Jonathan Blackwood is the Editorial Director of Commercial Integrator and TechDecisions. Jonathan writes about technologies that help to innovate and improve practices for technology integration companies of all sizes. He is especially interested in the business side of integration, as well as future technology opportunities. Follow him @BlackwoodTweets.
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The greatest benefit of Total Tech Summit each year is the networking available, and how that helps integrators grow throughout the year. This year, despite COVID-19, we’re bringing that networking back in a unique way.
We’re currently engaged in the largest work-from-home experiment in history. It was thrust upon us, but I’m willing to wager the result will be positive.
Microsoft employs 144,000 workers and still finds a way to focus on culture and community. What can your business learn from their strategies?
We’ve already told you about the State of Pro AV. So in the interest of transparency, here is the state of US, Commercial Integrator website & magazine.
We’re past the days of wondering when AV and IT convergence would happen. Now, we’re focusing on how to help them work together to meet client needs.
Recent Commercial Integrator survey got insight about the value integrators are getting from their pro AV distributors and labor forces.
Two key takeaways from a Commercial Integrator session at Total Tech Summit 2019 focused on selling services & communicating better with IT directors.
Audio video system projects are drops in the bucket of what architects need to consider for new buildings. Here’s how installers can take full advantage.
Here are 12 managed AV service takeaways from industry experts that every integration company should be thinking long and hard about.
Legislation almost made pulling PoE cable impossible without an electrician’s license – until Cisco & the NSCA stepped in.
An school technology manager took an entire presentation to answer questions on how integrators could better work with end users. Here’s what he said.
Collaboration technology is booming while plug-and-play products are becoming well-known. Here is the state of selling collaboration tech.
If integrators can understand new education concepts, such as those at JMU X-Labs, they know what K-12 and Higher Ed institutions actually need.
Organizations are seeing a boon when implementing AV over IP technology, and integrators are finding happy customers when installing AV over IP. In this webinar, you’ll learn exactly why you need AV over IP.
The one-hour webinar will discuss the basics of fiber cable, as well as how its bandwidth capabilities support today’s and tomorrow’s AV formats, and guidelines for specifying and installing fiber products.
