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The AV Integrator’s Hobson’s Choice: Simplify the Room or Become an IT Company
Sometimes two announcements made within 24 hours of each other tell a much bigger story than either manufacturer intended. That is exactly what is happening this week with Cisco and Logitech.
Zoomtopia 2026 Fills In the Layers Between Conversation and Completion
Zoom dropped a lot of announcements at Zoomtopia 2026. The thread is that a single AI-capable platform facilitates modern workflows, or what Zoom calls Conversation to Completion. The company introduced or expanded capabilities across meetings, rooms, notes, contact center, revenue,…
Logitech Is Coming for the Big Rooms
For years, Logitech’s collaboration story has been easy to understand. It made meeting-room technology simpler. That simplicity, combined with aggressive pricing, broad platform support and a huge channel, helped Logitech become particularly successful in huddle spaces and small-to-medium meeting rooms….
Cisco Completes Its Collaboration Room Vision – By Making It Part of the Digital Workplace
Cisco made a lot of announcements at WebexOne this morning, and many of them extend well beyond what most of us would traditionally call collaboration. That is exactly why I think the collaboration story is more interesting this year. The…