Unconventional office spaces are generally the exception, not the norm. That’s why the likes of Google’s office, with its indoor slides, ladders, and micro-kitchens, garner so much attention. The inclusion of theme park-style elements in the workspace brings to mind images of an equally wacky ‘out-of-the-box’ brand identity and young,…
Zoom has added AI Companion capabilities to help improve connection, productivity and collaboration across the platform. The company’s generative AI assistant, Zoom AI Companion, can help administrators track AI usage and adoption, and call-centre agents improve interactions with customers. To help streamline the usage and adoption of AI Companion across…
Microsoft has announced that it is expanding access to Copilot for Microsoft 365 to businesses of all sizes, with no minimum seat requirement for commercial plans. Microsoft has previously required a 300-seat purchase minimum for Copilot for Microsoft 365 commercial plans. Copilot for Microsoft 365 gives priority access to the…
The narrative that in-person work environments are the sole breeding grounds for innovation and collaborative breakthroughs is outdated and fundamentally flawed in the context of the technologically driven world. That's according to Gleb Tsipursky, chief executive of future-of-work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts, writing in an article in Fortune. Tsipursky cites…
Professional AV has seen unprecedented change over the past few years due to many factors, including a global pandemic, supply chain constraints, reduced reliance on technology advancements and, of course, network convergence. The result is that professional AV has been flipped 180 degrees, from delivering low-volume, highly complex proprietary solutions…
Samsung has collaborated with KSCAPE, part of the K-array professional audio ecosystem, to transform the meeting room experience at the Samsung Display Experience Centre in Frankfurt. The solution is based on the KSCAPE RAIL, which aims to eliminate the chaos of cables via integrated lighting and audio capabilities within a…
It is one of modern life’s little ironies that the average meeting space is no longer a space where people meet – at least, not all of them. With hybrid working obviously here to stay, equipping meeting spaces now involves a delicate balancing act to satisfy the needs of both…
For Black History Month, NVCEG partnered with video conferencing and collaboration vendor, DTEN to deliver an inspiring virtual workshop to 30 classrooms across 14 schools. In October 2023, over 600 Year 6 and Sixth form pupils based across the UK, Poland, New York and Taiwan, joined the series of meetings,…
The ‘Spaghetti Junction’ of cabling that once surrounded the average AV system can now be replaced by wireless networking technologies. Some are already well established, and applications such as Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex and Zoom now enable wireless sharing of content directly from the application. “Wireless is becoming more popular…
Hi-tech companies like to be seen to practise what they preach. So when Vodafone Germany opened its own extended reality (XR) studio at its Düsseldorf headquarters in December 2022, it went for something absolutely state of the art. “When we designed Vodafone Studios, I don’t think anyone in Germany had…
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