by Tom LeBlanc | Jul 9, 2015 | News
Minneapolis-based AVI Systems celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, but in a sense it was founded again in 2009. That was the year the company completed the two-decade transfer to being wholly owned by employee stock option plans (ESOPs).With more than 450...
by Tom LeBlanc | Jul 8, 2015 | News
If your company has an employee recruiting pipeline to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this article is probably not for you.However, if you’re among the countless AV integration companies struggling to find your next-generation of tech-trained...
by Tom LeBlanc | Jun 16, 2015 | Insights, News
Odds are you have heard me say this before, because I’ve uttered this sentence approximately 25,000 times in the past two months: “I’m actually not going to be at InfoComm this year, for the first time since before we launched Commercial Integrator,...
by Tom LeBlanc | Jun 10, 2015 | News
Inside Microsoft’s InfoComm 2015 booth, the largest booth at North America’s largest pro AV trade show, you’ll find AVI-SPL, North America’s largest integration firm.The reason is that Microsoft is leaning on AVI-SPL, in part, to distribute and...
by Tom LeBlanc | Jun 10, 2015 | News
Microsoft will not be a punchline at InfoComm 2015. The IT giant took its lumps last year after making its InfoComm debut as Platinum Sponsor and not launching any products or creating much engagement in its large, prominent booth. InfoComm 2015 is already a different...