Microsoft Teams is a platform that combines workplace chat, meetings, notes, and attachments. The service integrates with the company’s Office 365 subscription office productivity suite, including Microsoft Office and Skype, and features extensions that can integrate with non-Microsoft products. Microsoft Teams is poised to be the next evolution of communication within the Microsoft Office 365®...Read More
Starting a video meeting should be effortless. In our conversations with prospective customers, we have often been asked to integrate an easy-to-use and hassle-free video communication solution. This is exactly where the Lifesize Icon 450 huddle and conference room video collaboration shines. The Lifesize Icon 450 is a simple, scalable way to deploy integrated, plug-and-play...Read More
Actis’s video conferencing partner Lifesize is known for its ability to fit with established workflows and systems in the collaboration space. Most business users want to remain with their current app and UI they are familiar with. Very few businesses are willing to drastically change their way of working just to accommodate a new tool....Read More
Modern calendar applications play a huge and pivotal role both in office and personal productivity. Integrated calendars help in optimising time management, streamlining collaborative projects, managing assignments and contribute to overall business efficiency. One of the biggest advantage calendar applications have over their older counterparts is the ability to sync your calendar with other people....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
Businesses are moving to the cloud as never before. Large enterprises as well as small and mid-sized companies are benefiting from the adoption of the latest communications and collaboration technologies in the cloud with no upfront investment. While the adoption of cloud-based video conferencing has several benefits, cloud computing also has its own set of...Read More
Today, building relationships with different business stakeholders is imperative. High-quality video conferencing will help you cement these relationships by communicating effectively as if you were there in person. There are several reasons why you should install video conferencing for your business. In a video and a white paper, Lifesize talks about the top 8 reasons...Read More
Have you ever shuffled between the remotes for audio and video conferencing in a meeting? Often the audio gets stuck or you are not able to share data or see the screen. It’s complicated until we make it simple. Lifesize has introduced an exceptional video conference phone called Lifesize Phone HD that lets you control...Read More
Video conferencing is now practically ubiquitous. However, it is not just your new, convenient communication option. It has now been proven that video conferencing technology also significantly reduces carbon emissions and safeguards against global climate change. Consider these points: 1/3 of all carbon dioxide emissions come from travel. Industry, by comparison, accounts for just 14%...Read More
If you regularly use seamless video conferencing, you know how much it contributes to business productivity and the bottom line. Today, both large and small organisations use video conferencing to connect with remote users. However, do you know what enables the video conferencing call to be as perfect and seamless as it is? It’s something...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.
