My latest episode of Rants & rAVes features Nathan Bohl, VP & GM and Dorian Haro, product manager at Chief | Legrand AV to talk about how the process of Design Thinking innovated the new Chief wall mount lineup, dubbed Tempo. It’s interesting how Legrand AV uses real-time relationships with integrators, design consultants and even […]

In the most anticipated panel of 2023, a panel of AV, UCC and Digital Signage experts will join me to explore what of 2023 will affect 2024 and beyond. The panel of experts will review key trends, newly debuted technologies and discuss how to prepare for the upcoming year, as many of these experts have […]

By Todd Heberlein Exertis Almo When my friends and I were kids, there really wasn’t a question of IF you were going to play sports, but rather which sports your parents would allow you to play. Every kid in my neighborhood was involved in some sort of team sport, ranging from baseball to volleyball. As […]

On Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. EST, I will deliver my annual “State of the Digital Signage Market” webinar. I will cover growth stats, future market trends, the impact of OLED and LED on signage, how DOOH (digital out-of-home) advertising impacts signage — and I’ll even show you a real-world case study of the power […]

Exertis Almo has entered an exclusive US distribution partnership with Hisense for its entry-level 32- to 100-inch digital signage displays, touch screens and direct-view LED all-in-one 136- and 163-inch models. According to Exertis Almo Director of Business Development Brian Rhatigan, “Hisense was recently named a top global television manufacturer. As the official sponsor of the […]

To address the growing need for products offering security and surveillance in public and regulated spaces, Exertis Almo, the largest and most specialized value-added North American AV distributor, has expanded its drone system offering to include products from Inspired Flight and Sony Airpeak. Exertis Almo has also partnered with Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI) to provide […]

On the latest episode of Rants & rAVes Exertis Almo’s Tom Kehr, CTS, CTS-D, CTS-I, LEED Green joined me to promote our join All-About-Audio webinar coming up on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. EDT. It’s free, it includes AVIXA RUs for CTS, CTS-I and CTS-D holders (just for attending), and the mega-audio company, Sennheiser, […]

Today’s videocast features Samsung’s Lisa Bohnsack, James Rose and Lisa Gilmour as we talk about how the company has a suite of healthcare products that transform not only the patient experience but also that of the nurses and doctors. Using all sorts of display technologies, Samsung can help you make the overall healthcare experience better, […]

If you haven’t heard of Xilica, you’re not alone. But there’s no time like the present to get acquainted — if you need a stand-alone PoE audio DSP, the company has one. (It’s also modular, so you pick the input port!) Need to distribute audio anywhere affordably and across the network? Xilica has that too. […]

Exertis Almo, the largest and most specialized value-added North American AV distributor, today announced its popular Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) panel, taking place at the award-winning E4 Experience, will focus on the importance of bringing AV technology into the DEI discussion. The E4 Experience is heading to New Jersey on September 20 and — […]

Exertis Almo, the largest and most specialized value-added North American AV distributor, today announced Gisela Ramirez, Director of Global Sales for Latin America and the Caribbean, has been named one of Commercial Integrator’s 2023 class of 40 Influencers Under 40. Ramirez is one of four Exertis Almo female AV pros who have earned distinguished industry […]

I was joined by Exertis Almo’s vice president of marketing & communication, Melody Craigmyle, to talk about all the new opportunities for attendees during the fall E4 Experiences — coming to Teaneck, New Jersey, and Phoenix, Arizona (September and October), respectively. In addition to my all-new keynote — “8 COOL NEW PRODUCTS AND 5 NEW […]

Exertis Almo says it is firing up the E4 Experience engines for a customized day of learning, connecting and experiencing in NY Metro area on Sept. 20 and, for the first time, Phoenix, AZ on Oct. 18. Always free to integrators, resellers and their end users, the fall E4 Experiences will include everything from the […]

It’s right about the time that LG became LG — from Lucky Goldstar — to differentiating itself from every other display company in the world. It all started with a curved LCD panel and exploded from there. Now LG leads in OLED, Transparent OLED, Touch OLED and all-in-one LED, impacting nearly every display technology globally. […]

On Wednesday, Sept. 27, Gary Kayye — thanks to Avocor — will bring his workplace keynote session to the Exertis Almo webinar series at 2 p.m. EDT. So, if you want AVIXA CTS credits or want to know how to integrate better tech into workspaces to make people want to come back to work, register […]

Autel Robotics’ director of business development, Joseph Scaperrotta, joined me on my latest Rants & rAVes episode to detail why now is the perfect time to sell drones. Every emergency services organization is buying and onboarding drones, and every division of the entire public safety market is too. You can sell them too via Autel’s […]

Exertis Almo has officially unveiled the winners of its 2023 Manufacturer Excellence Awards. Presented on Aug. 10, 2023, at a Gala at the American Visionary Arts Museum, the awards topped off a week of learning, connecting, giving back and celebration as part of Exertis Almo’s “Onwards and Upwards” 2023 National Sales Meeting (NSM) in Baltimore, […]

Exertis Almo is now carrying Yealink‘s lineup of unified communication and collaboration solutions. Some of those tools include the new Yealink Meeting Board all-in-one interactive whiteboard, Intelligent audio and video solutions for large rooms, and the MVC S90 Microsoft Teams Rooms System for extra-large rooms. Yealink has also joined the fall 2023 leg of the […]

It’s unlikely that any esports venue has ever existed without a little bit (or a lot) of Sony gear. From cameras to LEDs and everything in between, Sony has it and has likely raised an entire generation of players via its PlayStation console gaming systems. Sony’s Rich Ventura joins me to talk about esports and […]

Panasonic Connect’s director of ProAV Solutions & connected ecosystems, Petro Shimonishi, joins me on my latest episode of Rants & rAVes to take an in-depth look at its new UCC ecosystem, including mic arrays, auto- and AI-tracking PTZ cameras, DSPs, wireless presenting, facial recognition and new displays designed for UCC applications. In fact, the company […]

Newly retired Pro AV distribution icon Sam Taylor, who is the outgoing executive vice president and chief operating officer (EVP/COO) of Exertis Almo, the largest and most specialized value-added North American distributor, has been named a 2023 rAVe Hall of Fame Inductee. An avid swimmer/swim coach with a desire to give back, Taylor has formed […]

With a continued focus on “Making Extraordinary Happen,” Exertis Almo (Booth #1315) is ready to engage with new leadership, contributions to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in AV, thought leadership on the speaker circuit, and a host of all-in-one product and service options for attendees to explore at AVIXA’s InfoComm 2023, taking place at the Orange County Convention […]

Xilica and Exertis Almo have today announced the signing of a strategic distribution agreement for the United States. As part of this agreement, Exertis Almo will take over the Xilica direct-to-system integrator sales channel in the U.S. and serve as the exclusive distribution partner of Xilica for all U.S.-based resellers. Together, Exertis Almo and Xilica […]

Last month, Samsung quietly launched a new WAC series of interactive displays — aimed primarily at K-12 but can be used in all sorts of other applications. Why? Well, it not only includes embedded Android OS on board but also simple USB-C connectivity. The new WAC series will be available in 65-, 75- and 86-inch […]

This week, Exertis Almo is headed to Santa Clara, California, for its next stop on the spring 2023 E4 Experience tour. The E4 Experience Santa Clara builds off last month’s visit to Dallas with more InfoComm “sneak peek” products, new exhibitors and a deeper dive into the topics of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Register […]

Exertis Almo has entered a distribution agreement with MicroTouch, a capacitive touch solutions company, due to the growing need for interactive touch displays. As part of the agreement, Exertis Almo now provides MicroTouch’s full range of products, including its brand new 27-inch open frame touch monitors for retail and hospitality use, and new Mach series […]

Next week, I will host AV’s first look a the future of outdoor systems in “Moving AV Outside,” hosted by Exertis Almo — you can register here. Obviously we have digital signage and scoreboards that have been outside forever, but we have a lot more coming. Just watch this teaser with LG’s Clinton Roudenbush, then […]

By Tom Kehr, CTS-D, CTS-I, Network+, LEED Green Associate, ISF-C, ATD Master Trainer Exertis Almo Not long ago, I did a little promo video on LinkedIn poking fun at the travel expenses and hassles associated with going to a “big” trade show and extolling the virtues of the E4 regional trade shows presented by Exertis […]

Xilica, a provider of collaboration products that help unlock the power of human connection, has announced a distribution agreement with Exertis Pro AV for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and select CEE (Central & Eastern Europe) markets. With significant growth in its enterprise, education and government business, this new partnership with Exertis ProAV DACH is a […]

The Exertis Almo E4 Experience tour will kick off 2023 next week in Dallas; you can not only register for that event but also hop on over to E4Experience.com and register for any and all of the 2023 tour stops. These will include: Santa Clara, California; Teaneck, New Jersey; and Phoenix, Arizona! Exertis Almo’s VP […]

It’s been said that no two experiences are ever the same at an Exertis Almo E4 Experience and the 2023 program, set to kick off in Dallas on March 7, is bringing a host of new professionals, education and products to ensure attendees create their own customized day Additionally, for the first time in the […]

Sam Taylor is a legend — even his competitors would admit that. And now, he’s retiring. So what’s he going to do now? And what can we expect with new incoming EVP, Dan Smith (who’s leaving his VP role at LG Electronics USA to lead the new ProAV team at Exertis Almo)? Well, fortunately, they […]