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Microsoft Lync 2013 Meet Crestron RL

Are you a Microsoft Lync 2013 user looking to deploy meeting spaces within your company? Then meet Crestron RL ...   What is Crestron RL™? Crestron RL is a comprehensive group collaboration solution that combines Crestron hardware with Microsoft® Lync® software. The Crestron RL solution is based on Microsoft Lync 2013, a popular and powerful server-based application that many companies already use on a daily basis. This full-featured unified communication system enables video, voice, interactive content sharing, presence, and chat from one touch screen interface. Easy to Use With just one touch of a button, anyone can walk into a conference room and instantly start a collaboration session. Share your desktop with local and remote participants; view and annotate over PowerPoint® remotely or locally using the supplied 65" touch display. Use the interactive whiteboard to share ideas without the smelly markers. Remote participants can join via Lync on their desktop, and...

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Make the Quick Meeting, Conference Call, Web Streaming or Presentation Sharing Easy

Does your call to your client sound like it went over 2 cans and a string?

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I find it hard to believe, but what I see in today’s offices as I travel around isn’t far removed from 2 cans and a string.

Make the quick meeting, conference call, web streaming or presentation sharing as easy as tying a string between 2 cans. Vaddio, the industry leader in high quality video cameras offers a USB connect solution that will take your web based video calls to high definition (HD) levels.

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Lease for Peace!! Leasing Your Video Conferencing System

Leasing Your Video Conferencing Systems

Lease for Peace!! Leasing Your Video Conferencing System

Peace of mind that is. So many times in my career I have seen customers compromise the quality and the functionality of their meeting space audio visual systems because they never really expected the systems to cost what the proposal listed.   You have a choice that can salvage your plans! CONSIDER LEASING! Get what you need today and lease it!!!

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Think Lease! Spend Smart!

 

Think Lease!   Spend Smart!

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Are you protesting technology change?

Ask.com states that “Technology typically is very fast in terms of what we are aware of. An example would be computers which are outdated fairly quickly. Most experts say overall advancement occurs on average between 15 and 18 months though.”

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Don't Buy From Me! Lease It!!

Are you stuck with a system like this in your meeting space?  All bought and paid for but cannot use because it does not connect to your brand new iPad or laptop.  Don’t Buy It From Me, Lease It Instead! I have been in the AV industry for over 20 years and it still amazes me that my clients to this day will not lease their boardroom videoconferencing, or the multimedia training room presentation system. I have heard every excuse out there.   If you are building a new facility or space, I will give you a pass. But if you are looking to upgrade your current meeting space or videoconferencing system, why not consider leasing. You lease the network gear or the office equipment such as multifunction printers/copiers/scanners. Do you want to be stuck with the old model? With technology cycles becoming shorter each year, why would you buy something that will be obsolete in a couple of years....

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