On June 6, ClearOne announced its plan to launch its new line of COLLABORATE video conferencing products at InfoComm, which will include products for desktop video applications, room systems, infrastructure and management solutions.

COLLABORATE is an all-in-one voice, video and data collaboration solution, designed for organizations using unified Communications or popular cloud video conferencing services delivering true plug-and-play simplicity. COLLABORATE with optional VIEW™ Multimedia Viewer allows users to consume rich, high-definition multimedia content from anywhere on the enterprise network in the form of live media broadcasts, corporate presentations, on-demand videos, real-time dashboards, digital signage, etc.

COLLABORATE Desktop is a 1080p resolution desktop VTC system for video, audio and data transmission and will have the ability to send and receive video and data streams simultaneously. COLLABORATE Room can be ordered in SD, 720p, 1080/30 and 1080/60 resolutions. Aimed at small and medium businesses, plus corporate meeting rooms, it’s a software-based and server-less embedded multipoint (up to nine-way) video conferencing system with SIP/H.323 bridging interoperability, built-in recording and streaming, built-in remote content and data sharing and interactive multicast.

COLLABORATE MCU is a 100 percent software-based system that uses the enterprise’s video conferencing infrastructure by integrating multipoint conferencing, video recording, streaming and scheduling into an all-in-one approach. Embedded with COLLABORATE Central, ClearOne’s management tool, it can handle multipoint conferencing with up to 36 participants, offers continuous presence intelligent conference layouts for up to 25 participants at a time and features a special presenter mode for distance education and other vertical applications. COLLABORATE Netpoint enables video communication with any H.323 device using public IP, or any H.460 device and allows video endpoints behind firewalls to communicate in a real-time environment with other endpoints in both LAN/WAN and internet, regardless of firewall/NAT.

Read more about ClearOne’s COLLABORATE video conferencing solutions

Extron has recently announced the availability of MediaLink for the iPad. MediaLink for iPad is an AV control system App designed for the Apple iPad. It provides users with an additional point of control for up to 12 rooms with an installed Ethernet-enabled MediaLink controller, such as the MLC 104 IP Plus or the MLC 226 IP. Within the App, each button press is tracked between the App and the controller, allowing both to stay in sync. Presenters can wirelessly control the AV system using a Wi-Fi network, giving them the freedom to move throughout the room.

Read more about the Extraon MediaLink App for iPad.  The App costs $0.99 in the Apple App Store.

Read about the MSpace Room Control App.

On May 24th, Polycom introduced a rebranding of the company to emphasize its continued shift away from being a video conferencing hardware vendor to its software-based approach to communications technology.

The 22 year old company began talk about a shift toward a software focus last year, and has since supported this initiative with the expansion of its RealPresence unified communications (UC) platform. The UC platform focuses on extending collaboration capabilities to mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.

This transformation comes along with various trends in the enterprise—including bring your own device (BYOD), cloud computing and virtualization—and shifts the businesses’ demand away from hardware devices and more toward software solutions that make it easier to collaborate with them and manage them. Polycom executives have said their goal is to enable collaboration any time, from anywhere and on any device.

Read more about Polycom branding shifting from hardware to software.

As the world becomes smaller and global information networks proliferate at a dizzying pace, the ability of pictures to instantly transcend borders and cultures becomes ever more important. This webinar will show how to bring Broadcast quality lighting to environments outside of the Television Studio. By using basic lighting design techniques, we’ll show you how to enhance the presentation of visual images.

With exploding demand for visual communication on a variety of form factors, ranging from handheld devices to Telepresence room systems, a new set of challenges and demands such as scale, cost, quality and accessibility must be met by the video infrastructure. Learn how to address these issues and cost effectively meet your organization’s demand for personal video communication.

Presenter: Marty Hollander, Sr Vice President of Marketing Development for Vidyo

Peerless-AV has added 13 new models to its Desktop Range for monitors and tablets–and they have the Triple Screen Desktop LCD Mount LCT-103in their range.

Peerless-AV gives integrators and installers more ways to mount the customer’s choice of any number of monitors and tablets in any office, hospital or hospitality setting. All models are ergonomically designed for optimum screen placement and many include features such as smooth motion articulating arms for the easiest height, depth and tilt adjustment contributing to reduced eye and neck strain.

The company’s models are capable of supporting up to four screens on a single mount. Installation is easy, securing a display with a quick release mechanism, whilst many models include internal cable management for a clean, uncluttered appearance.