As you may know, rAVe [PUBS] is now part of THE rAVe Agency — a full-service creative agency that serves the AV and UCC markets exclusively. We just launched a new service called [STORYTELLING] that helps you tell your brand, product or service

Rants and rAVes — Episode 919: Gary Kayye’s Take on UCC Interoperability and the Future of Videoconferencing

Nov 25th, 2019 6m 8s

The recent news of video interoperability between Cisco, Zoom and Microsoft has generated a lot of industry buzz. If you’re interested, listen to rAVe Founder, Gary Kayye’s take on where he thinks all of this is headed and why we need to pay at

Rants and rAVes — Episode 918: Did You Know ViewSonic Made Projectors and Collaboration Boards?

Nov 15th, 2019 13m 19s

I have to be perfectly honest with you. Before deciding to do a podcast with ViewSonic’s Ryan Strayer, I had no clue that ViewSonic even made projectors or had a line of interactive flat-panel displays (aka Collaboration Boards). Maybe I am too

Rants and rAVes — Episode 917: What, Where, Who and Why is Stem Audio a Thing?

Nov 6th, 2019 8m 18s

A start-up from a bunch of audio engineers debuted at InfoComm earlier this year under the moniker, Stem Audio Touting an ecosystem approach to solving audio quality, connectivity and usability in UCC spaces, Stem launched a family of 5 produc

Rants and rAVes — Episode 916: Addressing Cloud-based Collaboration with SYNNEX Corporation

Oct 31st, 2019 8m 44s

Gary was joined on today’s podcast by Rob Moyer, Senior Vice President of Cloud Services, Mobility and IoT for SYNNEX Corporation, to hear about cloud-based collaboration and how integrators can lean on the distributor in this evolving market.

Rants and rAVes — Episode 915: An AVaaS Videocast

Oct 28th, 2019 13m 3s

AVaaS isn’t new; in fact, we’ve been writing and talking about it here at rAVe since 2016 — it’s just new in AV. What?Ok, well, aaS (as a service) is the ecosystem of the entire software world — nearly nothing is purchased anymore, its’ “rent

Rants and rAVes — Episode 914: Sharp Talks 8K, WCD and Almo Experience on Today’s Videocast

Oct 12th, 2019 13m 32s

Gary was joined by Sharp USA‘s Distribution Sales Manager, Dave Lacoff the VP of New Business, Cliff Quiroga and Mehryn Corrigan its Director of Strategic Partner Alliances for a 4-way videocast that covered two of the hottest new technologie

Rants and rAVes — Episode 913: TierPM Just Launched the Ultimate UCC Room Dashboard App

Oct 11th, 2019 15m 58s

Although you may know TierPM as that recruiting and AV staffing company, they have something they call the Unified Communications Dashboard that you need to know about. AV integrators can white label it and support thousands of rooms simultaneo

Rants and rAVes — Episode 912: Almo Has a Busy October with Atlanta E4 Experience, Zoomtopia and New Zoom Room Bundle Solution

Oct 4th, 2019 7m 19s

Gary was joined by Almo ProAV‘s Brian Rhatigan to talk about the busiest week of the year for Almo – starting in just 12 days. In addition to attending and debuting their new Zoom Room Bundle Solutions at Zoomtopia, Almo will be stopping in Atl

Rants and rAVes — Episode 911: If You Aren’t Selling Digital Signage Content as a Service, You Will Be After Listening to this Podcast

Oct 3rd, 2019 17m 45s

One of the top digital signage content companies in the world is Mvix Digital Signage. So, I asked Mvix’s Senior Director of Business Development, Mike Kilian, to explain how AV integrators can get into this lucrative and profitable segment of

Rants and rAVes — Episode 910: A Conversation With Mike Blackman of Integrated Systems Events

Sep 30th, 2019 26m 40s

Watch this videocast version of Rants and rAVes as Gary talks with Integrated Systems Events Managing Director, Mike Blackman. They discus all things related to the Integrated Systems Europe show held at the RAI Amsterdam February 11-14 2020. H

Rants and rAVes — Episode 909: Catching up with TJ Trojan, Senior Vice President, SYNNEX Corporation

Sep 20th, 2019 9m 41s

Gary was joined on today’s podcast by long-time channel executive and friend TJ Trojan to hear about his new responsibilities as Senior Vice President for SYNNEX since returning from his assignment as CEO of SYNNEX Japan. On this special interv

Rants and rAVes — Episode 908: A Case for LEDs Replacing Projectors

Sep 12th, 2019 15m 23s

Absen recently added their first, ever, distributor in Almo ProAV. Their strategy is in the hands of one Adam Coleman and you get to hear his pitch of why you should put in an LED instead of a projector in classrooms and meeting rooms. It’s com

Rants and rAVes — Episode 907: Here’s the Scoop on Almo ProAV’s E4 Experience in Two Weeks in the NY Metro Area

Sep 11th, 2019 19m 20s

You may have been to some of the road-show events in the NY or NJ area over the past few years, but that doesn’t mean you have any clue what an E4 Experience is like. The E4 Experience is NOT a road show, not an AV tour stop and certainly not j

Rants and rAVes — Episode 906: Take Advantage of the High-growth Collaboration Space with SYNNEX VISUALSolv and Financial Services

Sep 11th, 2019 7m 35s

Gary was joined on today’s podcast by SYNNEX Senior Vice President, Financial Operations, Alan Buttery, to talk about the plethora of SYNNEX Financial Services that are designed to support AV Integrators, specifically around collaborative meeti

Rants and rAVes — Episode 905: The Best Projection at CEDIA Will Absolutely Be in the Barco Booth

Sep 6th, 2019 12m 23s

Barco is using CEDIA Expo 2019 to officially launch its Bragi Cinemascope native 4K LED-based cinema projector. This is a stunning box that got to see at the ISE Show. Gary was joined on today’s special video-edition of his pre-CEDIA podcast wi

Rants and rAVes — Episode 904: Digital Projection Will Set the Display Bar at CEDIA, Again

Aug 19th, 2019 12m 2s

Digital Projection has always blown CEDIA attendees away with image quality — this year’s show will not disappoint. In addition to a 0.9mm LED wall with a protective clear-laminate, reflective coating greeting attendees, inside the booth they’l

Rants and rAVes — Episode 903: TeamBoard Will Make Its Global Debut at Integrate in Australia; We Have the Scoop!

Aug 14th, 2019 8m 31s

TeamBoard President Jitu Patel picked rAVe RADIO for the one-and-only sneak-peek of the all-new TeamBoard line of Collaboration Boards — to be available in 55″, 65″, 75″ and 86″ sizes. And, their differentiation is unique as they will be the ON

Rants and rAVes — Episode 902: Technology Core Plans to Set-the-Record-Straight and Offer a Plethora of UCC Products at Integrate 2019

Aug 14th, 2019 8m 33s

Technology Core‘s National Sales Manager, Andy Penman, joined Gary on his podcast today to talk all-things-Integrate; Australia, that is. Technology Core will have their biggest show stand, ever, in two weeks at the opening of Integrate 2019 in

Rants and rAVes — Episode 901: So, What Do You Think Extron Will Show at Integrate in Australia?

Aug 13th, 2019 9m 17s

You guessed it! Integrate will see the official worldwide trade show debut of the Extron NAV AV-over-IP family of products. NAV is unique as it’s an AV-over-IP ecosystem where their 1G and 10G transmitters and receivers work together in one sys

Rants and rAVes — Episode 900: SnapAV’s OvrC Platform is Aimed at Commercial AV Market

Jul 23rd, 2019 10m 36s

Longtime HomeAV distributor and manufacturer, SnapAV, is now aiming its sights on the Commercial AV market. And, their plan includes using their OvrC support platform to do it. What’s OvrC and how does it work? Well, watch this video cast with

Rants and rAVes — Episode 899: If You Integrate Control Rooms or Digital Signage, You Should Know Who Monitors Anywhere Is!

Jul 16th, 2019 11m 35s

Monitors Anywhere basically makes the ClickShare of monitor walls. Using USB to HDMI adapters or thin-client Android computers, you can build network-based digital signage systems or fill video walls with content – in any configuration. So, no

Rants and rAVes — Episode 898: The Post Visix InfoComm 2019 Videocast

Jul 13th, 2019 11m 27s

In this episode of Rants and rAVes, Gary is joined by Visix founder Sean Matthews. They discuss (and shows) viewers all six new products Visix launched at this years InfoComm, including explaining VUI voice activated wayfinding, and a four outp

Rants and rAVes — Episode 897: Why AV-over-IP Should Be On a Separate Network

Jul 10th, 2019 11m 22s

Will you succeed in putting video onto your existing data network? Laurent Masia, of Netgear, thinks not! See the full blog post here. Make sure you listen to this episode of Rants and rAVes to hear from Justin Kennington and Gary Kayye as they

Rants and rAVes — Episode 896: When Will LEDs Truly Replace LCDs and Projectors? Not As Soon As You Think!

Jul 9th, 2019 10m 20s

For years, industry pundits have predicted the immediate demise of the projector, due to flat panels. Now, there’s a cry that the flat panels will disappear, any day now, due to LEDs. Do you believe the hype? Well, here’s what Absen’s Director