Sony Electronics announced that its new BRAVIA Professional Displays BZ-P Series has been certified under Cisco’s Collaboration Devices certification program as a verified display. The company said that this strengthens Sony’s dedication to open enterprise ecosystems. This new certification builds directly on Sony’s foundational partnership with Cisco, which previously brought certification to models like the FW-32BZ30J,  FW-100BZ40J  and the BZ-L […]

InfoComm 2026 has officially wrapped, and as usual the rAVe team did an outstanding job covering the products, booths, announcements and personalities that make the show one of the most important events in professional AV. Between videos, interviews and on-site reporting, virtually every significant product announcement found its way into the rAVe coverage pipeline. One […]

Ashton Bentley officially launched its new ABMX Display Mount range. The company said that this strengthens its collaboration with Cisco and expands its portfolio of meeting room solutions optimized for Cisco collaboration technology. The company said that the new range is designed to provide a structured upgrade path for organizations moving from legacy Cisco MX […]

InfoComm 2026, held June 13-19 in Las Vegas, Nevada, brought together the global pro AV industry for a week of innovation, education, networking, and business development. The show welcomed 28,132 verified attendees from 94 countries, with international attendance representing 20% of attendees, and end users representing 37%. Total registrants totaled 35,707. InfoComm 2026 hosted 807 […]

NetSpeek officially announced new autonomous operational capabilities for Lena, its AI-native platform for AV, Unified Communications and Digital Signage environments. The company will demonstrate the Lena platform at InfoComm 2026. The company said that the latest advancements enable Lena to detect operational issues, diagnose root causes and execute remediation workflows across multi-vendor environments with little […]

FAIRFAX, Va. June 2, 2026 — InfoComm 2026, the largest professional audiovisual trade show in North America, will debut its first-ever Media Day on Wednesday, June 17, a new, curated experience designed to give attending media and analysts early access to the most significant announcements, innovations and industry developments at this year’s show. Media Day […]

InfoComm 2026 announced that this year’s event will showcase how the workplace is being redefined in real time. Attendees will experience how technology, design and data are uniting to shape what’s next. The event will take place June 13-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. InfoComm 2026 will aim to spotlight […]

InfoComm 2026 will showcase how artificial intelligence is reshaping the AV industry and enabling more intelligent, adaptive and human-centered environments across industries. “AI is fundamentally reshaping how AV systems are designed, deployed, and experienced,” said Jenn Heinold, senior vice president, expositions, Americas, AVIXA, producer of InfoComm. “At InfoComm 2026, we’re bringing together the leaders and […]

At InfoComm 2026, Cisco’s Espen Løberg will deliver a keynote address on how “Connected Intelligence” is transforming the modern workplace. Løberg, who is the vice president and general manager of collaboration devices at Cisco, will explain how organizations can integrate systems that power collaboration, such as AV and IT infrastructure, workplace analytics and AI-driven experiences […]

InfoComm officially announced that InfoComm 2026 will showcase the technologies, strategies and real-world deployments that are driving the future of conferencing and collaboration. The show is set to take place June 13-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center with exhibits June 17-19. In this year’s lineup, attendees will hear from Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Logitech, Zoom, […]

Cisco is launching a new generation of collaboration devices ahead of ISE 2026. Cisco hopes to capitalize on AI, AVoIP networking, and unified management, becoming the heart of modern workplaces with its new releases. The company announced three major devices: the Room Kit Pro G2, Desk Pro G2 and Wireless Phone 9821. In addition to […]

Cisco announced a suite of artificial intelligence-driven collaboration tools on Tuesday at WebexOne 2025, including new device software and integrations designed to help organizations automate meeting tasks and simplify IT management. The company introduced RoomOS 26, an updated operating system for Cisco collaboration devices built on NVIDIA chipsets. For integrators, the software brings new features […]

Today at WebexOne, Cisco unveiled new AI-based solutions for UCC including Cisco Spatial Meetings, Ceiling Microphone Pro, a new Cisco AI Assistant for Webex capabilities and more. Cisco Spatial Meetings aims to turn any space equipped with a Cisco Room Bar Pro into an immersive studio and deliver spatial video to Webex for Apple Vision […]

Cisco detailed new Webex AI Agent, AI Agent Studio and Cisco AI Assistant features for Webex Contact Center. These AI solutions leverage advanced conversational intelligence and automation to enhance customer interactions. Cisco announced the new Webex AI Agent today that is basically a self-service concierge that takes actions and handles customer inquiries with natural dialogue […]

Sound Control Technologies (SCT) introduced the RM-3CP and RM-3CP-PRO microphone extension systems for extending up to three Cisco Mic 20/Mic 60 and Table-J/Table-E microphones from the Cisco Codec Plus, Codec Pro, Codec EQ, Room Bar and Room Bar Pro using standard CAT cable up to 100 meters. The RM-3CP natively supports up to three TRRS […]

Last night, Kinly hosted an exclusive event for its customers during InfoComm 2024. AV professionals joined the integration firm and its partners Cisco, Crestron, Sharp and Legrand AV for a night of networking and entertainment at The Sphere in Las Vegas. “We’ve been tremendously excited for InfoComm 2024. It is THE forum to get hands-on […]

Sennheiser announced that its combined solution with Q-SYS, a cloud-manageable audio, video, and control (AV&C) Platform, has achieved certification for use with Cisco’s Collaboration Devices. ​This certification represents “the integration of Cisco’s Collaboration Devices with Sennheiser’s TCC 2 and the Q-SYS Core Nano processor, delivering audio connectivity and control features for contemporary meeting and learning […]

Welcome to my 24th annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! It’s been an honor to have written this for 24 straight years and even more of an honor for it to have so many thousands of readers annually — it’s almost always our most-read article of the year on rAVe [PUBS]. So, if you’re reading this right […]

What a show! I am proud to say we sent reporters from rAVe [PUBS] to every single booth at ISE 2024 earlier this month to shoot videos of new (and returning!) products. We amassed a cache of more than 2,100 videos, and we posted them all on our (beautiful) ISE microsite, which also includes photos, […]

On today’s episode of rAVe [TV], Gary and I talk about a few of our favorite products on the show floor, including ones from Barco, DTEN, Samsung and more. We also feature Frederick Loucks from Domotz as our guest to talk a little bit about remote management. Finally, Gary rounds out the episode with a […]

Cisco and Samsung Electronics announced new meeting room solutions aimed at the UCC market. The solutions feature Front Row — an inclusive content layout for Microsoft Teams Rooms, with either Samsung’s newly unveiled 105” Smart Signage (model name: QPD-5K) with a 21:9 aspect ratio and 5K resolution or Samsung 4K Smart Signage screens. The combination […]

Cisco and Bang & Olufsen unveiled new wireless earbuds built with enterprise-grade features customized for professionals using UC applications frequently. The Bang & Olufsen Cisco 950 Earbuds address increased customer expectations for multifunctional devices that fit their lifestyles in and out of work. The earbuds are “fully manageable in Cisco’s Control Hub platform, giving IT […]

AVI-SPL announced it won the Cisco Webex Reimagine Workspaces Partner of the Year (Americas) award for 2023. The award recognizes the solutions provider that has had the most success selling and implementing Cisco Video Devices to help customers. AVI-SPL says it has been a leading Cisco solutions provider for more than a decade and continues […]

22Miles today announces its native content management system (CMS) integration with Webex by Cisco, targeting the UCC market. Now available on the Webex App Hub, this updated integration allows Webex users to unify content and functionality across digital signage, collaboration tools, room scheduling and other necessary resources to support the modern hybrid work environment. The 22Miles CMS […]

Microsoft and Cisco will join InfoComm 2023 to discuss advancing the hybrid workplace through the latest collaboration technology. This session adds to the wide-ranging program focused on conferencing and collaboration at InfoComm, which includes more than 40 education sessions, leading solution providers across the trade show floor featuring expert-led tours, and much more. On Wednesday, […]

Through collaboration with its partners, Microsoft is using the new version of Teams Rooms to lighten the load for IT teams who have to manage numerous BYOD (bring your own device) rooms. As promised, native Microsoft Teams Rooms experiences are now available on Cisco’s video technology — a portfolio of Teams-certified devices by Cisco covering all workspaces. Cisco […]

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Lightware Visual Engineering announced the expansion of the company’s Integrations Partnership initiative with key global industry players. Complementing the announced relationship with Cisco last year, a rapidly growing list of integration partners is headed by ADI Icron, Utelogy Corporation and Xyte. The program, made possible through Lightware’s Open API capabilities, “unlocks unprecedented creative opportunities for […]

Lightware Visual Engineering’s journey towards a SolutionsPlus partnership with Cisco started back in 2018 and has recently gained “a powerful momentum with the development of hybrid collaboration across the AV industry.” The companies say this partnership offers industry solutions for hybrid collaborative environments and encourages partners and customers across the world to contribute to their […]

Sony has enhanced its interoperability and integrations with third party alliance partners, by receiving certification from Crestron and Cisco for its BRAVIA 4K Professional Displays. Crestron has developed a global certification program, Crestron Connected, that is turn-key at the engineering level, allowing certified manufacturing partners to natively connect, communicate, and monitor from one central location. With previous certification for […]

AVI-SPL announced the debut of XTG (Experience Technology Group), a new business unit specializing in experiential technology design, integration, installation and support. The unit will work in partnership with an ecosystem of architects, experience designers, brand agencies, fabricators, consultants and technology vendors. We here at rAVe think this is an excellent move in the right direction for […]

Lightware Visual Engineering announced a partnership with Cisco and has become a Cisco Solutions Plus partner. Lightware will expand, extend and control Cisco Webex Room devices with a preconfigured appliance. With Lightware, users can expand the number of inputs and outputs of a system, extend the connectivity over longer distances and natively control the entire […]