AVent HORIZON
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...
Marlins' Converged network
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...
Industry POV
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...
Simplifying Digital Signage Installations
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...
Secure Video Teleconferencing Technology
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...
Industry Watch: Bandwidth For Change?
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...
The True Constraints Of Integration
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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Convergence: Again!
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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Capitalizing On Converged Communications
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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Are We On candid Camera?
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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IT/AV Convergence More Relevant Than Ever
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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Telepresence Video Systems
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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Brave New World
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 Lan-Based AV Presentation Primer
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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