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Interview: Mike Kilian of Mvix Talks GenMe and Digital Signage

How can digital signage be used to prepare this generation for the real-world professional workplace? Mike Kilian explains.

January 24, 2017 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

TD: Why is it so important to use technology, like digital signage, to reach today’s students? MK: Today’s students have been plugged into technology and connectivity essentially since they were born. More traditional methodologies of reaching students – printed media, non-digital media, textbooks – those types of mediums are not as well embraced. The attention […]

EDUCAUSE Releases Top IT Issues, Technology and Trends Report

January 22, 2017 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

EDUCAUSE, higher education’s largest technology association, released its annual list of Top 10 IT Issues for 2017 this week. EDUCAUSE will also publish two related reports later this year: the annual Top 10 Strategic Technologies report, which identifies relatively new technologies that institutions will be spending the most time implementing, planning, and tracking in 2017 […]

Maintaining Productivity in a Digital, Mobile Workplace

The modern workplace comprises a sea of devices and highly mobile employees – but they need the ability to print from anywhere for them to be truly effective.

January 12, 2017 Brent Richtsmeier Leave a Comment

If office workers of the 1950s could board a time machine and travel to the present day, they would be flummoxed by what they would encounter. Instead of scarred metal desks holding typewriters, notepads and pens, and rotary phones, they would be confronted with a multitude of screens – PC, laptop, smartphone, tablet, wearable – […]

How Green Design Impacts Corporate Applications

Many market drivers are influencing building space design, and the implementation of new technology for corporate environments.

January 9, 2017 Jim Young and Shana Longo Leave a Comment

The green technology landscape continues to evolve beyond being simply “green”. It has grown to encompass a broad range of high performance attributes, including the desire for spaces that are resource efficient and sustainable, but are also active, human-centric, and even resilient. These attributes reflect a growing attention to the status of the building occupant, […]

How Video Can Be Used as a Mainstream Business Tool

According to data from Commercial Integrator, video will make up a whopping 74 percent of all internet traffic by 2017.

January 4, 2017 Anthony Cuellar Leave a Comment

As you no doubt have noticed, video is already becoming a mainstream business practice and we’re seeing savvy brands in both the B2B and the B2C space use video in innovative ways. Why the popularity of video? Low-cost tools and software for deploying video technology have made it easier to effectively integrate these innovative real-time […]

4 Unified Communications Trends in 2017

Today’s workplace is constantly transforming, and now more than ever there’s a need for SMBs to offer collaborative solutions that provide substantial and consistent value and seamless communications for employees and customers.

January 2, 2017 Oliver Bodden Leave a Comment

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 […]

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.

December 30, 2016 Tom LeBlanc Leave a Comment

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.

December 29, 2016 Dolores Gribouski, Ed.D. Leave a Comment

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 […]

Universities Can Play a Key Role in Creating Smart Cities

A university is very much a part of the city it's in, and universities and cities can work together to work toward the future.

December 21, 2016 Mark Francis Leave a Comment

Imagine a city in which buildings alert you when they need repair, there is Wi-Fi on every street corner, sensors tell the garbage trucks where, when and how often to collect, and where data is analyzed in a way that tells us which streets are more likely to be crime hotspots based upon traffic and […]

The U.S. Department of State Installs Jetbuilt

December 9, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The United States’ federal executive department, the Department of State – responsible for the international relations of the United States – has streamlined their Performance Work Statement within the Video Program Office with Jetbuilt’s Request for Proposal features. The Tech Decision The Video Program Office creates Performance Work Statements, consisting of equipment recommendations with costs […]