by Alan C. Brawn | Oct 1, 2020 | News
“Water, water everywhere… nor any drop to drink”. This is a line from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The speaker, a sailor on a becalmed ship, is surrounded by saltwater that he cannot drink. This could be used as a metaphor for big data....
by Alan C. Brawn | Sep 4, 2020 | News
Conventional wisdom might say that if a display is working fine to those who are regularly exposed to it, it is best to leave it alone… at least until it no longer works as it should. Your customer can certainly take that approach, but it might not be wise. This is a...
by Alan C. Brawn | Sep 3, 2020 | News
The Covid crisis has presented me the opportunity to think more deeply about our industry, where we are at, and where we might be headed. My thoughts today are about the current AV business sales environment: how we have previously approached customers, and the new...
by Alan C. Brawn | Aug 6, 2020 | News
There is a now famous TV ad for a major insurance company that simply states, “we know a lot, because we have seen a lot.” This can most easily be defined as the consequence of gaining experience (aka seen a lot). With a lengthy tenure in the commercial AV industry, I...
by Alan C. Brawn | Jul 9, 2020 | News
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York City opens a recent public service announcement on the effects of the pandemic by simply stating, “Troubling times”. This is one thing we can all agree on. Perhaps the most pervasive and shocking element of the pandemic is the need...
