Top Systems Integrators Commentary: 2016 Challenges By SCN Staff Along with our annual Top 50 Systems Integrators feature, we polled a selection of leading firms on industry topics. What was the biggest business challenge of 2016, and how have you overcome it?
Don't Panic, It's Just a Merger By Tom Stimson Rarely does a week go by without a business owner expressing concern to me because he or she heard about a merger in their business space and wonders what it means.
AV Hardware: Vaporizing Into the Cloud By Joey D’Angelo In 2011—five years ago to this exact day—I wrote an article titled “The Clouds Are Forming,” which, little did I know at the time, ended up to be very prophetic.
Specifying a Secure AV System By Paul Zielie As AV systems are increasingly attaching to enterprise data networks, user organizations expect the network-connected AV system to maintain a security posture in alignment with their security goals.
Developing a Strategy for Customer-Centric Sales By R. Randal Riebe Are your customers’ and prospects’ expectations vastly different than what they were just a few years ago?
Field Notes from a GVE Upgrade By Bill O’Donnell My university was in the process of updating our SQL servers during the spring term, and it came to note that our original version of GVE (v 1.3) was still on an older physical 2008 server.
The Challenge of Succession Planning By Jay B. Myers One of the toughest topics to discuss with any small business owner is the idea of succession planning and having a well thought-out exit strategy.
AVI-SPL Sales Summit Keeps Eye on Collaboration By Kelleigh Welch AVI-SPL’s annual Sales Acceleration Summit was all about looking to the future this year, specifically when it comes to remaining as one of the industry’s leaders in collaboration design solutions.
Does HDR Really Matter? By Sander Phipps What is HDR, and does it matter to the AV and systems integrator market? What do integrators need to know about HDR, so they can advise end users?
Emerging Prospects at Enterprise Connect By Mike Brandes Historically, Enterprise Connect (previously Voice Con) was a telecommunications, data, and eventually videoconferencing show primarily for the IT channel, but that has shifted.
The Selfie-Enabled Workplace By Paul Chavez I’m a serious music fan, and I like to say, “I like all kinds of music,” but I have a problem.
Selecting the Best Mic Solution for Every Environment By Holger Stoltze In the past, the choice to install a wireless or wired microphone was fairly simple because wireless technology at the time wasn’t as reliable or as intelligible as its wired counterpart.
Powersoft Highlights New Speaker Magnet Approach By Kirsten Nelson Ah, Italian design. Equal parts performance and aesthetic value, it produces some of the best hardware (machines, race cars) and software (clothing, handbags) in the world.
