In today’s changing work environment and culture, productive meetings and effective teamwork are more important than ever. Increased mobility, information overload and greater connectivity all have their impact on the way we work. To meet these challenges, we have to find smarter ways to work, collaborate and hold meetings. That’s why we developed our Collaborate range of single-chip DLP projectors, which are specifically designed to facilitate collaboration in meeting rooms.

Publisher Gary Kayye of rAVe Pubs has been charting the progress of Barco’s fast-break product ClickShare ever since its introduction at last year’s InfoComm. In this week’s “Rants & rAVes” podcast, he talks with Barco's Business Development Manager of Collaboration, Yoav Nir, about what’s in store for the one-click wireless presentation and collaboration tool.

If you’re a happy Barco partner or customer, now’s your chance to recognize our people and products by nominating them for a Readers’ Choice Award in the following categories: Best Manufacturer-based Training Program; Best Sales Support Team; Best Technical Support Team; AV’s Best Website; Favorite Control System Manufacturer; Favorite Projector Manufacturer.

Click “Read More” below to access the link to nominate Barco in one or more categories - hurry, nominations close Friday, May 3! Thanks for your support.

The InfoComm awards season is in full swing and we need your help! Our ClickShare meeting presentation and collaboration tool and the new Barco LiveDots C5 indoor LED display are both finalists in the running for an SCN Installation Product award. Winners will be announced at InfoComm to be held June 12-14 in Orlando, Florida.

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Just recently, we wrote that Barco distributor COMM-TEC will extend the distribution of ClickShare to Southern and Eastern Europe. Last Thursday, Imago Group plc announced it will make our one-click meeting room presentation system available to its UK channel of specialist resellers from this month onwards, after successful sales in France since mid-2012.

Barco France and Immersion, Barco’s very first partner in the field of virtual reality, looks back on its very first joint initiative with satisfaction. Many visitors to the 15th edition of Laval Virtual dropped by their shared booth to discover innovative solutions for VR and simulation. ‘Collaboration’ was the leitmotif running through all the Barco/Immersion solutions on display.

Barco has recently extended its contract with European AV distributor COMM-TEC. Starting from March, COMM-TEC will be distributing Barco’s ClickShare presentation system in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania. COMM-TEC is a trusted Barco distributor of projection and other visualization systems, including the ClickShare meeting room presentation system.

Yesterday Barco announced that it has completed the acquisition of projectiondesign®, a Norway-based leader in projection technology, after acquiring the majority share in the company in December last year. The acquisition reflects Barco’s strategy to strengthen its leading position in high-performance projection technology by advancing further into the mid-segment of its target markets.

Barco has worked hard on three new features to make its popular ClickShare meeting room presentation system even more intuitive than it is today, while further raising meeting productivity. From this spring onwards, ClickShare will come complete with dual-display functionality, be iPad compatible and integrate audio. The new release will be demonstrated at this week’s ISE trade fair in Amsterdam.