At the start of this year Barco brought the ClickShare Conference to market and in doing so created a whole new category of meeting room technology - Bring Your Own Meeting! Since its mega launch at the start of the 2020, the ClickShare team has continued to expand the utility…
Collaboration and videoconferencing
Sharp NEC displays in WFH wellbeing partnership
Sharp NEC Display Solutions has partnered with technology and wellbeing consultancy Fusion Spaces to help organisations support better home-based working environments, at a time when stronger measures are being introduced to counter Covid-19 in many countries, and temporary WFH guidance may no longer be appropriate. The partnership with Fusion Spaces…
On the future of remote and hybrid work
As employees across industries work remotely and new hybrid workplace models emerge the lines between work and personal lives often blur. While individuals may be working from the comfort of their homes and saving time because they are not commuting, our research shows that most individuals are working more hours…
Half of all English NHS Trusts opt for StarLeaf
More than half of all National Health Service trusts in England have opted to use video meeting systems from UK-based tech company StarLeaf over its videoconferencing rivals. Across these organisations, over 50,000 medical professionals are registered users, making over half a million video call minutes each day. StarLeaf is also…
Maverick launches Teams training for teachers
Maverick AV Solutions has launched expert training for teachers utilising the Microsoft Teams Platform, beginning at Dagenham Park Church of England School. The course is broken down into five modules starting with a basic introduction to Teams which then develops into a full exploration of the platform. Across the modules…
LG offers video calls over healthcare smart TVs
As patients, healthcare professionals and medical facilities increasingly embrace video conferencing as part of the care delivery system, LG Business Solutions USA has launched LG Pro:Centric Connect, a new tool for systems integrators to offer simple and secure video calls through LG’s healthcare smart TVs. This expands the power of…
Reading between the lines at Zoomtopia
To Zoom is now a verb. There are very few people who have not experienced the brand in some form in 2020 and it has made a huge contribution to enabling home working and familiarising people with video calling, to the extent that few industries now don’t employ it in…
‘Integrated VC-cart speeds up stroke treatment’
A medical cart that could transform the care of stroke patients who turn up at A&E departments has been installed at a Belfast NHS Trust, following favourable reviews by medical consultants. The concept for the cart, which has an integrated videoconferencing system linked to the hospital's existing ICT infrastructure, was developed…
What does AV need to know about Teams?
A couple of weeks ago, I delved into some of the updates and releases announced during Microsoft Ignite 2020. Microsoft drew some major lines in the sand and really set out its ambitions to improve not just the way we work, but the way we feel at work. In this article,…
Working together for a unified meeting experience
AV Magazine’s AVTV channel is showing viewers an introduction to a range of solutions brought together by TIG to ensure that anyone working from any location has a unified meeting experience. Presented by TIG regional sales manager Andy Rump, the discussion covers what can be achieved with Hoylu, Gude, Embrava,…