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Celebrating SCN’s The Nine

In an industry thirsty for new talent, the AV world also takes time to recognize the rising, influential people already in the industry and who are establishing their roots. Specifically Systems Contractor News (SCN) The Nine scouts out aspiring folks who are not just “in AV,”  but who are involved and making a lasting impact. “The […]

Using Collaboration Tools for Your AV Business

In its purest sense, the term collaboration means working with someone to produce or create something. The AV industry is the business of fostering collaboration through creating products, integrating systems, or developing software that support communication between people. It is the individuals and groups that seek methods of collaboration and communication to satisfy their needs, […]

Design Considerations for Intelligent Buildings

The concept of an intelligent building involves an approach that is not unfamiliar to the AV integration industry. AV designers, integrators, consultants, and programmers have been in the business of making disparate equipment talk together and act as one cohesive unit for some time. Similar to other integration projects, before attempting to provide a solution […]

Biamp Talks New Products at InfoComm15 with Steve Greenblatt on AVNation

Steve Greenblatt shares exclusive interview with Biamp from the InfoComm15 Show Floor. In a booth tour direct from InfoComm15 for AVNation, Steve Greenblatt talks with Justin O’Conner of Biamp about new products, including InfoComm15 Tesira product line announcements. In the video, available on AVNation.tv, Justin discusses how Biamp products interface with multiple networks, new fimware […]

Still Packing Granny On Top. Guest Post by Marc LaVecchia

By Marc LaVecchia – President, BMA Software Solutions While driving to a job site recently, I stopped beside an old pickup moving someone who was either a terrible planner or in a desperate hurry to move. The items were stacked frighteningly high, defying any rules of balance, as if the plan for loading the truck […]

Women in AV NYC Event: Connecting with Friends and Investing in the Future

It was a pleasure to join the Women in AV (WAVE) and National Systems Contractors Association at their fundraising event at Rodeo Bar in NYC on Wednesday, April 9.  In addition to being a great opportunity for local AV industry colleagues to get together and catch up after a long winter, the event raised money […]

Corporate Tech Decisions Explains Scope of Work for A/V Projects

In a recurring series of articles for audiovisual industry publication Corporate Tech Decisions, Steve Greenblatt wrote Creating a Scope of Work Refines the Plans for Your A/V Project Path to Project Success: Why a Scope of Work is More than a To Do List for Programmers. The article states the case for the value of […]