Tips for Technicians: Broaden Your Skillset By Steve Greenblatt published 7 August 18 Looking to take things to the next level? Here’s some guidance on ways to grow professionally, add value to your employer, and help shape the industry.
Byte-Sized Lesson: HTTP By Phil Hippensteel published 3 August 18 Get up to speed on HTTP, how it works, and why it’s important in AV.
Configuring a Symbiotic Network By Laurent Masia published 2 August 18 How do you specify an AV-capable Ethernet network that benefits AV and IT managers alike? Here are a few things to consider.
An Educated Customer Is a Good Thing By Mark Coxon, CTS published 23 July 18 In today’s world, if your profit depends on the ignorance of your customer, you will soon be out of business.
Byte-Sized Lesson: Ethernet, VLANs, Trunks, and Video By Phil Hippensteel published 11 June 18 A look at some Ethernet techniques, including the use of trunking to combine switch ports.
Need to Know: 5G and Pro AV By Matt Pruznick published 6 June 18 Advent of 5G technology seems certain to revolutionize the way many industries harness the internet
A Compressed Tutorial on Networked AV By Paul Shu published 24 May 18 The trend of replacing traditional AV infrastructures with IP-based infrastructures started gradually in the professional AV market over the last few years, and has been steadily growing in adoption.
My Experience: Evolve or Languish By Matt D. Scott published 23 May 18 If you don’t learn to evolve into this new experience-focused space, you’ll slowly lose your your market share.
Make Deals, Not War By Jay B. Myers published 2 May 18 Jay B. Myers talks the most important lesson he's ever learned: don't burn bridges.
First Steps: Getting Comfortable With Convergence By Geordie Klueber published 1 May 18 Network-supported AV can be daunting to those lacking a foundation in IT. Where should these AV managers begin?
Byte-Sized Lesson: Troubleshooting Study By Phil Hippensteel published 1 May 18 A case study to apply lessons learned on protocols, addressing, standards, and how IP is used.
Standards Problems as AV and IT Merge By Phil Hippensteel published 2 February 18 Maybe a task force of leaders from each of the sectors could meet periodically with a directive to address the technical issues faced by each group.
The Secret to Managing Client Expectations By Bradford Benn, CTS published 30 January 18 Today’s public is acquainted with technology to a very intimate degree, and this familiarity poses some significant challenges for pro AV integrators. Selling a system that does what they ask, not what they need, is bad for everyone.
Byte-Sized Lesson in AV/IP: Security’s Magic Numbers By Phil Hippensteel published 24 January 18 When I’ve talked with students, relatives, and friends about computer security, they often questions such as, “Why can’t the bad guys just steal the key?”
Reversal of Fortune: The Wide-Ranging Impacts of the Net Neutrality Reversal By Peter Jackson published 19 December 17