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In this UC Today interview, host Kristian McCann sits down with Irwin Lazar, President and Principal Analyst at Metrigy, and Josh Blalock, Global Director of Alliances & Engagement at Shure, to unpack a growing issue in enterprise collaboration: why AI-powered productivity tools are failing to deliver without the right infrastructure underneath.  AI is transforming how work gets done, but if y...

In this episode of UC Today, host Kristian McCann sits down with Magen Gicinto, Chief People Officer at Nisos, to discuss one of the fastest-growing threats facing technology companies: fraudulent job applicants linked to nation-state operations.  Drawing from her own experience interviewing a suspected North Korean operative for a technical role, Gicinto provides rare insight into how these actor...

Are your meeting rooms really being used, or do they just look busy in the booking system? In this UC Today interview, Marcus Law speaks with Bill Dellara, Chief Product Officer at VOSS, about why meeting room analytics has become a critical issue for IT, workplace, and real estate leaders navigating hybrid work. Bill explains why booking data often shows intent rather than reality, and how unused...

What happens to compliance when enterprise voice moves to the cloud? In this UC Today interview, Marcus Law speaks with Matthew Carey, Director of Product Management at Theta Lake, about why cloud voice migration is not just an IT modernization project. As organizations move away from legacy on-premises phone systems, Carey explains how the compliance model changes, where governance gaps can appea...

What makes a country truly AI-ready in 2026? In this episode of UC Today, host Christopher Carey sits down with John Durcan, Chief Technologist at IDA Ireland — Ireland's Foreign Direct Investment Agency — to explore how enterprises are approaching AI adoption, what's driving global tech investment decisions, and why regulation might actually be Europe's secret weapon. John shares i...

Are meeting rooms still built for the way people actually work? In this UC Today interview, Marcus Law speaks with Javed Khan, CEO of Neat, about how artificial intelligence, edge computing, and distributed hardware are reshaping the enterprise meeting room. Khan explains why Neat’s architecture treats every camera and microphone as an intelligent device, rather than relying on a central box to ma...

In this episode of UC Today, Christopher Carey sits down with Irwin Lazar, President & Principal Analyst at Metrigy, to unpack the key takeaways from InfoComm 2026 in Las Vegas.  From AI-powered room management and deep fake detection to MCP-enabled data federation, Irwin breaks down how AI is reshaping the AV and workplace collaboration space – and what to watch for next.  Topics covered incl...

Are you treating your meeting room AV as an afterthought and risking your entire Microsoft Teams rollout? In this InfoComm 2026 interview, Marcus Law sits down with Josh Arnold, Director of Collaboration Product Strategy at Q-SYS, to uncover why IT and facilities leaders must rethink their collaboration spaces. With the launch of the RoomSuite Collaboration Bar and new scheduling panels, Q-SYS is...

In this episode, Kristian McCann, Presenter at UC Today, sits down with Morgan Adamski, Principal at PwC, to unpack how organizations are actually operationalizing AI inside the Security Operations Centre (SOC).  With alert fatigue rising, analyst capacity stretched, and attackers accelerating their use of AI, this conversation gets straight to what matters: how AI is changing day-to-day security...

Is your meeting room ready for the agentic AI era? At InfoComm 2026, UC Today speaks with Sohail Tariq, Senior Director of Product Management at Microsoft, and Nathan Glotfelty, Senior Director of Alliances at Q-SYS, following their Innovation Stage session on the future of intelligent workspaces. The conversation explores how Microsoft Teams Rooms, Copilot, Facilitator room skills, and Q-SYS hard...

Managing AV and collaboration technology across hospitals, clinics, classrooms, and event spaces is no small task, and for Justin Scord, Senior Manager, Collaboration & Media Services at Stanford Medicine, the challenge isn't just keeping the lights on. It's knowing where to start. "There's always so much change, so much technology, so many different manufacturers," Sc...

InfoComm 2026 in Las Vegas was the stage for the global debut of the OpenMeet 2 UC. Ray Cheng, Product Manager at Shokz, says the device represents the company's second generation of bone conduction technology for the office. The OpenMeet 2 UC is built around bone conduction technology, an approach that sits firmly outside the mainstream of enterprise headset design. Where traditional headset...

For Mike Pedersen, Infocomm always feels like coming home. "It's a little bit like a family reunion," he told UC Today at this year's show in Las Vegas. "I get to see so many people I know and acquaintances I've made." But beyond the networking, Pedersen, Audiovisual Experience Manager at Iowa State University, had serious business to attend to, including speakin...

What does it take to build AV for a campus arena that needs to serve student-athletes, commencements, external events, and 24/7 operations? Live from InfoComm 2026 in Las Vegas, UC Today’s Marcus Law speaks with Patrick Eisenhauer, Director of Audio Visual and Event Services at the University of St. Thomas, about the university’s major athletics and events facility project with Panasonic. Patrick...

How can universities deliver consistent learning experiences when students, faculty, and classrooms are spread across an entire state? At InfoComm 2026, UC Today’s Marcus Law speaks with Kevin Reeve, Academic Technology Officer at Utah State University, about how the institution uses Zoom Rooms to support distance education across 30 locations. Kevin explains why faculty demand helped drive the mo...

How can businesses make hybrid work feel less fragmented for employees, IT teams, and business leaders? At InfoComm 2026 in Las Vegas, UC Today’s Marcus Law speaks with Keith Yandell, EVP of Innovation at FORTÉ, from the Smart Workplace Experience on the show floor. Created through a collaboration between AVIXA and FORTÉ, the installation shows how modern workplace technology can come together aro...

When Nyere Hollingsworth describes InfoComm as “summer camp,” he means it as a compliment. For the Managing Director of Endpoints and Workplace Experience Technologies at law firm Winston Taylor, the annual AV industry gathering in Las Vegas is a chance to reconnect with peers, absorb new ideas, and take stock of where the industry is heading. But beneath the enthusiasm lies a serious message – on...

Why are so many organisations still stuck in AI pilot purgatory – and what does it actually take to move from experimentation to real operational impact? In this interview, Christopher Carey sits down with Alex Ayers, Sales Director at Gamma, fresh from the company's GX 2026 event. Alex shares what he's hearing from enterprise leaders across every major sector: the real barriers to AI ex...

In this episode of UC Today, host Kristian McCann sits down with Ivan Jackson, President of Interim Technology at Korn Ferry, to explore why traditional hiring models are struggling to keep pace with today's rapidly evolving technology landscape and why the concept of "renting tech talent" is gaining traction.   The technology talent market is changing rapidly, and organizations tha...

Is InfoComm becoming one of the most important unified communications events on the calendar? At InfoComm 2026, UC Today’s Marcus Law speaks with Neil Fluester, Head of Portfolio & Alliances - Logitech For Business EU, about how the show has evolved from a traditional AV gathering into a major stage for UC, collaboration, and AI-driven meeting experiences. Neil reflects on Microsoft’s first In...

Can hybrid teams, AV leaders, and enterprise technology buyers keep moving fast if trust breaks down?   At InfoComm 2026, UC Today’s Marcus Law speaks with Mariana Atencio, journalist, public speaker, and trust expert, following her keynote at the AVIXA Women’s Breakfast.   Mariana explores why trust has become a critical competitive edge across collaboration technology, ProAV, cybersecurity, fina...

HP has unveiled one of its most expansive collaboration announcements in years at InfoComm 2026 – spanning headsets, video conferencing hardware, intelligent cameras, and a platform play that reframes how IT teams think about meeting room management. At the heart of it all is a concept Greg Baribault, VP of Product and Portfolio Management, calls ambient technology. “We want the conference control...

At Infocomm 2026 in Las Vegas, UC Today's Christopher Carey spoke with Justin Watts from AMD to explore how workplace technology is evolving. From the growing convergence of AV and IT, to the role AI is playing in driving workplace efficiencies, Justin shares his frontline perspective on what's shaping the future of collaboration. Plus why meeting equity and the individual user experienc...

Are meeting rooms ready for the next wave of AI-driven collaboration?   At InfoComm 2026, UC Today’s Marcus Law speaks with Henry Levak, VP of Product at Logitech for Business, about the biggest trends shaping workplace collaboration, from multi-camera meeting spaces to AI-enabled rooms and platform interoperability.   Henry explains why organizations are moving beyond simply video-enabling spaces...

At InfoComm 2026, UC Today’s Marcus Law speaks with Espen Løberg, VP & GM for the Collaboration Devices business at Cisco, and Jeff Smith, Head of Product, Workplace at Zoom, about the next phase of the Cisco and Zoom partnership. The companies have announced full Zoom Rooms modality across the Cisco devices portfolio, extending their work beyond native Zoom meeting capabilities. For customers...