Cisco is done betting that customers will choose WebEx just because they already own Cisco hardware. In September, the company will launch Devices for Zoom Rooms, according to Cisco. The program puts a certified, native Zoom Rooms experience on...
A facilities manager walks into a big-box electronics store, buys a 65-inch television for $600, and mounts it in a conference room over the weekend. Eighteen months later, the panel is dead, the warranty covered parts but not the...
Extron hosted customers at its Las Vegas Experience Center during the week of InfoComm 2026, offering a focused look at where the company is heading across several product lines. And a new Extron Ecofficient initiative. Joe da Silva, Vice...
The help desk ticket arrives like clockwork. A user insists they are actively working, yet Microsoft Teams shows them as Away. Their manager noticed. Now it is your problem. You open the Teams Admin Center, expecting a timeout slider...
Resideo Technologies plans to spin off ADI Global Distribution as an independent public company. The separation is expected to close in the second half of 2026. For AV integrators and end users who rely on ADI's distribution network, the...
Most digital signage conversations start with a rectangle. Susan Wilhite wants to end them looking at different digital signage form factors.
Wilhite is the Senior Director Business Development for Bluefin, a commercial display manufacturer that specializes in non-standard form factors....
InfoComm 2026 is in the books. The show drew 28,132 verified attendees and 807 exhibitors, according to AVIXA. That is slightly below 2025's more than 31,000 attendees. However, a broader look at the past five years tells a clearer...
For the first time stateside, Crestron's Modern Work event is a hands-on product training program, not a conference. Here's what IT and AV managers will actually learn in San Antonio.
I was in Madrid last May when Modern Work at...
Dan Smith has spent a lot of time in meeting rooms lately. Not his own. But everyone else's. The Executive Vice President at Almo Pro AV traveled to New York City recently for six back-to-back company meetings. In five...
Hybrid collaboration is no longer a pandemic workaround. It is a permanent feature of enterprise meeting culture. And as conference rooms hit their natural refresh cycle, the buying conversation is shifting. Audio quality and platform manageability now lead the...
Tim Albright is the founder of AVNation and is the driving force behind the AVNation network. He carries the InfoComm CTS, a B.S. from Greenville College and is pursuing an M.S. in Mass Communications from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. When not steering the AVNation ship, Tim has spent his career designing systems for churches both large and small, Fortune 500 companies, and education facilities.