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Backstage Pass: LDI 2019: New Lighting Innovations are Upending the Event Tech Industry with Blake Taylor and Aaron Walters
The audiovisual industry is bursting with new technologies and innovations. These new developments debuted at LDI 2019 , the leading conference and tradeshow for live design professionals from all over the world. Backstage Pass has the first scoop on what AV professionals are saying about the show with guests Blake Taylor, Lighting Services Manager, and…
Why AV Integrators Don’t Want Electrician’s Licenses: Ratified
This episode of Ratified is trying something new; a considerably more niche topic. Whereas the last two went a little larger in scale, hitting on gig economy legislation in California and the state of net neutrality, this episode of Ratified is a look at the nitty gritty legislative back and forth of lobbying in…
Hiring Tips for the New Decade
Hiring and job searching will continue to be paramount in employers minds in this new decade. As we know, hiring can be a long a complex process and there are numerous things to consider when recruiting the right employees. We have broken down our top 5 tips for hiring the right candidate in your…
5 Tips for Writing a Great Resume
As we all know, job searching can be a difficult and time consuming endeavor, especially when you’re trying to find new and unique ways to communicate your skills and experience. That is why we have put together a list of our top 5 tips for writing and effective resume. 1. Create a professional email address and make sure…
B2B News Update: A Decade of Rent, and a Major Sports Acquisition
With just two weeks left in the decade, the data is in on just about every business category. Rent Café tallied the numbers on residential construction and found that 2.4 million units were delivered in the 2010s, the biggest boom since the 1980s. However, the report noted that the average newly-built apartment size decreased…
Lyft Gets into the Rental Car Game
Stock prices for Hertz and Avis fell in the wake of the news that rideshare company Lyft would be getting into the rental car game. What ways will Lyft look to innovate in an industry that hasn’t changed in a long time? Daniel Litwin and Tyler Kern take a look at the story and whether or not this will be…
Wingstop Makes Inroads into the Esports Market
The growing market for esports has led many brands to wonder how they can capitalize on its popularity. Wingstop made the decision to partner with streaming platform Twitch for a limited time to offer food orders and delivery without having to leave the app. Wingstop’s chief marketing officer, Christina Clarke, said the partnership has already…
Quality Visibility & Resolution is Forcing P.I. Work to Evolve
There are several situations that require the ability to capture an image. Few of them are more important than those pertaining to private investigations. On this episode of A Look Through the Lens podcast, Scott Stover, Domestic Case Manager for Whitesell investigative Services, sat down with Sean Heath and they discussed the importance of…
Using Data to Breakdown the College Football Playoff
Now that we know the four teams in the College Football Playoff what is the data telling us about the matchups? On this episode of Diving into Data, MarketScale‘s resident numbers guru TC Riley runs down who’s most likely to win and what the data is telling us. Can Clemson shut down Ohio State’s…
Backstage Pass: Notes from XLIVE 2019
In this episode of Backstage Pass, Ali McMahan, Marketing & Communications Manager, and Dave Pooser, Director of Product Innovation, both from Alford Media, joined host Daniel Litwin, the Voice of B2B, to discuss the recent XLIVE Conference & Expo held in Las Vegas held Nov 17-19, 2019. McMahan and Pooser both attended the annual…
Cybersecurity Tips for Personal and Business IT Networks
Mark Davidson, IT manager at the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, joined host Tyler Kern on this episode of the Software & Technology Podcast to discuss the importance of protecting business and personal data. Every day people are sharing information over social networks, and how much of that personal information is being shared…
What is “Digital Transformation?”
“Digital transformation” is on the tip of everyone’s tongue as the technology revolution continues to change society at large. So what does this buzzword mean? Guest Chris Devlin, president of Omnivex, unpacks and defines the jargon for listeners on Marketscale’s Pro AV podcast, explaining how the concept benefits businesses as well as consumers. To explain…
The Past, Present and Future of Live Video with the CEO of Ross Video
On this episode of MarketScale Mornings, hosts Daniel Litwin and Tyler Kern discussed the past, present and future of live video with Ross Video CEO David Ross. The three chatted about recent changes in the broadcast industry, technology shifts in the market and what the future holds for the company. The live production market…
How ScreenBeam Became the Gold Standard in Wireless Display Technology with Mike Ehlenberger
When a brand becomes synonymous with the product they’ve created, it’s called an eponym. Kleenex, Q-Tip, Scotch Tape, these are all brand names who created a product so revolutionary, it became the gold standard. The same could be said for ScreenBeam’s technology. We discussed what it took to put ScreenBeam at that coveted…
“People. Process. Service.”: Amine Bentahar Reveals His Rise to the Top of the Digital Marketing World
When it comes to Marketing, there’s perhaps no more worldly of a digital specialist than Amine Bentahar, author of “Voice Search: The New Search Engine,” and COO of Advantix Digital, a full-service marketing agency. Bentahar joins host Bill Kasko, CEO of Frontline Source Group, for Frontline’s “People. Process. Service.” podcast to recount his exciting global…
The Numbers Behind a Record-Setting Year for Thanksgiving Travel
As much as Thanksgiving is rightfully associated with a turkey feast and family, for millions of Americans it also goes hand-in-hand with travel. This year airlines, airports and ride services will be tasked with transporting a record number of travelers between the Friday before the holiday until the Monday after it. According to Airlines for…
Navigating the Stress of the Holiday Season: I Don’t Care
The holiday season is a joyous and happy time for many people, but for some it can be an emotionally trying time. Interacting with family, missing family members who have passed away, and the general hustle and bustle of the season can be difficult to deal with. On this episode of I Don’t Care…
Create Better Digital Signage By Blending Data with Design
Designing today’s digital signage is more than thinking about filling the screen. It’s about the how and why of the information and data being presented. (And actually, don’t fill the screen. White space is your friend.) Today on the Pro AV Podcast, host Shelby Skrhak sat down with digital designer Rich Archer for a…
Chipotle Announces Voice Assistant Ordering Integration
Fast food chains are battling for tech superiority. With new methods to order and receive food, consumers are looking for a friction-free experience from start to finish. Chipotle recently implemented the ability for diners to save their favorite order on their Amazon Alexa device and place orders by asking the voice assistant from home….
Is the New Tesla Cybertruck a Sign of What’s to Come?
For years the pickup truck has been the most popular category of car in the United States. Truck lovers will soon have a new option to choose from when Tesla’s new ‘Cybertruck’ hits the market in 2021. Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s latest project is an electric vehicle that will start at $39,000. While the futuristic…
Business Casual 11/20/19: The Olympics, The Holidays and the Drive-Thru
On this episode of Business Casual, hosts Geoffrey Short, Ben Thomas and Lauren Farrell discuss the importance of speed and immediacy to customers through three different stories. The trio digs into AirBnb’s partnership with the International Olympic Committee, how retailers are bracing for the holiday rush, and how KFC plans to master the current landscape…
CineCast: How a Brand New Startup Can Act Like an Established Company
Cinedeck COO Jane Sung says there were huge barriers when it came to entering the software technology market with cineXtools. “Especially when you’re bootstrapping that new product,” Sung said in this second of three-part discussion on CineCast, a Cinedeck podcast. “Basically it felt like we were starting as a brand new startup.” Like a startup,…
CineCast: How Cinedeck Transitioned From a Hardware to a Software Solutions Provider
From its inception, Cinedeck has worked tirelessly to bring innovative video recording and editing tools to the market, but that was no easy feat persuading the industry their solution was feasible. On this first of three-part conversation on CineCast, a Cinedeck podcast, COO Jane Sung takes us behind the curtain to reveal the challenges they…
Parabellum: The IT/OT Automated SOC, 2018 SANS SOC Survey
The 2018 SAN SOC Survey recap webinar, conducted in October of 2018, was hosted by Edy Almer, VP Product at Cyberbit. The webinar covered the key survey findings and certain challenges that could be overcome through the use of an automated SOC. Almer first walked through the key survey findings. The lack of skilled staff…
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