Whether it is cabling, audio visual, or video conferencing, it is common for a client to ask, “can you make sure it is future-proof?” This comes from the fear of future expense/s and the inconvenience if the equipment or cabling needs to be replaced in an unreasonably short time frame. Perhaps, it also comes from … Continued
Top tips for looking and sounding like a PRO in a Video Call
Every video call these days has people joining from home and it’s not changing anytime soon. While you are likely to be satisfied with how others are being presented, have you thought about how others are seeing and hearing you? If you are hard to hear, or your equipment produces echo and/or other annoying noises, … Continued
Crash Course in Copper & Data Infrastructure Installations Part 2
Learn what to keep an eye on RJ45 patch cords and the protocols to managing your patching in copper and data infrastructure installations. If you haven’t read through Lessons 1 and 2, you should absolutely do so before moving forward. It covers important information on RJ45 patch panels and patch cord management. Read more here. … Continued
Crash Course in Copper & Data Infrastructure Installations Part 1
Introducing the part 1 of 2 to your crash course in copper and data infrastructure installations. In this lesson, we’ll learn more about data communications protocols such as things you need to know about RJ45 patch panels and patch cord management. Lesson 1: Should I use straight or angled RJ45 patch panels? First – let’s … Continued
5 Myths about Copper and Fibre Data Cabling
Many claims create myths surrounding copper and fibre data cabling. Here are five of them. 1. Any old Electrician can do the cabling This is not necessarily the case. Many customers believe cheap is best and “my electrician can just do it while he does the power cabling”. In some cases, this can be true … Continued
8 Critical Decisions That Are Often Not Considered when Planning Office Electrical and Infrastructure Cabling That You Need to Know
Planning your office electrical and infrastructure cabling? Here are 8 critical decisions often not considered when customers are planning their office Electrical and infrastructure cabling and why it’s important for you. Letting the builder include it in their scope. Our experience is quite often the builder is tasked with including the Electrical and Communications specification … Continued
Things to Consider Before Relocating Your Office Equipment
When you relocate your office, what should you do with your installed conference room equipment? Read on to find out!
The Secret To Your Successful Video Room Cable SetUp
Let’s address an issue which doesn’t seem exciting and causes most of the problems — The Cabling. Almost always, the cabling needs to be adjusted to suit YOUR room layout or we need to add something additional to what comes in the box. Let’s cover the basics here. Power cabling. Every device that needs 240V will require … Continued
Everything You Ever Needed To Know About Agnostic Software
Some hardware manufacturers have an AGNOSTIC view of video conferencing software which means that their hardware will serve any software package you have in the room. Often this means you would BYOD (i.e. your own PC) with the software installed and connect via USB cables to the camera and microphones etc. These are useful when … Continued
The Finest Project in my Career
By Ashlee Ball Senior Client Development Manager Having been a sales specialist in the IT industry for a while now, I’ve presided over the sales and delivery of 1000’s of technical projects. Each and every one of them were subtly different, each client was heavily involved and influenced the outcomes in ways that manufacturers couldn’t … Continued