On Workplace 3.X: Bose Professional

Andy Kyte, Senior Product Manager, Commercial Audio at Bose Professional
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AVT Question: Please share insight and best practices for ensuring meeting equity for all employees and how to deliver the best collaboration experience regardless of location.

Thought Leader: Andy Kyte, Senior Product Manager, Commercial Audio at Bose Professional

Both integrators and IT managers continue to face challenges, whether it’s due to our ever-changing economic climate or the culture around work. It’s understandable why the value of time continues to increase, requiring them to look for ways to improve efficiencies and ultimately provide a higher return on effort invested.

Manufacturers who provide both system design and support—throughout the installation and after—help reduce project complexity since they understand the whole picture." —Andy Kyte, Senior Product Manager, Commercial Audio at Bose Professional

One way to realize this is to streamline the number of manufacturers for a project, especially if the project covers multiple spaces within a building or venue. Reducing the number of equipment sources means potentially fewer people to engage with and manage, streamlines component delivery schedules, reduces the amount of planning needed to ensure compatibility, and can even streamline the installation schedule. Manufacturers who provide both system design and support—throughout the installation and after—help reduce project complexity since they understand the whole picture.

We’re all looking to make 2023 a success, and for many that requires us to understand how the challenges integrators and IT managers face are evolving. Whether it’s a need to outfit meeting rooms or upgrade public spaces, providing solutions and the tools to monitor and manage these systems gives the depth of resources needed to streamline efforts and gain efficiencies. From product offerings to system design to installation support, manufacturers with expertise in a variety of disciplines provide a cohesive experience, ensuring that the return on effort invested increases.

Cindy Davis
Brand and content director of AV Technology

Cindy Davis is the brand and content director of AV Technology. Davis enjoys exploring the ethos of experiential spaces as well as diving deep into the complex topics that shape the AV/IT industry. In 2012, the TechDecisions brand of content sites she developed for EH Publishing was named one of “10 Great Business Media Websites” by B2B Media Business magazine. For more than 20 years, Davis has developed and delivered multiplatform content for AV/IT B2B and consumer electronics B2C publications, associations, and companies. From 2000 to 2008, Davis was the publisher and editor-in-chief of Electronic House. From 2009 to present, as the principal of CustomMedia.Co, Davis developed content plans and delivered content for associations such as IEEE Standards Association and AVIXA, content marketing for Future Plc, and numerous AV/IT companies. Davis was a critical member of the AVT editorial team when the title won the “Best Media Brand” laurel in the 2018 SIIA Jesse H. Neal Awards. A lifelong New Englander, Davis makes time for coastal hikes with her husband, Gary, and their Vizsla rescue, Dixie, sailing on one of Gloucester’s great schooners, and sampling local IPAs.