If you are are in the knowledge business, you know how difficult it is to find the tools that would empower your team to get the job done efficiently and with the minimum of effort. Given the growing business pressures, most businesses are looking for ways to find such tools to increase productivity and streamline…
Bayer had identified communication and collaboration as key requirements for its office complex in Thane, India. Hurrairah bin Sohail finds out how Actis made Bayer’s vision a reality.
Bayer has established a reputation as one of the world’s leading innovators in agricultural sciences. The company opened a new office for Crop Science at Bayer House, Hiranandani…
Multi-room audio isn't really a new feature, as various consumer systems or software-based systems have existed for a while. What these systems do essentially, is help "distribute" the audio signal to multiple rooms, either over a wired or wireless network, so that they can be played on an audio system located in that room.
So…
Simplification of VC, AV and other cabling is something that we strongly recommend to clients in all our projects, because of the cost and management benefits they achieve in projects. But to do this requires a change in the way we approach our cabling infrastructure.
Extron has introduced the new AXP 64 CAT to eliminate the…
Control and automation technology in homes isn't really a new phenomenon, but we are seeing a whole lot of new innovations and innovators in this space. Some of the technologies and products seem simple and yet elegant (like Nest) with instant benefits, while there are others (like Tesla's recent PowerPack announcement) that seem positively revolutionary.
But…
As networking technology continues to evolve, the enterprise AV and IT networks are converging. New technologies like HDBaseT are the more obvious expressions of this conversion, but there is much more coming to us today. Most importantly, as with most network-enabled technology, these products are much, much more powerful and flexible than their predecessors.
An example…
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Just 10 weeks ago (in December) we kick-started a new initiative to help improve the quality of information available on the implementation of AV, collaboration and energy managements projects in India.
This week, we're happy to say that this Blog has now crossed its 100th post, which represents a considerable amount of content intended to…
As enterprise AV technologies continue their move onto the enterprise network (which they share with IT services), its important for businesses to understand how they can be leveraged for maximum benefits. In this video (about 5 minutes) Biamp describes the benefits of Networked Media solutions and talks about various applications and also the network structures that…
Today, most quality control systems are compatible with a wide range of controllers – touchpanels, software on tablets, remotes, wall switches and so on. While the touch controls get most of the attention because they are wireless and have an attractive, there is a lot of practical utility to using wall mounted controllers in networked…
For video collaboration infrastructure to become truly productive, it needs to become available not just to the senior management (though it provides considerable value there), but to the entire organization.
When Bayer India was setting up its new corporate headquarters in Thane (near Mumbai), they had this goal on the top of their priorities.
The Actis team…
As AV networks become more complex – because an increasing number of devices and rooms need to be a part of it – the use of matrix switchers becomes necessary. They allow the routing or switching of audio and video signals from multiple input sources to the one of several output devices.
For example; the video…
Like any type of technology the AV industry has its own vocabulary, one that can become a little confusing if you are not used to it. This Digital AV glossary from Extron is a great place to figure out the meaning of various terms used when referring to digital AV.
Here are few of the terms…