IT enables all departments to streamline processes, record and analyze critical data, and become more efficient. Cloud migration offers IT departments an avenue to achieve the adaptability and the flexibility to take their organizations to the …
AV over IP: What is it?
Enterprise organizations look at ways to increase efficiencies and cut overhead costs the larger they grow. One of the strategies implemented is providing a secure platform to create a scalable AV environment. In short, a scalable AV environment results in significant cost savings when future-proofing conference rooms, board rooms, huddle spaces, etc. AV over IP is the transmission of audio/video …
Decommissioning IT Equipment: 5 Considerations
The speed of technology continues to increase at an unprecedented rate. Product lifecycles grow shorter and the need for innovation is now a necessity. Organizations upgrading their IT equipment must also consider how to decommission their outdated equipment. Before the era of cyber theft, intellectual property rights, and data storage compliance regulations, IT departments regularly tossed hardware into the trash bins …
What’s New in Classroom Collaborative Learning
The world we live in continues to change at the speed of technology. Innovations in technology shape our interactions with one another, our gathering of information, and our decision making. Educational institutions are integrating more technology in classrooms to increase collaboration and engagement among students. Solving real-world problems using groups of students interacting with one another is referred to as …
Telemedicine: Enhancing Patient Care
The level of patient care has drastically evolved throughout the last decade. The rise of the internet age brought with it profound changes for the practice of telemedicine. The proliferation of smart devices, capable of high-quality video transmission, opened up the possibility of delivering remote healthcare to patients in their homes, workplaces or assisted living facilities as an alternative to …
Crestron Mercury: Video Conferencing
The concept of business collaboration has radically changed over the years. Organizations have adopted both large video conferencing room designs for company meetings and smaller huddle space collaboration areas for everyday situations. In the past, automating room conferencing features have proven complex, costly, and required different types of hardware/software. In today’s business collaboration environment, an integrated and scalable control system …
Optimizing Audio in Conference Rooms
Access to conference rooms provides organizations the ability to discuss important business topics among staff, partners or customers. Sharing ideas and collaborating resources enable companies to innovate products, refine processes and engage key personnel. Having an audio system in place to accurately and effectively give everyone a clear voice in meetings is crucial. Background noise, microphone interference, and audio “dead …