Features

Passing pleasures

Here today, gone tomorrow. Why would companies spend money on temporary installations in a recession? And more importantly when they do - what do they want? Anna Mitchell reports.


Tales of Egypt

Egyptians have witnessed rapid growth throughout their businesses and economy in recent years. But could the economic crisis and its subsequent impact on the country’s tourist industry set the nation back?

Challenging reality

Chris Fitzsimmons interviews Andreas Michl, a Senior virtual reality solutions consultant at Realtime Technology, to find out how the company uses AV technology in developing virtual prototyping and visualisation systems for major industrial companies.

Revenue Stream

With enterprises, houses of worship and just about everybody else streaming video, there are ample opportunities for integrators – at least those that know what they’re getting into. Tim Kridel investigates.

Conference calling

In the last ten years, voice conferencing equipment has shrunk from a whole rack, to a single 2U unit. Chris Fitzsimmons talks to vendors about where we’re at now, what the future holds, and how the integrator can still add value whilst the part count dwindles.

Surviving the pinch

The German economy is suffering and its politicians are making dire predictions for the year ahead. Anna Mitchell spoke to Tobias Lang, of Lang AG, to find out how the German audiovisual industry is faring in these turbulent times.