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ISE 2021 announces new format Evolution,


With the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and global travel restric- tions, ISE Live & Online will take the place of the traditional in-person large tradeshow format. Integrated Systems Events and its co-owners AVIXA and CEDIA have jointly an- nounced ISE Live & Online, a series of local events in Barcelona, Munich, Amsterdam and London which will be supported by a comprehensive digital offering powered by CISCO. Integrated Systems Events Managing Director Mike Blackman explained: “We have reached this decision fol- lowing extensive discussions with our exhibitors over the last few months, and more explicitly, these last 10 days. All along there has been a clear demand for a four-day ISE show in Barcelona in June. However, uncer- tainty surrounding the pandemic and international travel remains, which means we are unable to run ISE 2021 in its traditional format. Our exhibi- tors have made it clear that there is a desire to get the industry together, but on a local level. In response, we are targeting Europe’s key markets across the AV sector and aim to deliver a quality audience who want to meet potential suppliers, existing custom- ers and network with their peers.” Schedule


More information will be released on both the digital and the local events in the coming days – but in summary: ISE Live & Online Schedule 1-2 June, Fira Barcelona (Tue/Wed) 8-9 June, MAC Forum, Munich (Tue / Wed)


15-16 June, RAI, Amsterdam (Tue/


Wed) 23-24 June,


London (Wed/Thurs)


“For 2021, we have a rich and excit- ing digital offering” said Blackman. “We are proud to be working with CISCO on this innovative approach. We will be bringing ISE to four cit- ies in June and continuing with our popular RISE Spotlight programme throughout the year. Working with the industry in this way, we will be provid- ing meaningful opportunities for sales teams to meet their customers, for people to experience product innova- tions, and of course, for networking.” “COVID has taught us all to listen more attentively,” said David Labusk- es, AVIXA CEO. “Listen to our neigh- bours, our family, our co-workers, our customers and our market. I believe this approach reflects what we’ve heard, a strong desire for prudent and safe face-to-face gatherings that can reinforce business connections and initiate growth. We are honoured to be in a position to offer these to our community.” Giles Sutton, joint CEO of CEDIA add- ed “Everyone in the industry is miss- ing the human interaction that is such a vital part of our industry – the oppor- tunity not just to see, hear and touch new products and innovations in our sector but also everything that ISE brings in terms of learning, network- ing and that all important sense of community. The ISE team has worked tirelessly to ensure that guidelines could be in place to protect our ex- hibitors and visitors on-site. However, there remains uncertainty around cur-


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Director Mike Blackman: “The success of ISE has been built on broad industry support and that is the reason why we have taken these decisions this week.”


rent travel restrictions and the ability for our global audience to take part in person. The success of ISE has been built on broad industry support and that is the reason why we have taken these decisions this week. We look forward to a debut show where our community can all be together again in Barcelona in February 2022.” Mike Blackman concluded: “We have been humbled by the many messages of support that we have received from our customers and partners who have appreciated the steps we have taken. We look forward to continuing to serve the industry in the year ahead and cannot wait to come back together in Barcelona, delivering the ISE show in February 2022.”


TalkTalk Business launches new Cloud-based Unified Comms offering


TalkTalk Business has extended its partnership with business communi- cations specialist, Mitel, to boost its unified communications and collab- oration offering for customers. This follows increased demand over the last year for solutions that improve


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remote working, and research shows that digital collaboration and com- munication tools are doing precisely that. According to TalkTalk’s Lock- down Lessons report, more than half (58%) of workers in the UK said they had been more productive as a result


of working from home, and their boss- es agree. Mitel’s EU Cloud Survey, recorded just before the pandemic, also reported that 44% of businesses were already prepared to migrate their contact centres to the cloud, and that lockdown provided the final push.


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