THE WEEK – rAVe [PUBS]

Joel speaks with Fredrik Svahnberg of Dataton about new WatchNet product.

This week, Joel talks with Jim Kern, president of Comradity, a networking and virtual office facility for creative professionals.

We cover the news of the week, then have a long talk with longtime friend of the show Jim Smith of Polycom about Heartbleed and what it really means to the industry.

First the news of the week, then Joel has a conversation with Chris Poulin of BTX about their NDS digital signage offerings.

This week, we follow the news with a conversation between Joel Rollins and Mark Coxon, both rAVe bloggers, about convergence, BYOD, and last week’s exchange between them from the blog.

After this week’s news (and the answer to our trivia question) Joel speaks with George Walter, Vice President of Business Development at Digital Projection, about their new laser projection system, their plans for InfoComm, and the great party they threw at this year’s InfoComm Live event.

We catch up on the news in AV, and follow up with an interview with Asmund Fodstad of Pexip, recorded at ISE, about how the Unified Communications game is being changed by platform-independent, software-only products.

After this weeks news, we share a conversation between Joel Rollins and Tom Stimson about the InfoComm Live event, its future, and the AV Rental business in general.

At the very close of ISE, THE WEEK host Joel Rollins had a chance to sit down with Bob Snyder of rAVe Europe to talk about the finer points of doing business overseas. An American who has worked and lived in different parts of Europe for over a decade, Bob has an incredible perspective on the subject, and about how to do it right. Don’t miss it.

rAVe’s Gary Kayye and Joel Rollins wrap-up the 2014 edition of the Integrated Systems Europe show with one final podcast. They talk about their overall impressions of the show, the new products introduced at the show that will make an impact in 2014, show attendance and how ISE may effect the rest of the AV trade show world. Listen and enjoy.