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You might expect us to say the secret behind great video conferencing is great technology. And you would be right. But that’s not the whole secret. You’ll find the rest of the secret in last month’s blog: Video Conference Setup Best Practices. In that blog, among other things, we mentioned video conference room lighting and the use of video conference room shades – but we didn’t say enough about either. Now, this seems counter intuitive to just about everyone, but here’s the

Take a look at the image above. Do you see the stone at the center of the arch? You know, the one with the arrow pointing right at it? Well, in the world of architecture, which is several years older than the audiovisual world, they call that center stone (as you can tell from the image) a keystone. Look closer. Now, where have you seen that sort of trapezoid shape before? Here’s a hint – think about the last time you set up a projector on a conference room table. You may hav

They call it a “unified network” and you’re starting to find it more and more in new commercial construction. It lets all of the electronic communications within a building utilize the same data network. Security systems, IT, telecommunications, building management, lighting, automation control and audiovideo can all run through the same cabling, routing and switching. Having this many devices and systems on one network requires the need for different network monitoring appli