In this episode of The Collaboration Space podcast, you'll see how Symphony brings together multi-vendor collaboration technology for proactive monitoring, analytics, and simplified IT management.

Laurie Berg walks us through a live demo that illustrates how the Symphony platform enables IT teams to maintain consistent experiences across meeting spaces. She shows examples of integrations with Logitech, Legrand AV, and Q-SYS devices and software.

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Symphony allows IT teams to monitor devices holistically, tracking status, packet loss, and performance. This functionality helps resolve issues immediately or address them before they impact end users.

Laurie also shares how integrating with leading technology providers saves IT leaders time and fixes issues before they impact end users.

• Logitech: Symphony integrates with Logitech Sync Cloud Aggregator to monitor aggregated devices, such as the Rally Bar Mini. This also gives you visibility into individual components like mic pods and device health.
• Legrand AV: Symphony manages Middle Atlantic UPS systems and PDUs, tracking metrics like battery capacity, ping latency, and voltage per outlet.
• Q-SYS: Symphony integrates with Q-SYS Reflect, enabling monitoring of direct devices such as the Core 500i. This connection also provides firmware and uptime data that aids in tactical and strategic troubleshooting.

By maintaining a comprehensive ticket history, Symphony helps teams identify recurring trends (e.g., specific times or environmental conditions), which supports strategic planning and resource optimization.

How Symphony communicates with your devices

• Symphony can connect to any IP-addressable device, either directly or through manufacturer aggregators.
• Integration is achieved through public APIs and, when necessary, SNMP OIDs.

The selection of partners and development of "adapters" is driven by customer demand, trade show trends, and a formal research and testing process.

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As AI transforms the workplace, organizations need collaboration technology that is easy to deploy, simple to manage, and ready to scale. In this episode, Crestron's Joel Mulpeter and host Nancy Lussier discuss how the next evolution of collaboration is helping IT leaders deliver consistent meeting experiences across every space.

Learn how a common collaboration platform can simplify deployment, support Microsoft Teams and Zoom environments, and provide the processing power needed for AI-driven productivity experiences. You'll also hear why standardization, remote management, and operational simplicity are becoming top priorities for organizations worldwide.

Topics include:

✔ Why collaboration technology is evolving

✔ How AI is changing requirements for meeting spaces

✔ The importance of consistency and standardization

✔ Supporting Microsoft Teams and Zoom environments

✔ Scaling collaboration technology across every room

✔ Simplifying management with remote monitoring and visibility

✔ Creating more reliable experiences for end users

✔ What IT leaders should prioritize over the next 12–24 months

Whether you're planning new meeting spaces, standardizing globally, or preparing your organization for AI-enabled collaboration, this conversation provides practical insights to help you build a more scalable and future-ready workplace.

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Recorded live from InfoComm, AVI-SPL sits down with Chris Merrick, VP of Global Marketing for Collaboration at Shure. We discuss why professional audio has become essential to delivering better meeting experiences in today's AI-enabled workplace.

As expectations for seamless collaboration continue to rise, organizations are looking for ways to ensure everyone is heard clearly, whether they're in the room or joining remotely. In this conversation, we explore how high-quality audio supports productivity, improves meeting equity, and helps organizations get more value from AI-powered tools.

You'll also hear how Shure solutions support AI capabilities such as transcription, meeting notes, and other intelligent collaboration experiences that depend on accurate audio capture.

Topics include:

✔ Why professional audio is critical to meeting success

✔ The role audio plays in creating consistent hybrid experiences

✔ How better audio improves productivity and meeting equity

✔ Why AI tools depend on high-quality audio input

✔ Supporting AI-powered transcription and meeting notes

✔ What IT leaders should consider when designing future-ready meeting spaces

Whether you're refreshing conference rooms, standardizing collaboration technology, or preparing for the next generation of AI-enabled meetings, this discussion offers practical insights for creating experiences employees trust and enjoy.

Thank you to Shure for joining us live from InfoComm.

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