Crestron is a global leader in advanced control and automation systems for a variety application ranging from education, corporate, government and defence to hospitality, healthcare and residential. Over the last few years, the Crestron India has significantly enhanced its presence and support with fully functional Crestron Experience Centers in their headquarters in Bengaluru and one...Read More
With the mercurial rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), there has been a substantial increase in the development of home automation and smart home technologies. What was earlier an expensive proposal or even just a fantasy, is now an affordable option for many homeowners and technology enthusiasts. The key reason for this is the...Read More
In today’s business environment, seamless communication and collaboration between local and remote teams remain pivotal. Enterprises depend heavily on quicker and more number of interactions to stay on top of their game. In the past few years, audiovisual technologies are moving to a cloud and software-based applications, while hardware components have taken more of a...Read More
Crestron is one of the global pioneers when it comes to home and commercial automation. They sport an impressive range of automation equipment that is loved by AV integrators worldwide. The company now strengthens its hold by announcing easy compatibility with Amazon’s increasingly popular Alexa-integrated devices. Crestron Technology Professionals can now use Alexa Voice Service...Read More
Actis partner Lifesize was recently awarded the 2016 IBM Beacon Award for hosting an outstanding service on the IBM SoftLayer platform. This partnership with IBM translates into reliability, security and overall performance of the entire Lifesize network. Lifesize was looking for a global networking infrastructure partner who could provide security, easy access, and deployment. IBM...Read More
In the yesteryears, businesses often focused on designing one or two boardrooms packed with the latest technology, to make an impression on potential clients and new joinees. Today, the conferencing trend in enterprises has moved towards creating multiple small huddle rooms. With office infrastructure costing a premium, the average workplace appears to be growing smaller....Read More
In today’s business environment, quick communication and collaboration between various stakeholders is pivotal. Companies are constantly looking for new ways to empower communication and connectivity across the entire workforce. The demand for integrated communication for geographically distributed and decentralized work teams is rising. In 2016, online meeting solution providers are expecting good business growth. Most...Read More
The Internet of Things (IoT) can be described as a network of physical devices, buildings, vehicles, and other items that are embedded with electronics, sensors, actuators, software, and network connectivity that empower objects to collect and exchange data and thereby create interactivity. Internet of Things and Professional AV have had close relationship for roughly two...Read More
Technology is changing really rapidly in the AV industry and it is becoming increasingly difficult for AV integrators to keep up. In fact change is so rapid and relentless that the current formats are already being overshadowed by newer ones, even though neither is widespread yet. For example, integrators are already talking about the imminence...Read More
Your television (TV) is probably the centrepiece of your living room. Quite often, if you’re like most of us, you have designed your entire living room entertainment system around your TV. Some of these TVs are attractive and some are hideous. So, what’s the solution? Well, Panasonic has come up with a new experimental TV...Read More
The Actis Integration and AV Blog is a forum for sharing tips, insights, news, solutions and experiences with people and businesses who are undertaking different types of integration projects in India. It covers topics like Professional AV, lighting, energy management, video collaboration, unified communications, presentations, network AV and environment control.
Over time it will grow into a practical, India-specific, knowledge base to assist CIOs/CTOs, architects, AV and lighting consultants, developers, educational institutions and the hospitality industry to make better choices and get more out of their investments in technology.
