To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony…
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At a time when the world needs to be closer while being apart, Lumen Technologies and Zoom have been bringing together their technology capabilities and communications expertise to help businesses keep their vital conversations going. Today, they are expanding that partnership and offering customers Zoom delivered by Lumen. This solution provides an enhanced collaboration experience for businesses around the world, combining the speed and reliability of the Lumen platform with Zoom’s world-class collaboration solutions. “When the world turned to virtual meetings, Zoom turned to Lumen’s fibre network to power its best-in-class video communications platform,” said Shaun Andrews, chief marketing officer…
Promethean’s State of Technology in Education research project has been updated for 2020 / 2021 It’s wider reaching and promises to be more insightful than ever. This year the research gathered opinions from over 2,000 educators across the UK & Ireland. Here are a selection of the most important conclusions and some observations from AV News. Now in its fifth year, with input from over 8,000 educators to date, Promethean’s annual State of Technology in Education report is more important than ever. By gathering the opinions of over 2,000 educators during lockdown, Promethean found out which strategies and technologies schools…
Exertis has launched its intelligent cloud services platform, a comprehensive full-service cloud technology proposition designed to meet the bespoke needs of resellers with market-leading customer service and support. Exertis Cloud will provide licensing for Microsoft with end-to-end delivery, providing comprehensive cloud solutions to equip users with all the tools, resources and support that customers need to unlock the advantages of cloud services. The focus is on simplicity and support for resellers, along with an innovative marketing programme that makes it easy for small-to-medium reseller businesses to lean on Exertis for full-service marketing support. Customers will experience a bespoke portal, a…
With a new board in place GV Multimedia, has a brand-new look and name. One of the largest and oldest AV integrators in the industry, newly appointed joint MDs Daniel Abrahams and Kristian Cutting explain the motivation behind their relaunch and how they pulled it off during a pandemic. Founded almost 45 years ago, veteran AV integration and system design specialist has rebranded, updating it’s digital presence and identity and changing the business name to GVAV, to reflect the changing times and technology. “In the early days, our name reflected the technology and services we were delivering. I’ve worked in…
Vision’s tethered four-in-one Multi HDMI Adaptor ensures quick and easy meeting connections. Vision’s new Multi HDMI Adaptor is now shipping, providing a simple but always-there solution to meeting connectivity. “It’s such a pain having several loose adaptors floating around a conference room. They get lost, or visitors put them in their bag and take them away in error, leading to annoying delays next time the meeting space is used,” explains Vision Managing Director, Stuart Lockhart. “We’ve solved the problem with a tethered four-in-one HDMI adaptor for the commonly-used video formats, which is driver-free, ensuring participants get connected immediately.” The Multi…
Disguise has recognised the need to take learning online. Users can now access the company’s full complement of training courses directly from a new online learning management system (LMS), free to anyone looking to upskill in any of the disguise workflows and disciplines. The launch of the online platform coincides with disguise’s decision to extend the free licence for their market-leading Designer software until June 2021 in an initiative to extend learning opportunities to all. The disguise training team has redesigned the entire training programme, in order to facilitate remote and flexible learning. The new programme will split each major…
Distributor Maverick AV Solutions and unified communications specialist Collabtech have joined forces to launch expert training for teachers utilising the Microsoft Teams platform. David Johnson, general manager at Maverick AV Solutions, said: “Microsoft Teams has become essential for modern learning at all stages of education. Many educators are familiar with the use of Microsoft Office, however the transition to hybrid working requires new skill sets. We have worked with the collaboration specialists at Collabtech to test and develop a set of training sessions for our integrators to deploy rapidly into the education market.” The course, which will be delivered by…
Hybrid working success is about culture as much as it is about technology, says TelcoSwitch. As the pandemic rumbles on and additional work-from-home recommendations are issued by the government, what was once considered a temporary remote working situation has now evolved into a broader, more long-term concept of hybrid working. For unified communications and collaboration specialist TelcoSwitch, making a success of the hybrid approach means not just putting the right technology in place, but also ensuring that the overall workplace culture means leaders can effectively managed dispersed teams. After a short period where employees were encouraged to return to their…