Bringing AV standardization to the IT world is possible, but how? InfoComm gives some suggestions<\/strong> Bringing AV standardization to the IT world is possible, but how? InfoComm gives some suggestions The challenges of meeting room and video conferencing technology are increasingly falling into the laps…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2497,3698],"tags":[2856],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe challenges of meeting room and video conferencing technology are increasingly falling into the laps of\u00a0IT departments<\/strong>. It can be daunting work, especially when long-term plans are on the table. When someone makes the decision to invest in meeting room technology, the fear is as soon as it is installed it\u2019s going to be outdated. They want to know how to invest in technology that serves them well over time. In this transition, many clients are looking less at hardware and more at software-based platform solutions. They are leaning toward platforms that are extensible and built around concepts that are familiar. They want solutions that are easy to integrate with existing infrastructure.
\nImportance of Standards
\n<\/strong>Today, meeting room technologies tend to be cobbled together from discrete hardware components, each with its own requirements and each utilizing different protocols. Enterprise-wide system upgrades are tricky. Room management and monitoring is nearly impossible. Now more than ever we realize the importance of standards: when an IT team is faced with integrating AV into their department, the problem becomes crucial. IT already has a set of standards; what they need is to work\u00a0audio, video and control (AV&C)<\/strong>\u00a0standards into that. It is a language they know with benefits they understand.
\nEarly Adopters of AV Standardization
\n<\/strong>That\u2019s why InfoComm suggests investing in long-term infrastructures, to find the right partner and to develop enterprise-wide technology standards.\u00a0Matt Anders<\/strong>, manager of global media services for a multinational e-commerce corporation, says his AV team has been part of IT for nearly five years.\u00a0On the same line Pete Kolak<\/strong>, a former conferencing engineer at\u00a0Adobe<\/strong>\u00a0who now serves as\u00a0Senior Manager of Conferencing<\/strong>\u00a0services for an industry leader in building high-performing networks, says: \u201cin my experience I\u2019ve never worked for a company where AV was separate.\u201d The future seems to advance, thus, towards an AV\/IT convergence, and Connessioni\u2019s Editorial Board is here to monitor it.
\nWe remember that on\u00a0September 13th InfoComm announced that they were changing their name to AVIXA, a decision accompanied by a total rebranding and a renewed strategy. Connessioni’s staff was there: read our report<\/a>!
\nLink: http:\/\/blog.infocommblog.org\/allvoices\/archives\/7156<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"