“A technology tsunami is on its way which will change the way companies do business. It’s being driven by seven IoT elements - artificial intelligence, voice assistants, smart homes, drones and robots, connected vehicles, sensors and AR,” predicts Jan Vanvaerenbergh, product manager for hardware at Crestron. If we needed a…
“A technology tsunami is on its way which will change the way companies do business. It’s being driven by seven IoT elements - artificial intelligence, voice assistants, smart homes, drones and robots, connected vehicles, sensors and AR,” predicts Jan Vanvaerenbergh, product manager for hardware at Crestron. "And there’s little doubt,…
The good news is that salaries are on the rise across the channel and among end-user companies just as the AV industry is enjoying a period of healthy growth. AVIXA’s Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) report forecasts growth from a projected $247 billion in global revenue this year to…
“It’s the most exciting time we’ve known,” says Chris Mcintyre-Brown, associate director at Futuresource (also see box), with the evolution of the channel driven by what he dubs “the revolution of the solution.” The move to the solution-sell has caused system integrators (SIs), resellers and distributors to develop new services,…
Clearly, we’ve got a problem on our hands when our potential future talent isn’t using ‘AV’ to describe the profession we’d like them to be a part of. “We don’t have a pool of new people coming in from school or university because no-one has ever suggested AV to them…
The principal focus of AV spending tends to vary by vertical market, according to Sean Wargo, senior director of market intelligence at AVIXA. “For corporate companies, conferencing and collaboration continue to dominate the mix, enabling remote and local staff to work together as efficiently and effectively as possible.” This view…
Does your heart sink when you walk into your office every morning? For a sixth of respondents to our latest online poll, on creating effective workplaces, the answer is yes. Another quarter of respondents said that they do good work in spite of their office environment, not because of it.…
On 23 June 2016 the UK electorate voted in a national referendum to leave the European Union – what we’ve christened Brexit (British exit). So, in the wake of us leaving the EU, just how are preparations going so we can sustain life outside the single market? The IMF reckons…
“Whilst the Equality Act 2010 enshrines people’s rights under protected characteristics the recognition by all of us to understand our own cultural upbringing and beliefs and how this affects others is some way off. Many of our actions, both male and female are implicit in our nature. I suppose raising…
Worldwide, the market for professional AV solutions and services continues to grow. What was expected to end 2018 as a $186 billion global industry is forecast to hit $230 billion in 2023, according to research by London-based IHS Markit and AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association. That’s a 4.3…
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