Unified communications solutions are becoming more relevant as the remote workforce increases and offices begin to collaborate on a global level. Here are a few trends we expect to see as we look ahead to 2017. 1. Why is it important that a UC application be completely integrated? In theory, unified communications platforms grant businesses […]
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What’s the Trouble with Cloud-Powered Hardware?
There could be an expiration date on the hardware that you purchase attached to a services agreement.
I’ve long been a fan of electronic doodads, and as I’ve gotten older that’s made me a bit of a hardware historian. I think it’s the rapid evolution of computers and electronics that has fascinated me, almost to the point of obsession. Having a personal gadget museum isn’t exactly a “normal” thing (listen to ChannelPro […]
Here’s Why SANs May Be Going Extinct
Affordable software and appliance product may be leading to SANs becoming obsolete.
With software-defined storage solutions and appliance-based products like Microsoft’s Azure StorSimple hybrid cloud storage promising increased affordability, the future of traditional storage area networks is in question. Or is it? “Software-defined storage is beginning to open up a whole new venue for [people] to provide pretty good virtualization capabilities, and also to do a pretty […]
How One Company Is Moving Toward IT and Bringing AV Along
Interview with Kramer executives reveals how the company sees big opportunities on the IT side while staying true to AV roots.
It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes or Woodward and Bernstein to notice that something is up with Kramer. The AV solutions manufacturer appears restless and ambitious. It’s not just that Kramer, which had done little more than dabble in automation, launched at InfoComm 2016 Kramer Control aiming to virtually eliminate the need for programming with the […]
Why Becoming a Partner of Tech Providers Helps Schools
A principal shares how collaborating with a classroom audio company helped her serve her students better.
When I was the Principal of Columbus Park Elementary School in Worcester, MA, I often had companies try to convince me to buy their products. For the most part, I would say yes or no to what they offered, and that would be the end of it. Once, though, my colleagues and I went beyond […]
How IT Channel Pros Use Digital Signage to be Noticed
Signage technology is becoming a weapon of choice in the on-going battle to grasp the attention of consumers.
Late in 2014, researchers in Microsoft’s Canadian subsidiary surveyed 2,000 people to see if the internet, mobile devices, and social media services really were shortening attention spans as widely suspected. The results? On average, study participants could concentrate on one thing for just eight seconds. That’s down from 12 seconds as recently as the year […]
Why We Need Higher Bandwidth in Commercial Buildings
High bandwidth fiber optics via Gigabit Passive Optical Networks are helping meet the bandwidth needs of commercial buildings.
Today, the need to provide higher communications speeds (bandwidth) for smart phones, tablets and portable computers, and Wi-Fi portals, has dramatically increased in all related sectors. This insatiable high bandwidth demand and the ensuing intolerance for slow download and upload speeds has also impacted the home entertainment sector. In it, having higher bandwidth for access […]
Make Digital Signage Interactive for Today’s Millennial Students
There are many ways to augment digital signage with interactivity to appeal to new generations.
Call them Generation Y, Generation Now or Millennials – they are already a huge part of the workforce, or attending colleges and universities to get educated and trained. They are easily the most technologically savvy generation in history, using a vast array of interactive technologies to meet, chat, plan, shop and work. It stands to […]
Myths About the Cloud Perpetuate Among IT Pros
Is the old wive's tale that cloud solutions are less secure and more expensive fact or fiction?
Large numbers of IT professionals continue to question cloud computing’s cost-effectiveness and security, according to a newly published research study by partner community and managed services tool provider Spiceworks Inc., of Austin, Texas. The survey found that 29 percent of IT workers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa believe that personal and […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? Dec. 24 Edition
Who and what was hacked this week, December 24th, 2016? Read on to find out.
Note: Each week we bring you the latest hacking news on the internet. Read on to find out who and what was hacked this week. DNSChanger Malware Returns to Hack Routers A malware that infected millions of computers across the world in 2012 is back. Called DNSChanger, the malware exists in advertisements that could […]
