Sessions Sponsored by IMCCA

Attendees can look forward to the return of IMCCA-sponsored work from home (WFH) and hybrid office technology application sessions on the Smart Stage and the Innovation Hub stage at CEDIA Expo. However, IMCCA will also organize a comprehensive track of education sessions within the all-new Commercial Integrator Expo conference program. Those will focus on unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) technologies, applications, trends and case studies. IMCCA is, of course, the preeminent voice of the UC&C industry. The organization’s excited to bring insights, subject matter experts and interactive demonstrations to Commercial Integrator Expo and CEDIA Expo.

UC&C technologies have become essential tools to connect residential, office and learning spaces. This has only grown truer with business professionals and students still using home offices and flexible workspaces post-pandemic. Enterprises and universities now must connect their facilities and networks with remote workers and students. All of this relies on a convergence of the latest technologies, design, data, and network and security products. During Commercial Integrator Expo and CEDIA Expo, IMCCA will showcase WFH setups in home-office demos on the show floor. Moreover, the organization will bring together leading industry experts for UC conference track sessions. There, they’ll discuss the latest trends and opportunities for systems integrators’ and technology managers’ businesses.

Communication and Collaboration Solutions

“Communication and collaboration solutions are key parts of business, education and home environments today,” Jason McGraw, CTS, group vice president, Emerald, says. Indeed, modern hybrid work, learning and entertainment spaces have transformed, with rising demand for new collaboration solutions. “Unified communications technology provides the connectivity solutions for hybrid and remote work by providing reliable and seamless communication and collaboration,” he adds. Recognizing that, McGraw continues, “Commercial Integrator Expo, CEDIA Expo and IMCCA have built a strategic partnership to provide education, insights and opportunities for systems integrators, designers, distributors, architects, developers and technology managers to meet the industry’s continued demand for robust hybrid and remote-work solutions.”

Carol Zelkin, executive director of the IMCCA, says the criticality of UC&C and hybrid working is clear. “We are excited to work with Commercial Integrator Expo and CEDIA Expo,” she declares. According to Zelkin, the goal is to deliver detailed, agnostic education from industry experts and end users.

‘State of the Collaboration Industry’

IMCCA will present a “State of the Collaboration Industry” session on the Smart Stage. Naturally, that will highlight trends for the future of remote and hybrid workplace technologies. Moreover, IMCCA will stage a Home Office Demo presentation. That, of course, will showcase best-practice setups to achieve ideal professional home offices. Additionally, IMCCA will host a slate of UC&C application discussions on the Innovation Hub stage. Commercial Integrator Expo conference programming will therefore feature educational content on best practices, trends and solutions for commercial AV project design and systems installation, vertical-market case studies and peer networking.

Commercial Integrator Expo 2023 will be co-located with CEDIA Expo. It will take place September 6 to 9 in Denver, Colo. To learn more about Commercial Integrator Expo and CEDIA Expo, visit expo.commercialintegrator.com and cediaexpo.com.

Another version of this article originally appeared on our sister-site Commercial Integrator on January 18, 2023. It has since been updated for My TechDecisions’ audience.

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According to Jetbuilt, utilizing technical data fields provides a clear view of information that will help ensure a project has a proper design. It also ensures accounting of components, such as rack space, power, heat ventilation and weight capacity. Thus, the data fields enable a smooth installation process.

“The introduction of technical data fields will save time, money and aggravation as the project moves to the installation stage,” remarks Tom Peters, director of business development at Jetbuilt. He gives one example where understanding a rack space for a particular installation, especially for a small space like a credenza, can ensure ordering of the proper size credenza.

Peters continues, “Additionally, you can warn the HVAC contractor that there will be 1000 BTU in a closet to ventilate, and easily view the total weight of a speaker system or videowall included in the project, to check against the building structure. Basically, the technical data in the Jetbuilt builder will provide a clear view of what is needed to accommodate the system being installed.”

Expanding Valuable Functionality

Technical data fields is the latest feature to support the platform’s engineering efforts. It will also pair well with Jetbuilt’s engineering scrub feature. Launched early in 2022, the feature allows companies to enforce a technical review as part of the workflow.

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Scrub also ensures approval of every item from an engineering perspective before the project moves to the next stage. By having key technical data at the ready and auto-calculated, users can streamline this process as well.

Jetbuilt will showcase the technical data fields at CEDIA 2022. It will also highlight engineering scrub and JEL, the Jetbuilt Engineering Lab.

Also launched in 2022, JEL provides the ability to commission CAD drawings, REVIT drawings, 3D renderings and presale engineering as needed. All of this is possible within the integrated workflow of Jetbuilt.

Paul Dexter, Jetbuilt founder and chief executive officer, remarks, “While Jetbuilt is known as a sales and project management tool, in 2022, we committed to better serve consultants and the engineering side of our design teams using Jetbuilt. To that end we are proud to have launched engineering scrub, JEL, and now technical data fields, with more valuable functionality to come.”

Jetbuilt will exhibit at CEDIA in booth #9017, September 29 – October 1 in Dallas, Texas.

This article originally appeared on MyTechDecisions’ sister-site CommercialIntegrator.com.

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