LG Expands Express Install as Part of Broader Teams Rooms Standardization Push February 13, 2026 by John Berkovich LG Electronics USA has updated its Express Install for Microsoft Teams Rooms bundle, expanding the packaged solution to better support small meeting rooms as enterprises continue scaling hybrid collaboration environments. The bundle combines a 4K UHD LG commercial display with a Microsoft Teams-certified Jabra Panacast 40 video bar and a purpose-built stand, designed for deployment …
Outform Launches Dedicated Hospitality Division January 29, 2026 by John Berkovich Chicago-based Outform Group has launched a new business division, Outform Hospitality, to help hotel and resort brands design, source, and deliver branded guest environments faster and with greater cost certainty. Outform Group – part of a growing trend of companies opening hospitality divisions – said the new company is built around an integrated service model …
LG Simplifies Hybrid Collaboration with Express Install Teams Rooms Kit October 17, 2025 by John Berkovich LG Electronics USA has launched the “Express Install” video conferencing solution for Microsoft Teams Rooms, combining an LG 4K UHD display, Jabra PanaCast 50 video bar, and Salamander Designs Acadia tabletop stand in one package designed for deployment in under 90 minutes. The system aims to accelerate meeting room upgrades without wall drilling or complex …
Sony Bravia Displays Power Liquidview’s Digital Windows August 19, 2025 by John Berkovich A view of a neighbor’s wall sparked the idea for Liquidview, a company that creates “digital windows” displaying realistic scenes from around the world. Founder and CEO Mitch Braff, with a background in filmmaking and corporate communications, first explored the concept after visiting a client’s home where one dining room window faced a blank exterior. …
Despite RTO Calls, Omdia Predicts Video Conferencing Growth up until 2029 August 5, 2025 by Balthasar Mayer A new analysis from research firm Omdia suggests that the global market for video conferencing is still rising, growing by 5 percent year-over-year in 2024, to reach $18 billion in revenue. This comes from Omdia’s Market Landscape Report, that projects that market will continue expanding through 2029 – “despite challenging geopolitical conditions and ongoing economic …
Microsoft Pushes to Standardize Digital Signage with Android-Based Platform July 15, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger Over the past few months, our newsroom inbox has seen a few press releases trickle in about hardware vendors joining the Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) for digital signage. This prompted me to have a chat with MDEP expert Jon Sidwick from AV consultancy Blue Touch Paper. The article I wrote for invidis.com ended up …
Infocomm 25: AI in Digital Signage – Context is King June 16, 2025 by Florian Rotberg At this year’s Infocomm, AI was just about everywhere – or at least, the term was. But beneath marketing slogans or big-picture visions, actual meaningful AI integration was harder to find. That said, there were standouts – especially among companies focused on workplace solutions and interactivity. Some of the companies going beyond the hype were …
We Tried Google Beam – the Closest Thing to In-Person Conversation Yet June 4, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger In late 2024, my colleagues and I were lucky enough to experience a technology that Google still kept shrouded in mystery at the time: Google’s Project Starline. Hidden in two demo rooms at the ChromeOS Experience Center in San José, this early glimpse into what is now officially known as Google Beam left us stunned. …
Workspace Booking Platform Humly Expands Solutions To Company Parking Spaces May 16, 2024 by Dave Haynes The pandemic-triggered shift in how workspaces are designed and operated evolved the use-case for screen-based solutions around offices – adding shared desk availability to displays that pre-pandemic were more about meeting room assignments and availability. Now a Swedish company operating in that “workplace experience” space has added a new twist – visualizations that show the …
This Company Has A Meeting Room Sign Solution, That Doesn’t Need The Signs May 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes Atlanta CMS software firm Visix was an early adopter of meeting room sign technology, using tablets and then adding e-paper displays. Now the education and workplace-focused company has a no-hardware option that does pretty much everything an organization might need to book meeting and work spaces, but built around QR codes and web apps. The …
