Columns & Features

Associations Focus: Designed for Success

In order to provide more opportunities for professionals with C-SI or C-EST designations and participants in...

IT Trends: Digital Deployment

By Brian Glass

Software deployment has been a problem since the dawn of the personal computer. In the prehistoric time before PCs, software deployment was not an issue because, back then, software was simply installed on the central computer, and everyone automatically had access to the same set of tools. In the PC era, on the other hand, there are literally endless ways to configure individual and group systems...

POV: Raising Our Voices

By Richard E. Reed

Just over a year ago, InfoComm International's board of directors decided to allow the association to re-enter the government relations arena as a service...

Meeting Special Needs

By Rosanne Soifer

The phrase special education never elicits a mild response. To a parent with a child in a special-ed class, it may mean heartbreak, nightmares about the...

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Flashy Digital Signage

By Jeff Sauer

In the June issue of Sound & Video Contractor, I offered an overview of digital video file and compression formats...

House of Tomorrow, Today

By Michael Goldman

If you are as old as I am, you might remember the House of Tomorrow featured at Disneyland throughout the 1960s. For those who don't date back that far,...

POV: Workforce Development

By Melissa Taggart

With the increasing importance of technology as a means to communicate, educate, and entertain, AV professionals have become vital contributors to a wide...

Security Watch: Security in Vegas

By Steve Filippini

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to attend the International Security Conference in Las Vegas. Commonly referred to as ISC West, this tradeshow...

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More Pixels, More Problems

By Jeff Sauer

Why would anyone complain about the trend toward higher-resolution displays, or even high-definition video, in general? After all, what's not to like about higher-quality moving images shot by higher-resolution cameras and shown on higher-resolution monitors?...