THIS IS A PROMOTED POST By Jason Rowley Vice President Federal, Cyviz It’s no secret that governments face more challenges than ever before. Information technology is advancing rapidly — and governments at all levels must be even quicker to protect operational networks and citizens from cybersecurity threats. Command and control centers need content visualization technologies […]

CEDIA has released its latest white paper, which explores the ever-changing universe of cabling for home technology professionals. Infrastructure Cabling for Voice, Data and Video takes a deep dive into applications, standards and recommendations for uses of a variety of cable families. “This white paper takes care to break down — in great detail — […]

CEDIA has released a new white paper, An Integrator’s Guide to HDR Video. This paper explores the fundamentals of HDR video and how it relates to human vision, and underlines HDR standards, formats and connectivity to ensure compatible system design and integration. “We have seen incredible advances in HDR over the years to the point […]

Christie Digital just launched an educational white paper for selecting the right video wall for control system applications. Of course, it’s full of Christie products – they produced it. But, even with that in there, we think this is a must-have guide of you are in the market for designing or building a control system. […]

With 4K becoming the next big thing in projection and already big in consumer TVs, mastering the impact of HDR (High Dynamic Range) isn’t going to be an option — your clients will want to know (and it will become an amazing sales tool). But do you even understand it? When  HDR is added to […]

AVB (Audio Video Bridging) is the common name for the set of technical standards developed by the IEEE Audio Video Bridging Task Group of the IEEE 802.1 standards committee. This task group was renamed the Time-Sensitive Networking Task Group in November 2012 to reflect the expanded scope of its work. IEEE 802.1 defines a set […]

Anyone can sell LCD displays. But, selling LED Walls takes pixel-pitch knowledge, expertise and understanding of how the human-eye sees color and resolution. Christie has launched a new white paper that addresses all of this. In addition to explaining the applications, it goes through and educates the reader on how we see pixels. As you […]

So far, I’ve seen five “expert” level white papers claiming to help educate the reader on what the heck a huddle room is and why it matters. Oh, and ALL of them have sucked. Without mentioning the name of the publication or the name of the display company that wrote it, just Google it and […]

Back in the spring of this year I had the idea to write a piece on AV/IT convergence, and where I felt we were at with the concept as an industry. I have seen glimpses of convergence in different segments of the AV and low voltage worlds, and it seemed like it was possible to […]

Biamp Systems announced a new white paper, “Huddle Spaces: Bridging the Gap Between Desktops and Large Conference Rooms.” Written by Frost & Sullivan in collaboration with Biamp and now available for download, the paper explores how organizations can expand the desktop into a conferencing space by pairing high-quality audio and video with traditional desktop services […]

CEDIA has introduced “A Designers Guide to Common Tech Words and Phrases,” a new white paper targeted at design professionals to allow them to better understand the terminology used in the home technology industry. Design professionals are an important audience for CEDIA and thanks to a number of focus groups, the association better understands the […]

According to CEDIA, ninety-six percent of home technology professionals offer distributed audio as a service of their company. Wireless audio has consistently represented a smaller piece of the audio installation market, but CEDIA is offering resources to help home technology professionals learn about the opportunities wireless audio presents. “At one time, wireless audio solutions were […]

The Forrester Wave: Room-Based Videoconferencing, Q3 2012 report addresses the growing interest in face-to-face video collaboration, which is helping businesses increase productivity, improve employee engagement and trust and lower costs. This report uses 39 criteria to evaluate the top vendors in the industry, assessing video collaboration solutions for every work environment — from mobile and […]

A recent Frost & Sullivan analysis projects a rise in the virtual workplace with the mobile and remote workforce increasing by at least 23 percent. This means more and more opportunities for VTC integrators as everyone will want to integrate video communications – and now it all can work together with UC standards. As an […]

The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association’s (CEDIA) Industry Best Practices Action Team has released a new white paper on the topic of inbound marketing. The document was developed to give CEDIA member companies and industry professionals a framework for understanding the concept of inbound marketing as well as the basic structure of an inbound […]