At a time when the commercial audiovisual landscape is more competitive than ever, good business advice for the systems integration channel has never been more essential. Margins on products are low, and shrinking. The public’s tastes change rapidly, with today’s hot technology (for example, 3D) rapidly being supplanted by something different. Sound & Communications has its finger on the pulse of business trends among systems integrators, contractors, consultants, design-build firms and manufacturers. Each month, we publish “Industry POV,” “Integrator’s POV” and “Consultant’s POV” articles in which respected industry executives write thought-leadership essays. They complement our monthly “AVIXA POV” and “NSCA POV” articles, in which our industry’s trade associations comment on the issues of the day and help bolster their members’ success. Our thought-leadership articles are always informative and never a sales pitch, befitting Sound & Communications’ reputation as our industry’s leading resource.
In the AV industry, the end users are typically represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the designers, who specify the systems, and the integrators who install them. Our goal is to act as a third party to commission these systems. These are our stories.
I’m writing this column after the third breakfast roundtable of the annual Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Tech Retreat in Rancho …
Insights gleaned from the final ISE in Amsterdam. As I write these words, it’s that time of year again—that time …
The integration market should emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with a better understanding of, and strategies for, business continuity.
A look at technology building blocks and the consumerization of enterprise. This past January, I found myself wandering through the …
Last month, Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), which AVIXA and CEDIA co-own, hosted its final show in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, before a move to Barcelona, Spain, in 2021. The end of such a long run in one place spurs reflection about the host nation.
In the time of COVID-19, the answers aren’t in the hardware—they’re in the heart.
The AVIXA Foundation and its partners are moving full steam ahead on workforce development.
Enterprise end users tell us their stories of deploying team-chat platforms and workflows—what was easy, what was difficult, what was unexpected and how has it gone.
During this Collaboration Week New York session, Michael Goldman of CDA breaks down how organizations can successfully adopt new workflows.