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Panasonic focuses on collaboration for business Panasonic Visual Systems Solutions has announced that it will expand its product offering in 2021 with a wider range of collaboration solutions to address the changing needs of European businesses. The increased focus on wireless presentation and communication solutions, alongside its established touchscreen displays and projectors, will enable businesses to more easily share, collaborate and present information. In addition, Panasonic will be able to provide a complete range of technology solutions, as a single integrated provider, to fulfil any requirement. “Social and business trends are converging to change the way we work,” explained Hart-
mut Kulessa, European Marketing Manager at Panasonic Business. “The arrival of the Generation Z workforce has raised expectations for intuitive technology and bring your own device (BYOD) policies have created the need for fast, open, and wireless connectivity. There is a move away from formal presentations to more collaborative workspaces and organisations now need a range of integrated, wireless collaboration and presentation solutions that work out of the box in any environment. Panasonic is that provider.” For BYOD workplaces, Panasonic has a range of wireless, plug and play technology to enable employees to turn up and work, whatever their device. For
Rene Buhay, VP of Sales and Marketing at AVer Europe advices that schools need to keep on top of the new technology available to them in a post pandemic world. “When COVID-19 struck and we moved into a pandemic, the lack of digital capability of some schools was exposed. Many of these schools were likely planning for slow digitalisation before the pandemic. But their long-term plans suddenly became very short-term actions, and many administrators adapted admirably by accelerating digital transformation to reimagine education.” Technology leaders moved quickly to reconfigure everything from basic lesson plans to graduation ceremonies for online access. The contingency plans worked well enough in the short term, but what happens next? Should schools return to the traditional meth-
ods they relied on before the pandemic? It is likely that institutions that were on the fence about digitally transforming their curriculums and facilities, now have a little experience with technology solutions, so are more likely to embrace them going forward. Teachers are likely to feel they are better at using technology after going through the pandemic, which forced changes to their teaching processes. “Many teachers who were once passive about their education technology—simply using the few devices that the school forced upon them—will now actively seek more advanced solutions to help them teach, whether they’re doing so in hybrid classrooms or fully online. Additionally, schools will be afraid of being caught off guard by unplanned disruptions again. This is especially
example, Panasonic’s recently launched PressIT Wireless Presentation System is a convenient and affordable solution allowing up to four people to simultaneously share content at the touch of a button. For organisations requiring a high-end, integrated presentation solution then WolfVision’s Cynap Pure wireless presentation system can be fully integrated into Panasonic’s SQ1 displays using its Intel SDM slot for a completely cable, dongle and set-top box free experience. Panasonic’s wireless projectors also minimise the need for cables and its wireless dongle solution can be retrofitted to many projector models for adaptation to the changing workplace.
Panasonic’s recently launched PressIT Wireless Presentation System is a convenient and affordable solution allowing up to four people to simultaneously share content at the touch of a button.
For creative collaboration and learning, Panasonic has a range of infrared touchscreen displays and InGlass touchscreen displays for the most
there is a solution for every type of collaborative environment. To enable remote workers to communicate with colleagues, Panasonic offers an HD Visual Communications system for remote video conferencing and displays with Built-in CISCO Webex optimisation for ease of use and enhanced sound and picture quality in meetings rooms.
precise annotation capabilities. These are available alongside its comprehensive interactive whiteboard displays and interactive projectors to ensure
Digital transformation for reimagined education
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“Many experts and leaders are pushing for what has been termed “reimagining education,” by developing an agile, innovative and future focused hybrid deep learning system.”
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true in the competitive, often profit-driven world of higher education. Digital transformation is now becoming a necessary means of survival as this new digital world requires educators to adapt and adopt digital technologies, methodologies and mindsets.” “Many experts and leaders are pushing for what has been termed “reimagining education,” by developing an agile, innovative and future focused hybrid deep learning system.” Buhay sums up that there is “No way” schools should revert back to old ways of teaching. “Digital transformation is here to stay and AVer can offer educational institutions the flexibility to create customised teaching and learning solutions. By mixing and matching from a wide range of first-rate classroom technology, AVer can provide the latest and best in classroom solutions to en-