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Company emphasizes online and hands-on education as COVID-19 affects integration schedules

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 23, 2020 – Atlona has updated its online Training Portal to better organize its global educational initiatives, given the increased number of visitors accessing the website during the COVID-19 crisis. The company has also added a series of new webinars for integrators seeking education in specific product and integration categories that involveAtlona solutions.

The updated Training Portal, accessible at https://atlona.com/training/, divides training initiatives into five distinct categories (Atlona Academy, Education Portal, Webinars, Live Training Events, and Meet Our Trainers). A selection of most popularvideos follows, along with a link to Atlona’s complete on-demand video library at https://www.gotostage.com/channel/atlonawebinars.

Atlona has also scheduled a series of new webinars for global audiences beginning April 28 and running through May. The April 28 webinar provides a detailed look into Atlona’s latest Velocity Control Solution upgrades, with a second Velocity webinar on May 26 focused on IP configuration and control. In between, Atlona will offer a special webinar (May 12) that provides an overview of Panduit Connectivity and Routing products – ideal for integrators seeking detailed education on the Layer 1 infrastructure, and its relation to AV over IP systems.

Atlona will also continue its special Spanish-language LATAM Webinar Series through the month of April, and will add trainings specific to EMEA and APAC regions in the coming months. Registrations and additional detail for all webinars can be found at https://atlona.com/about-us/events/#tab_webinars.

“Atlona first ramped up its Atlona Academy training and certification program in early 2019, and has since added higher level courses for systems integrators seeking to sharpen their AV over IP expertise,” said Ilya Khayn, CEO, Atlona. “The initiative meets growing demand for targeted, certified training with continuing education credits, along with an updated suite of accredited online courses.”

All Atlona Academy certification courses offer industry credits towards CTS and CEU renewals. Additional information on programs and certifications across all education levels can be found at the Atlona Education Portal. Requests for individualtrainings can be made through the “Meet Our Trainers” page, where Atlona training professionals are listed by region.

About Atlona

Atlona, a Panduit company, is a leading global manufacturer of AV over IP distribution, connectivity, and control solutions. The company designs and engineers innovative, award-winning products for a diverse range of residential and commercial AV and IT markets. Backed by an award-winning 10-year warranty, Atlona’s products are developed to enable our customers’ ability to connect and collaborate with simplicity. More information about Atlona is available at atlona.com.

About Panduit

Global connectivity leader Panduit Corp. creates innovative electrical and network infrastructure solutions for applications across the enterprise. Headquartered in Tinley Park, Ill. and operating in 112 worldwide locations, Panduit’s technology leadership and robust ecosystem help support, sustain, and empower business growth in a connected world. panduit.com

In his return to Atlona, the AV industry veteran takes on a diverse role focused on education end user programs, partner engagement, and management of key accounts across all US sales regions

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 21, 2020 – Atlona, a Panduit company, is proud to announce the return of Roger Takacs as Strategic Account Manager, a newly developed position that crosses several key business areas. Reporting to Jamey Swigert, Director of AV Sales and Business Development, Roger will focus on sales, management and customer engagement initiatives designed to bring Atlona closer to its partners and end users.

Roger’s previous employment with Atlona began in 2013 as National Sales Manager, where he helped successfully launch Atlona’s commercial AV business. This initiative included Atlona’s HDVS family, a broad product range introduced to smooth the transition from analog to digital in schools and businesses. His vision was so successful that the HDVS lineremains alive today, with evolution into new areas such as PTZ cameras and soft codec conferencing. While in this position, Roger also built a dedicated team of regional sales managers to better serve customers in every US region, and worked closely with major distributors and manufacturer representatives throughout North America.

Atlona will leverage Roger’s diverse industry experience gained throughout his professional history as Strategic Account Manager. One key initiative is the relaunch of Atlona’s Ed Tech VIP program to drive stronger engagement with K12 and higher education end users. Elsewhere, Roger will manage large end user business accounts and drive new initiatives to engage partners, including consultants and national AV systems integrators. His previous experience with leading AV manufacturers (Crestron, Custom Display Solutions) and systems integrators (CompView, MSCi, The Intellisys Group) offers the broad level of expertise required for success in a such a diverse position.

“Panduit’s acquisition of Atlona has introduced the company to an entirely new base of customers, including consultants and end users that are less familiar with the AV side of the business,” said Takacs. “At the same time, AV integrators are increasingly finding jobs that take them deeper into the network infrastructure. It is exciting to work with a broader customer base and communicate how one company can help them expand their businesses and leverage our combined technical resources.

“I also look forward to working with Atlona’s education customers, a vertical that I have intimate knowledge with through earlier positions at Atlona and Creston,” he added. “K-12 and higher education end users are very self-reliant today, and my experience will help to guide these customers through configuration, programming and technology refresh initiatives that keep learning environments modern and engaging.”

“Roger comes to Atlona with a rare and perhaps unique range of expertise that will bring value and knowledge to our key partners and end users throughout the United States,” said Swigert. “His background in Director-level positions around education vertical programs and consultant engagement, as well as experience in the trenches with systems integrators, positions him for success in this critical new role. We are excited to welcome back Roger to the Atlona team.”

About Atlona

Atlona, a Panduit company, is a leading global manufacturer of AV over IP distribution, connectivity, and control solutions. The company designs and engineers innovative, award-winning products for a diverse range of residential and commercial AV and IT markets. Backed by an award-winning 10-year warranty, Atlona’s products are developed to enable our customers’ ability to connect and collaborate with simplicity. More information about Atlona is available at atlona.com.

About Panduit

Global connectivity leader Panduit Corp. creates innovative electrical and network infrastructure solutions for applications across the enterprise. Headquartered in Tinley Park, Ill. and operating in 112 worldwide locations, Panduit’s technology leadership and robust ecosystem help support, sustain, and empower business growth in a connected world. panduit.com

Digital signage pioneer will help schools quickly launch and upgrade digital signage networks with aggressively-priced, “shrinkwrap-to-signage” model

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, April 20, 2020 – While the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted K12 education worldwide, hope remains strong to resume traditional classroom learning for the 2020-21 school year. With 2020-21 purchasing cycles quickly approaching, Carousel Digital Signage is launching a new program to help K12 districts snd schools streamline the process – and minimize the costs – of launching or upgrading a digital signage network.

“Most K12 districts and schools have passed their 2020-21 budgets, which means that IT departments will soon specify new displays, projectors, digital signage and other AV systems,” said JJ Parker, CEO, Carousel Digital Signage. “This year’s purchasing cycle will be very compressed, as schools continue to adjust to distance learning. Carousel Digital Signage has the strategy and technical infrastructure to help our customers meet these tighter deadlines.”

Carousel Digital Signage will offer a special, “very aggressively-priced” solution for K12 customers, leveraging its subscription-basedCarousel Cloud SaaS platform and, where possible, existing playback devices and displays. Carousel Cloud’s software-defined architecture eliminates the need to install traditional hardware servers – along with their expense and maintenance – in favor of a lightweight, off-premise IT infrastructure.

Deployments are further accelerated by using Apple TV devices or BrightSign media players, both of which offer immediate, proven interoperability with Carousel Digital Signage software.  The overall strategy is an ideal representation of Carousel Digital Signage’s low-cost, “shrinkwrap-to-signage” business model.

“We will help districts and schools keep their technology overhead low, and all but eliminate the need for onsite integration,” said Parker. “Many schools already have Apple TV devices, which automatically convert to digital signage players when connected to our CMS. BrightSign media players are also a top choice for schools worldwide that have functional digital signage networks today. This means that the majority of our K12 end customers, and the resellers and integrators that work with them, have a plug-and-play solution that is ready to go on short notice.”

More information, including a signup portal for pricing, can be found at https://www.carouselsignage.com/pricing/cloud-k12-lead.

About Carousel Digital Signage

Carousel is Digital Signage Content Management Software that is easy to use, scalable, and reliable. With a deep feature set and strong technology partnerships Carousel gives you the most value in digital signage. Carousel Digital Signage is a division of Tightrope Media Systems. You can reach the Carousel team at (866) 866-4118, or visit www.carouselsignage.com.

AT-OME-EX-KIT-LT combines simplicity, versatility and integration convenience at ideal price point for smaller AV environments

SAN JOSE, California, April 16, 2020 – Atlona, a Panduit company, is making easy and reliable HDMI and USB signal extension even more cost-effective for huddle spaces and small meeting rooms with the introduction of the new AT-OME-EX-KIT-LT HDBaseT extender. Available immediately, the new transmitter/receiver kit extends 4K/UHD HDMI video, embedded audio, power, control and USB data over HDBaseT while discreetly offering simple connectivity for collaboration and video conferencing.

The newest extension solution in Atlona’s Omega™ Series of essential AV system components for modern workspaces and meeting environments, the OME-EX-KIT-LT provides the powerful core functionality of Atlona’s proven AT-OME-EX-KIT in a lower-priced configuration optimized for small spaces with shorter extension requirements.

“Our OME-EX-KIT has become a preferred choice of systems integrators and end users for long-distance signal transport in AV environments as large as auditoriums and lecture halls, but its 330 foot extension capabilities are unnecessary in smaller spaces such as huddle rooms,” said David Shamir, Director of Product Management, Atlona. “The OME-EX-KIT-LT offers a more economical option for these rooms while delivering similar versatility, feature-richness and integration convenience as its sibling.”

The OME-EX-KIT-LT extends 1080p60 HDMI and USB signals up to 230 feet (70 meters) over HDBaseT, while 4K/HDRHDMI video – at 60 frames per second with 4:2:0 chroma subsampling, or 30 fps with 4:4:4 – can be extended up to 130 feet (40 meters). HDCP 2.2 compliance enables the transport of protected content.

The OME-EX-KIT-LT’s USB 2.0 interfacing and extension capabilities make it ideal for soft codec and web-based conferencing in conjunction with applications such as Zoom™, Skype® for Business, Microsoft® Teams®, Cisco® Webex®, BlueJeans and GoToMeeting®. Supporting a host PC and two peripherals at the transmitter plus two ports for peripherals at the receiver, the kit can easily integrate with a PC and speakerphone or microphone at a meeting table, and a camera or soundbar at a corresponding wall-mounted display. For other interactive applications, it can also provide AV and USB extension for a touch-enabled display, allowing remote PC control at a meeting table or other location.

The transmitter is powered from the receiver over HDBaseT, enabling convenient, discreet transmitter installation without the need for local AC power. A test button and LED on the transmitter unit enable quick visual confirmation of the integrity of the HDBaseT link between the transmitter and receiver, while a free software utility provides real-time link status plus detailed diagnostic and signal information.

Like other Omega Series solutions, the OME-EX-KIT-LT is backed by Atlona’s award-winning 10-year limited product warranty. To learn more about the Omega Series, please visit atlona.com/omega.

About Atlona

Atlona, a Panduit company, is a leading global manufacturer of AV over IP distribution, connectivity, and control solutions. The company designs and engineers innovative, award-winning products for a diverse range of residential and commercial AV and IT markets. Backed by an award-winning 10-year warranty, Atlona’s products are developed to enable our customers’ ability to connect and collaborate with simplicity. More information about Atlona is available at atlona.com.

About Panduit

Global connectivity leader Panduit Corp. creates innovative electrical and network infrastructure solutions for applications across the enterprise. Headquartered in Tinley Park, Ill. and operating in 112 worldwide locations, Panduit’s technology leadership and robust ecosystem help support, sustain, and empower business growth in a connected world. panduit.com

Combination of system performance and user data delivers real-time quality control, predicts conditions that reduce audience engagementusing AI, Machine Learning and Big Data

MELBOURNE, Florida, April 16, 2020 — Qligent announces Foresight, its second-generation, cloud-based service that uses AI, MachineLearning, and Big Data to mitigate content distribution issues. Designed to help broadcasters, MVPDs, and OTT service providers understand and correlate factors that contribute to higher audience engagement, Foresight provides real-time 24/7 data analytics based on system performance and user behavior.

“Foresight uses the data you already have in your plant, plus some new data that you can gather from end user devices, for predictive analysis,” said Lang Cooksey, Product Manager, Qligent. “It’s vital to understand how network outages and other technical issues causeproblems all the way through to the customer, for example. We’re trying to help stop silent sufferers from leaving your service, and predict and prevent customer churn.”

Qligent Foresight aggregates data points from end user equipment – including set-top boxes, smart TVs, and iOS and Android devices – as well as CDN logs, stream monitoring data, CRMs, support ticketing systems, network monitoring systems, and other hardware monitoring systems. Using scalable cloud processing, its integrated AI and Machine Learning provide automated data collection, while itsdeep learning technology mines data from hundreds or thousands of layers of data. Big Data technology then correlates and aggregates the data for real-time, cloud-based quality assurance, helping service providers quickly address distribution issues.

With its unique deployment of networked and virtual probes, Foresight creates a controlled data mining environment that is not compromised by operator error, viewer disinterest, user hardware malfunction, or other variables. As a result, service providers have a prevention-oriented toolset that can predict conditions negatively impacting audience engagement.

Customizable reports summarize key performance indicators (KPIs), key quality indicators (KQIs), and other criteria for multiplatform content distribution. All findings are presented on Qligent’s intuitive and flexible dashboard, accessible from a computer or mobile device.

Cooksey adds that Foresight can produce significant revenue protection for service providers by helping them maintain customer satisfaction and long-term subscriptions. Additionally, Foresight can provide revenue protection by monitoring end user equipment andwithout including data from receiving devices. That can help build internal technical support databases.

“We can look into IT asset management systems and say, ‘We noticed that the last time a product like this exceeded its warranty, these specific technical problems were resolved through replacement,’” Cooksey added. “This added level of business intelligence can pay dividends for the content or service provider.”

Qligent Foresight is available immediately. Contact info@qligent.com or sales@qligent.com for more information.

ABOUT Qligent

Qligent architects complete monitoring, visualization and delivery analytics solutions for broadcasters, content distributors, ad agencies, regulators and network operators. Based in Melbourne, Florida, Qligent’s software-defined approach provides an open, vendor-agnostic platform to monitor performance, integrity and compliance of multiple signals, streams and systems across enterprises of any size. Its solutions provide the same consistent quality of content and service across multiple delivery platforms simultaneously.