Search Results: red hat

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 […]

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.

December 28, 2016 Rich Freeman Leave a Comment

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.

December 27, 2016 Joseph L. Vilella Leave a Comment

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.

December 26, 2016 Debbie DeWitt Leave a Comment

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?

December 25, 2016 Rich Freeman Leave a Comment

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.

December 24, 2016 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Promote and Support Extracurricular Activities with Digital Signage

There are numerous benefits to offering a comprehensive ECA program, and your digital screens can be an integral part of promoting it.

December 22, 2016 Ellyce Kelly Leave a Comment

Studies show what educators already know: students that participate in extracurricular activities (ECAs) – such as performing arts, sports, publications, practical labs, student government, honors society and academic clubs – have higher GPAs, score better on assessment tests, have better attendance and frequently go on to higher education. This is especially true in high school, […]

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 […]

How Can Immersive Technologies Improve Learning in Higher Ed?

Immersive technologies like augmented and virtual reality can help solve real world problems.

December 19, 2016 Mark Christian Leave a Comment

The way students learn about subjects from the Middle East to Mars and from history to health care is undergoing a remarkable transformation. No longer will faculty be limited by pictures in a textbook or videos on classroom televisions. A new wave of technological innovation is redefining what it means to learn — bringing to […]