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By Kripa shenoy

-- June 19, 2025

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The dreaded Monday morning chorus in hybrid meeting rooms.

A frustrated IT manager put it best:

πŸ—£οΈ β€œπ»π‘Žπ‘™π‘“ π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑒π‘₯𝑒𝑐 π‘šπ‘’π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘”π‘  π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž 𝐴𝑉 π‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘œπ‘ . π‘π‘œπ‘œπ‘š π‘€π‘œπ‘›β€™π‘‘ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘›π‘’π‘π‘‘. π΄π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘œβ€™π‘  π‘šπ‘’π‘‘π‘’π‘‘. π‘Šπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘›π‘” 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑒𝑑. 𝑃𝑃𝑇 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑑 π‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘€π‘–π‘›π‘” 𝑒𝑝 π‘œπ‘› π‘ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’π‘›. π΄π‘”π‘Žπ‘–π‘›.”

The hardware isn’t broken.Β The setup looks fine.

But something isn’t rightβ€”and nobody knows until someone from IT runs into the room and does the old-fashioned β€œequipment sweep.”

πŸ”» 𝐡𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑑𝑠 π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘‘π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘”
πŸ“ˆ π‘†π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘£π‘–π‘π‘’ π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘˜π‘’π‘‘π‘  𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑝
😀 π‘ˆπ‘ π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘›π‘π‘’ π‘€π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›
πŸ’Έ 𝐼𝑇 π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘šπ‘  π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘› β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  𝑓𝑖π‘₯𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘Žπ‘£π‘œπ‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’ 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑠

This is the hidden pain in thousands of conference rooms worldwide. 𝑡𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆. π‘Ήπ’π’–π’•π’Šπ’π’†.

AV Support Teams Are Fighting an Uphill Battle:

β€’ 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 π‘–π‘›π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘’π‘‘ 𝑏𝑒𝑑 π‘›π‘œπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑦 π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘
β€’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘¦ π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘‘ – 𝑖𝑓 π‘ π‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ 
β€’ πΌπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘¦ π‘“π‘’π‘›π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘Žπ‘™, 𝑏𝑒𝑑 π‘›π‘œπ‘‘ π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œπ‘”π‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ
β€’ 𝐸𝑛𝑑 π‘’π‘ π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  𝑔𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘€β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ β€œπ»π·π‘€πΌ 2” 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 π‘šπ‘’π‘Žπ‘›π‘ 

What’s Missing?

A smarter, autonomous, cross-enterprise, AV management layer.

βœ… π‘ˆπ‘›π‘–π‘“π‘–π‘’π‘‘ 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑦 π‘Žπ‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘ π‘  π‘‘π‘–π‘ π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘¦π‘ , π‘šπ‘–π‘π‘ , π‘π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘π‘ , π‘ π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ 
βœ… 𝐴𝐼 π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘“π‘™π‘Žπ‘”π‘  𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑠 π‘π‘’π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘’π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘ 
βœ… πΆπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘ π‘ -π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘š π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘π‘–π‘™π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ (π‘π‘œπ‘œπ‘š, π‘‡π‘’π‘Žπ‘šπ‘ , π‘Šπ‘’π‘π‘’π‘₯, πΆπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘›, 𝑒𝑑𝑐.)
βœ… π΄π‘’π‘‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘’π‘™π‘–π‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ β€œπ‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘Žπ‘™-π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘-π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘Ÿβ€ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘‘π‘’ π‘ β„Žπ‘’π‘“π‘“π‘™π‘’

AV Management Is Evolving. And Converging:

β€’ πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘Žπ‘™ π‘β„Žπ‘’π‘π‘˜π‘  β†’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘Žπ‘’π‘‘π‘œπ‘›π‘œπ‘šπ‘œπ‘’π‘  π‘Žπ‘ π‘ π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’
β€’ πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘π‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘’ π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘˜π‘’π‘‘π‘  β†’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘’ π‘–π‘›π‘ π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘π‘ 
β€’ πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π‘π‘œπ‘ π‘‘ π‘ π‘–π‘›π‘˜ β†’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘”π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ β„Žπ‘¦π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘ π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘˜
β€’ πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š β€œπΆπ‘Žπ‘› π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ β„Žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿ π‘šπ‘’?” β†’ π‘‘π‘œ β€œπΈπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” 𝑗𝑒𝑠𝑑 π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘˜π‘ .”

This isn’t about buying more hardware.

𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’Žπ’‚π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’†π’™π’Šπ’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’”π’šπ’”π’•π’†π’Žπ’” π’˜π’π’“π’Œ 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓, π’”π’Žπ’‚π’“π’•π’†π’“.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐒𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧: 𝐴𝐼 𝐴𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘’π‘‘π‘œ-𝑠𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑝 π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘œπ‘šπ‘ , π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘“π‘¦ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘“π‘–π‘”π‘ , π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑓𝑖π‘₯ π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘  – π‘π‘’π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘¦ π‘šπ‘’π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘’ π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘’π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘”-π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘œπ‘š.

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