Crestron Electronics, Inc.

Crestron has been the leader in conference room technology serving Fortune 500® and other successful companies for over 40 years. With a range of HD video conferencing and collaboration solutions specifically designed for any meeting space – from huddle rooms to boardrooms – Crestron enhances the user experience and improves workflow. Crestron will demonstrate its latest solutions in live meeting room environments during Enterprise Connect on March 17 – 19 at the Gaylord Palms® Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

“We’re rapidly transforming modern meeting spaces,” said Sean Goldstein, Crestron VP Marketing. “We’ve been the industry leader for conference room and control system solutions for many years. Today, through partnerships with technology industry leaders such as Microsoft® and Cisco®, we’ve jointly developed best-of-breed HD video conferencing and collaboration solutions to enhance communications in meeting spaces of any size.”

Crestron will showcase a lineup of HD video conferencing and collaboration solutions at Enterprise Connect including:

Crestron RL™ 
Crestron RL is based on Microsoft Lync® 2013, the popular and powerful server-based application that many companies use on a daily basis for their communication and productivity needs. Lync enables video, voice, interactive content sharing, presence and chat from personal devices, such as a tablet or laptop. Crestron RL brings Lync from the desktop to the conference room. In addition, Crestron RL links to all systems in the room and gives users control of the entire room from the same touch screen.

With one touch of a button, anyone can walk into a conference room and instantly start a collaboration session. Users can share desktops with local and remote participants; view and annotate over Microsoft PowerPoint® or interactive whiteboard remotely or locally using the 65" touch display(s) supplied.

Only Crestron RL is designed to integrate seamlessly with all other Crestron enterprise control solutions and products to offer a complete room solution. A scheduling touch screen can be placed outside the room so users can see current room availability and meeting details, and even book meetings on the fly.

Crestron RL is completely scalable, offering a single display option for executive offices, small to medium conference rooms, and huddle rooms, and a dual display system for medium to large conference rooms. Customers can tailor their Crestron RL system to fit their needs perfectly with optional accessories such as the mobile cart, table speaker and/or 360° HD camera, microphone, and speaker. The camera provides a panoramic view of the entire room, as well as an “active speaker” view that automatically tracks the flow of the conversation and focuses on the person currently speaking. The integrated microphones and speaker provide enhanced voice performance. A complete list of the new optional displays, cameras, microphones, and more, available for use with Crestron RL, can be found online at Crestron RL.

Attendees will have numerous opportunities to see Crestron RL in action. The system will be in use at presentations around the conference, including at Crestron (booth # 1039) and Microsoft and Polycom® partner locations.

Crestron Smart Space™ 
Crestron recently launched a complete solution for HD conferencing using Cisco infrastructure. Crestron Smart Space is a multi-person, multi-display solution that delivers advanced enterprise-wide communication and HD video conferencing.

Developed by Crestron and Cisco to be a complete, open architecture conferencing and infrastructure solution, Smart Space includes everything you need: all-in-one AV switcher with control system, touch screen, codec, cameras, DSP, system design and programming. Smart Space leverages an organization’s existing infrastructure, making it easy and cost effective to integrate, manage and maintain the system.

With pre-engineered programming and a standard interface from room-to-room, Smart Space offers a consistent user experience across multiple collaborative environments. Smart Space is also scalable to allow remote management, maintenance.

Crestron AirMedia™ 
Crestron AirMedia is a new wireless HD presentation, collaboration and content-sharing platform for small to mid-sized organizations. With AirMedia, anyone can walk into a room and wirelessly present PowerPoint, Excel®, Word and PDF documents, as well as photos, from their personal iOS® or Android™ mobile device on the room display. MacBook® and PC laptops can be connected seamlessly, as well, making presentations from almost any device fast and easy. AirMedia offers simple plug-and-play installation and integrates with Crestron DigitalMedia, control systems, and capture devices as part of a complete enterprise-wide AV distribution solution.

Crestron FlipTops™ 
The newest family of configurable Crestron FlipTops redefines collaboration and conference room control and cable management. Recessed in any conference room table or lectern, FlipTops provide a sleek, hidden solution for accessing cables, connectors, power outlets and room control systems. Available in black anodized or brushed aluminum finishes, FlipTops offer a clean look that complements the décor of the finest conference tables and lecterns.