Long before the Covid-19 pandemic service in the AV industry needed a radical rethink. With the invention of remote monitoring and the hype being seen around this, plus the simplification of systems and the revolution in software codecs, the traditional integrator maintenance charging model of circa 10% of install cost…
Technology evolves at a rapid rate – often driven by vendor improvements, but even more frequently by customer requirements and the need for increasingly agile workflows. Where once there were areas of the market in which customers sometimes struggled to keep up with the changes, now it would appear that…
The professional audio market has traditionally been an area of long-term growth, driven by macro factors and innovation across a range of vertical and product segments. However, the outbreak of Covid-19 came as an unprecedented shock to the industry. Against the backdrop of cancelled events and closed public spaces, many…
An agreed and recognised legacy to the pandemic is hybrid working. For the vast majority of employees, five days a week in the office is over, with employee choice of how to split their time between home and office set to be standard. Revolut and Spotify, for example, both recently…
The three main takeaways from this issue’s new workspace special are: make sure your AV is fit for purpose for when your staff return to the office; your technology strategy makes security top priority, regardless of whether employees are working remotely or on-site; and your chosen infrastructure scales so it…
After enduring a year of the pandemic, now with a pinprick of light at the end of the tunnel – the way we work, shop and learn has eventually adapted and it’s unlikely that it will ever return to the way it was before, writes Ben Oram. These changes have…
Since the Government implemented restrictions on in-person meetings and events last March, the events industry has been forced to adapt the way it operates and find new ways to reach delegates. Virtual and hybrid were terms related to events that we already understood before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, but…
Having worked at Imperial College for 18 years, Caroline Carter first started working with the Business School as the technology manager for its website and providing IT support. At the time Carter joined, the Business School was building a new school designed by Lord Foster and Carter was given the…
Dom Harter first stood behind a “rotten old” Studiomaster 16:2 with some 802s in a church when he was about 14, and was instantly hooked on mixing and PA. “That carried on through school where a few classmates came from industry families, so we were usually able to punch above…
No area of our personal and professional lives has remained untouched by the acute disruption caused by Covid, and that includes recruitment. While initial lockdown saw most current vacancies put on hold, the AV industry has continued to hire during the pandemic, albeit in new ways. The AV Magazine recruitment…
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