Day Two! It’s time to provide you with another wrap-up of my day. Of course, it included more sponsor interviews, chats with attendees, and my favorite part: The Technology in Practice Tour. First, we attended the AVIXA Women’s Breakfast. This is like the third or fourth year that I’ve attended this and I’m so excited […]

Hi everyone! This is your favorite wrap-up of Day One of InfoComm. Yes, I am posting this a day late. Yes, this will be a trend. First thing’s first: My day began with sponsor interviews. This was actually most of my day. While yes, people pay for these, I still think they are worth watching. […]

For the better part of the last decade, the technology industry treated “The Cloud” like the answer to every question. Need more processing power? Cloud. Need analytics? Cloud. Need AI? Definitely cloud. For a while, that was the industry’s favorite chorus. And for a while, that made perfect sense. Centralized cloud computing gave organizations enormous […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST InfoComm 2026 is rapidly approaching. Booths are being built, demos are being fine-tuned and product launches are being readied for their debut in Las Vegas. With nearly 750 exhibitors spread across the convention center, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer size and scope of the show. That’s where […]

InfoComm 2026 is rapidly approaching. Booths are being built, demos are being fine-tuned and product launches are being readied for their debut in Las Vegas. With nearly 750 exhibitors spread across the convention center, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer size and scope of the show. That’s where we come in. At rAVe […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST InfoComm 2026 is rapidly approaching. Booths are being built, demos are being fine-tuned and product launches are being readied for their debut in Las Vegas. With nearly 750 exhibitors spread across the convention center, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer size and scope of the show. That’s where […]

It has been 13 years since I wrote the initial guide to Surviving the InfoComm Zombie Apocalypse, so I thought it was time for a reboot for 2026! Nearly 750 companies will be on the floor exhibiting at InfoComm 2026, and with around 30,000 attendees, there is potential to leave after three days transformed into an AV […]

We’re halfway through 2026, and I have one pressing question on my mind — does Thread even Matter in 2026? After an exhaustive couple of years of bench testing, product testing, product advising and generally playing and programming with the most common automation protocols and hubs in the world today, I think it’s prudent to […]

It’s hard to believe that InfoComm 2026 is only a couple of weeks away. There’s a lot in store for this year with new product launches and maybe even some surprise showcases. Here at rAVe, we’ve got something special to share with you all too! At the show, we’ll be giving away rAVe T-shirts with […]

InfoComm is the AV industry’s premier showcase for new products and solutions, but with more than 750 companies and organizations attending, it’s also a golden opportunity for networking. rAVe [PUBS], an official media partner for InfoComm 2026, has compiled a list of on-floor happy hours, association networking events, official after-parties and invite-only receptions to make […]

By Tom Zerega, founder and chief executive officer at Magnetic 3D AV integrators in 2026 are no longer just installing displays and audio systems — they are tasked with creating experiences that seamlessly blend into architectural environments and require deep human factors design-thinking. Today’s RFPs increasingly embed “immersive” into the requirements as if it were […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST By Jim Bask, Broadfield Distributing Why ProAV Integrators Are Being Asked to Play in Broadcast Territory Corporate clients are no longer satisfied with “good enough” video. After years of Zoom fatigue and the normalization of high-production livestreams from major brands, even mid-sized companies now expect broadcast-level quality for internal and […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST By: Joe Mukherjee, Director for HP Poly The ProAV channel is experiencing sustained margin pressure, reshaping how integrators compete and expand their businesses. The hardware categories that once supported stable profitability have become increasingly standardized, making it difficult to maintain product-level differentiation. Many competitive bids now arrive with similar configurations, […]

The world has a memory problem. The critical point about memory is that you don’t realize how much you need it until you lose it. The ProAV and live events industry has yet to fully recognize its own oncoming memory problem while global memory chip shortages are already crippling entire industries and businesses. The rapid […]

Every year around this time, I start building my InfoComm schedule and immediately realize two things: And honestly, that’s why I still love trade shows. You can plan all you want — map the halls, stack meetings back-to-back, color-code the calendar like you’re running NORAD — and then somebody pulls you into a booth and […]

It’s important to have role models. And not just good role models, like most people say. I think you should have both: people you aspire to be like and people you never want to be like. I’ll defend my position on that another time. Today, I want to talk about good role models and the […]

By Brandon White, Director of Product Development, Vanco International AV-over-IP has become the norm for ProAV transport and distribution, and for good reason: it offers powerful flexibility, scale and routing options that other transport approaches cannot match. But that does not mean it is automatically the right transport for every job. AV-over-IP solves a lot […]

Dictionary.com defines trust as both a noun and a verb, including the following definitions: In AV Land, the idea of trust can often be fleeting. Stories of backstabbing or stealing AV projects are not uncommon. Marketing can often be misleading, using words like “zero latency” in digital audio or video systems, when most require to […]

The crowds packed ISE this year. We escaped the main artery of the hall, turned a corner and found ourselves in a quiet aisle. There, tucked away on the edge of a massive stand in Hall 3, was the real story of the show. As the content tour leader for ISE’s VIP tours, my job […]

It’s been a minute since NAB Show 2026 wrapped, but I feel compelled to include my thoughts here anyway. (Sometimes it takes me a minute to get myself together, OK!?) I mentioned some of these thoughts on LinkedIn, but I needed more space to fully write about what I saw and what I thought of […]

I was inspired to write this blog by this short, 10-second video:   At first, this video appears to be just a crazy mix of Euro-tech hip-hop and a bad videographer. But as I watched it over and over and over, something just grabbed me. And what it was may surprise you. This video is […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST At most universities, lecture halls and classrooms include rows of seats, a podium, a screen at the front of the room, and an implicit assumption that one person will talk while everyone else listens. That model made sense when information was scarce. Today, every student walks in with access to […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST You remember InFocus. Founded in 1986 by two former Tektronix employees, the company made a name for itself through its DLP and LCD projectors and video calling tech. You may also remember that in 2011, InFocus expanded into the smartphone, tablet and LED TV market, with its primary product, Mondopad. […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST During UCC Day of LAVNCH WEEK 13, rAVe held a panel titled “Designing for the Hybrid Majority: What Actually Works in 2026.” The panel discussed how today’s collaboration spaces must support hybrid meetings and how this requirement is becoming the norm. Featured on the panel were our very own Steph […]

It’s the last day for LAVNCH WEEK 13, rAVe’s virtual event series that combines thought leadership, education and AV product updates. The theme for today? ProAV. Presenters emphasized the future of the AV industry, with a growing presence of AI and emerging technologies. Here is a wrap-up of the day’s content. From Connecting Technology to […]

Over the last few years, I’ve had the opportunity to visit a lot of corporate experience centers. World-class, award-winning spaces from companies like Microsoft, Google, Deloitte, Verizon, Teradata, BMC, Illumina, HPE and Red Hat. These centers are not just nice to have. They are central to how these companies engage their most important customers and […]

As global e-waste continues to grow by millions of tons each year, the AV industry is under mounting pressure to reduce its environmental impact through improved product design, lifecycle management and industry-wide sustainability initiatives. According to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, global e-waste generation is increasing by 2.6 million tons annually. Sustainability […]

If you look back at my history of writing about NAB, one of my most consistent complaints has been that the event felt disjointed. I never meant that as a casual criticism. I meant it as a real problem. The show often felt like somebody had emptied a warehouse full of unrelated technologies onto the […]

By Joe Mukherjee, Director for HP Poly Modernizing collaboration spaces is often framed as a technology decision. The assumption is that newer platforms, refreshed devices or expanded feature sets will naturally improve meeting experiences. In practice, modernization introduces a different kind of challenge, centered on lifecycle, long-term support and the ability to adapt over time. […]

If you missed Day Two of LAVNCH WEEK 13, and that feeling of regret is starting to set in, fear no more! I’m here to give you a recap of UCC Day. But if that’s not enough and you want the full recap, watch the session on demand HERE. With panels covering everything from how […]

By Matt Sailor, CEO of IC Realtime Home security has become one of the most common topics homeowners bring up when working with HomeAV and CI professionals. Clients who once focused on audio, video and networking now expect integrators to guide them on cameras, AI analytics, remote monitoring and deterrence features. As this shift accelerates, […]

Day One of LAVNCH WEEK 13 got off to a roaring start. Tuesday, April 7, was all about security as we did a deep dive on AV and security convergence and how it’s impacting our industry. The Evolving Role of Physical Security in a Connected Technology Ecosystem Security Day kicked off with a keynote from […]