DEREK WILSON Chief Technology Officer SAVI Controls When it comes to education and collaboration, there is no question that technology has changed the game. To serve the new era workplace and campus environments, control systems need to provide more than just a way to control the lights in a classroom or the temperature in office. Campus-wide and enterprise AV systems have the ability to facilitate more efficient learning, working, and collaboration by coordinating efforts across departments or even entire systems. But this means that manufacturers need to think beyond person-to-person collaboration and consider “collaborative information” like site-wide messaging, multisite content distribution, shareable classrooms, and asset tracking. Consider how much time is wasted due to miscommunication or lack of collaboration between departments or teams—and then imagine how much
“Intuitive AV systems help create a more dynamic, engaging, and connected experience.” — Derek Wilson Chief Technology Officer SAVI Controls
more productive organizations could be if everyone had access to the right information at the right time. AV systems can provide this collaborative cross department information needed to schedule and automate tasks while managing events in real time, monitoring and maintaining equipment, tracking critical data, and
avoiding downtime. Intuitive AV systems help create a more dynamic, engaging, and connected experience for students, teachers, and employees by integrating content across different systems making it easy to access documents and materials from anywhere and deploy it anywhere—be it a phone, computer, screen, projector, or whiteboard.