Category: Tips & Information

Is Videoconferencing Good For the Environment? We often talk about how our audio visual communication solutions can improve employee productivity and team collaboration, but one benefit of our technology that we don’t shout enough about are the environmental factors. Videoconferencing and the Environment We did some searching around on this subject and found a study from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) from 2010. This study found that an individual business implementing four telepresence systems can …

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What Is the Lenovo ThinkSmart Hub 500? One of the latest all-in-one smart meeting room devices, the Lenovo ThinkSmart Hub 500 will make you want to book more meetings! Let’s take a closer look: What Is It? The ThinkSmart Hub 500 was developed in cooperation with Microsoft as a meeting room solution, and it boasts a 360-degree rotatable 11.6-inch anti-glare, anti-smudge display, with integrated Dolby Premium speaker output and a 360-degree microphone array. The Hub …

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Benefits of Interactive Displays Interactive displays are increasing in popularity in a number of industries, from education to business. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits and reasons for their growing demand over traditional whiteboards: Easy to Use Everyone knows how to use a touchscreen, or if they don’t, it’s extremely easy to pick up. Some people in meetings, schools and other environments may not be very computer-literate and uncomfortable operating a PC …

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What is the Logitech Tap? Earlier this year, Logitech first showcased their new Tap touch-control display for meeting rooms, that’s designed to work alongside their other meeting room technology such as the MeetUp, Rally and Rally Plus cameras to create a simple, cost effective room solution. What is it? The Logitech Tap is a touchscreen room solution device which can be set up via USB to a computer in a matter of seconds. The Tap …

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What is IPTV? You may or may not have heard of IPTV but you’ll almost certainly have seen it and even been using it yourself, and you’ll be using it a lot more in the future! IPTV is rapidly growing and, in turn, completely changing the way we watch content on our televisions. So what does IPTV stand for, what does it mean, and where is it used? IPTV Explained IPTV stands for Internet Protocol …

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Why Videoconferencing Is Better Than a Phone Call Did you know that body language and facial expressions count for up to 55% of communication? Why is it, then, that so many companies still haven’t integrated a videoconferencing system, despite the technological advancements in the videoconferencing industry? Here are a few areas where videoconferencing is superior to audio-only calls: Build Better Relationships Phone calls are great for talking to someone in real-time when you need answers …

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How Nureva Can Transform Your Planning Rooms We have been a partner of Nureva since earlier this year, which has given us the opportunity to get our hands on some of their technology for ourselves. We have dual Wall WM408i interactive displays with Span Workspace in our boardroom, along with a HDL300 microphone for video calls. These products can transform meeting and planning rooms into collaboration powerhouses: Span Workspace Span Workspace is a collaboration tool …

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Benefits of a Huddle Room Huddle rooms are gaining popularity in many workplaces, and it’s easy to see why. We’ve already written a piece explaining what a huddle room is, so now let’s take a look at some of the benefits of integrating these small collaborative spaces into your workplace. Small Space – Big Impact Despite huddle rooms seating only 3-4 people, they can potentially host more productive meetings than a boardroom seating 15. In …

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Crestron Flex for Microsoft Teams Crestron are a certified partner of Microsoft Teams and have been since 2005, through every generation of Microsoft room system. Their Flex platform is available on a range of devices from desktop to boardroom, and they all run Microsoft Teams on the same cloud management system. The Flex series delivers exceptional audio and visual quality, whilst allowing you to activate calls, presentations, videoconferencing, check room availability and even control advanced …

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5 Reasons to Integrate A Wireless Presentation System Wireless presentation systems are a device that let users cast content from their device onto a larger display, the same way a normal presentation system would work, but wirelessly through local WiFi or Bluetooth. Wireless presenting isn’t brand new technology, it’s been around for a few years. However, most companies are still using wired presentation systems and projectors in meetings, cluttering the workspace with cables and creating …

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