Volume 10, Issue 18 — September 20, 2019

UCC — Volume 10, Issue 18 — September 20, 2019
Latest headlines: Christopher Janes on disruption, Kelly Bousman on how artificial intelligence is changing how we work and collaborate, plus news from Vaddio, Axiom, 1 Beyond, Eiki and more

September 20, 2019 | Volume: 10 | Issue: 18

 
Last month, Christopher Gillespie wrote an interesting piece about the true cost of a meeting. It got me thinking about how technology has made us so more efficient — at work, at home, in general — but we certainly do still spend a significant amount of time, well, just getting it to work. His column talked about how while yes, we are certainly concerned about improved efficiency when calculating ROI of technology costs, we don’t always think about the opportunity costs of making technology too complicated. If we cut back on features in some cases, the solution might cost less, which is good, at least for the end user — but it also also might result in, for example, fewer meetings starting late or being canceled because no one was around to troubleshoot something complicated. Like turning the system on. Those are unseen costs.

One thing about technology is that for most of history, a person has always had to tell a thing how to do the thing the person wants it to do, for example, through programming. Machine learning, artificial intelligence, is changing that. Today AVI-SPL’s Kell Bousman writes about how artificial intelligence will change collaboration, making meetings more productive and more efficient. Technology will, quite literally, be smarter — able to improve, prepare and even heal itself on its own — without [as much] input from humans. Weird.

Enjoy the weekend!

-Sara Abrons

COLUMNS

 

+ This Is What Disruptive Looks Like [Christopher Jaynes]

A market that is growing at over 40% year over year will have some real implications to the workplace. That’s the thing about disruptive technologies – it was hard to see the social and economic impact the cellphone would have when the first “mobile car phone” was introduced. I do think the ability to share content to any display anywhere on demand will likely disrupt another fairly cumbersome market that sits right next door – video conferencing. It’s why I’ve become interested in video conferencing and how we work with remote participants – the disruptive story of wireless will definitely have impact there – stay tuned to see how.

+ Why AI Will Make Collaboration Experts of Us All [Kelly Bousman]

We see a future where AI is the most valuable player on a team. When AI eliminates the most common operational pain points — meeting scheduling, technology availability, knowledge access and project management — people can truly collaborate. Teamwork will flourish when people focus on creative problem solving and innovation. Projects will have stronger business outcomes with AI working in the background to facilitate productive meetings and provide contextually relevant information that speeds decision making and improves results.

 

PRODUCT NEWS

 

+ Mode-AL Debuts UCC-Focused Line from B-Tech [Gary Kayye]

+ Vaddio Ships HuddleSHOT UCC Camera with Mic and Speaker Array (Plus, a Hilarious Video) [Gary Kayye]

+ Almo ProAV Intros Zoom Room Certified Bundles [Jacob Blount]

+ Eiki Intros EK-308U and EK-309W UCC Projectors [Sara Abrons]

+ SANUS Ships Full-Motion Premium Series of TV Mounts [Jacob Blount]

 

+ The TRC-1480 from URC Just Became the Best Handheld Remote Control Ever [Gary Kayye]

+ Axiom ML1 Audio Module Ships [Sara Abrons]

+ 1 Beyond Debuts AutoTracker 3 Camera with NDI Connectivity [Gary Kayye]

+ PreSonus Drops New PX-1 and PM-2 Mics [Jacob Blount]

INDUSTRY NEWS

 

+ Almo ProAV to Distribute WolfVision Cynap [Sara Abrons]

TECH ROUND-UP

 

+ Microsoft Teams User Experience [Medium]

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