INOGENI TOGGLE USB 3.0 Switcher Enables Enable Wired USB BYOM/BYOD
The new INOGENI TOGGLE USB 3.0 switcher is designed to control and connect USB-based conferencing equipment in a room, such as cameras, microphones and speakers. It’s designed as an external USB switcher allowing for BYOD/BYOM applications in rooms using the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core connected to a laptop. Features include: Enable wired USB BYOM/BYOD Switch of […]
Lenovo Announces ThinkSmart View Plus Microsoft Teams Personal Collaboration Device
Lenovo just announced the ThinkSmart View Plus running Microsoft Teams display, a standalone (personal) collaboration display with audio, video and whiteboarding features. The smart collaboration solution is purpose-built for hot desking, phone booths, executive desks and home office use cases. In addition, Lenovo just launched the IP Controller for collaboration spaces as well as the […]
AVer Information Announces Collaboration With Lenovo and Yamaha Unified Communications
AVer Information announced a technology collaboration with Lenovo and Yamaha Unified Communications to create an updated Microsoft Teams certification solution for seamless, global collaboration. The plug-and-play hybrid meeting bundles include AVer’s CAM550, Lenovo’s ThinkSmart Core+ Controller and Yamaha’s ADECIA Ceiling Mic and Speaker Solution. AVer’s CAM550 equips two 4K lenses to capture a complete view […]
Mimo Monitors Supplies Touch-Screen Controllers to Lenovo Smart Collaboration Business
Mimo Monitors announced a partnership with Lenovo that sees them supply multiple touchscreen controllers, as part of Lenovo’s Smart Collaboration business, to Lenovo. “When looking for a partner in the Smart Collaboration business, we sought out Mimo because of their impressive pedigree and knowledge of how to create an optimal product that fills an important […]
Congratulations to the 2023 Winners of rAVe’s Best of ISE Awards
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a show like this. I am proud to say we sent reporters from rAVe [PUBS] to every single booth at ISE 2023 earlier this month to shoot videos of new (and returning!) products. No other company went to every single booth. We amassed a cache of more […]
Biamp and Lenovo Collaborate on ThinkSmart Core and Controller Kit
Biamp today announced that it has collaborated with Lenovo to deliver the ThinkSmart Core and Controller Kit-based solutions configured for Microsoft Teams Rooms or Zoom Rooms. The Lenovo ThinkSmart Core and Controller Kit can be paired with any Biamp room solution to offer a complete UC Room, allowing integrators to source an end-to-end conference room […]
Re Mago and Lenovo Collaborate for ThinkSmart Core Plug-and-Play Meeting Room Appliance Powered by Valarea
Re Mago Ltd. announced that it is collaborating with Lenovo, a technology solutions company and manufacturer (OEM) of PCs and smart devices. The Valarea Room System bundle offers a ThinkSmart Core plug-and-play meeting room appliance powered by Valarea software that supports multi-videoconferencing (VC) providers for online meetings. By allowing users to join meetings through Microsoft […]
Re Mago Ltd. Selects Lenovo ThinkSmart Core As an Ideal Appliance Platform for Valarea Room Software in Meeting Spaces of All Sizes
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST Re Mago, Manchester, Aug. 1, 2022 — Re Mago Ltd., the company that is changing the way the world collaborates, announced today that it is collaborating with Lenovo™, a leading technology solutions company and manufacturer (OEM) of PCs and smart devices. The Valarea Room System bundle offers a ThinkSmart™ Core […]
Rants & rAVes — Episode 1139: Lenovo Used InfoComm to Launch the World’s Only Mic/Speaker/Camera Bar with Windows 10 Inside
Gary was joined by Lenovo’s own Brian Mignault to talk about its all-new Think Smart 1 All-in-One Videoconferencing Bar With Built-in Windows 10, which made its debut at InfoComm 2022. It’s the only bar-based product with Windows 10 built right in and allows for a computer, camera, mic and speakers as an all-in-one solution for small to medium-sized rooms. We shot this, […]
AVer Information Announces Plug-and-Play Solution Bundle with Lenovo and Yamaha for Hybrid Meeting Room Connectivity
AVer Information announced a technology collaboration with Lenovo and Yamaha to streamline hybrid meeting room connectivity. The plug-and-play solution bundle is certified for Microsoft Teams to offer global collaboration between business meeting spaces and remote offices. The hybrid room-ready solution includes the AVer CAM520 Pro2, Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller and Yamaha ADECIA Ceiling Mic […]
What’s Next for 2020-21? Learnings from SYNNEX’s Latest of the LAVNCH Days
Thursday marked the third of the SYNNEX COLLABSolv LAVNCH Days (if you need reference material as to what those are, find some previous coverage here), and this event in particular promised to cover a topic at the forefront of all our minds: hybrid connections. What are they? What do they look like in our homes? […]
Sneak Peek: 5 Things to Look Forward to on SYNNEX’s Next LAVNCH Day
SYNNEX’s next COLLABSolv LAVNCH Day, SYNNEX COLLABSolv Home-to-Office Technology Day, will take place on Thursday, August 20. We got a preview of the day over here at rAVe. Here are the five things I’m looking forward to for it: 1. Making sense of hybrid working. “Hybrid working” has become a big industry buzzword, and I […]
Extron and Lenovo Partner to Create Scalable Meeting Solutions
Extron announced that the company is working with Lenovo to create scalable meeting solutions for modern workspaces. Designed to integrate room automation, audio and signal extension capabilities with the Lenovo ThinkSmart, Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms solutions, the Extron/Lenovo partnership will bring control capabilities to the ThinkSmart Tiny and ThinkSmart Hub across the enterprise. […]
Almo Pro A/V Intros Zoom Rooms-Certified Bundles
Almo Professional A/V today announced it has joined forces with video communications leader Zoom to offer fully-kitted Zoom Rooms Hardware Bundles, all of which will be stocked and ready for shipping in the U.S. and Latin America, and designed to transform any area into a modern, easy-to-use power collaboration workspace. Almo has also entered a […]
Lenovo to Sell Avocor – This Could Be Great or Bad
At Enterprise Connect, Avocor announced an alliance with Lenovo that will sell Avocor displays across all of Lenovo’s campuses, but they will also sell the Avocor product via its Vendor Label Hardware Program. This is not good news for AV integrators. Lenovo is not known for value-add selling of third-party hardware. Theoretically, they do have a very […]
Lenovo Launches ThinkSmart 500 Skype Room System
Lenovo just announced a new device aimed at the conference room. It’s called the ThinkSmart Hub 500 and it’s a Skype room systems device that manages collaboration within meeting rooms. With the ability to connect remote and local participants to Skype for Business meetings and shared content, it was developed in cooperation with Microsoft. The Smart Hub 500 is […]