Latest headline: Tony Sprando on 5G, Scott Tiner on data privacy issues in higher ed, plus news from Viitek, Bose Professional, Elo, Epson, Atlona, Beyerdynamic
November 8, 2019 | Volume: 12 | Issue: 21
A recent trend I've noticed in our Ed columns and stories that we've been posting is that we've been putting a magnifying glass on the specificities of AV technology in the education market. Which is fair, right? Classrooms are different than any other space in the industry, and we should treat them as such. Well, that also rings true in the legal realm.
In this issue, Scott Tiner has thoughts on the intersection of data privacy, AV and higher education. Every industry has some laws surrounding privacy, but in the university system — FERPA reigns. His outlook on data collection under these regulations is super interesting. Check it out!
Finally, in terms of #AVnews, we have the deets on the Samsung Flip 2, a subscription-based service model from DTEN, the Vivitek HK2200 projector and more.
The arrival of 5G is transforming technology and our AV industry. You can barely scan your News Feed or watch television without some type of news or advertisement about 5G and its impending impact on your life. And while this whole 5G thing sounds like amazing hype, I’ve found that many of our customers and my colleagues aren’t certain of what it is and how it actually will affect their lives and our industry.
Management guru Peter Drucker is often quoted as saying, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” I have long believed in this philosophy and work with my teams to make sure we are setting goals and measuring our success. While I think Drucker was right, he lived and worked in a much different time. His time was before the days of “big data” and computing solutions that could collect and analyze mountains of data in seconds. Today we use these solutions and then make critical decisions based on our interpretations of the data we get back. Because of this, some argue that information is the most valuable commodity in our economy today. While we still have to measure what we do, we need to be more careful on two fronts: privacy and how we use the data to drive performance.