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AVM announced that it has achieved Polycom Platinum Level Partner Status as part of Polycom’s Partner Certification Programme.

Edward Cook, CEO at AVM said;

“It is a great honour to be awarded the highest Polycom partner status. AVM has grown with proven experience in collaborative communication solutions and has met a number of stringent requirements to achieve Platinum status. Jointly AVM and Polycom can deliver outstanding technology and support to the end-user.”

As 2012 is upon us, AVM takes a look at what technology trends are emerging from the shadows to the forefront of business strategies to change the way people live and work.

Unified Communications

During the Games and the Paralympics, staff across Whitehall and the public sector will be ordered not to commute to work for up to seven weeks to prevent London’s public transport network from becoming over-congested.

A series of unprecedented “planning exercises” have been scheduled to “check officials can work from home”.

AVM, the UK’s leading visual communications system integrator, has been awarded the Cisco Solution Provider accreditation. This accreditation is the second highest level of partnership available globally, and forms part of the Cisco Developer Network.

AVM has a proven track record of integrating Cisco Collaboration solutions using the AV9000 AV industry standard as well as providing a high standard of support on Cisco equipment.

Bournville College, situated in Birmingham, is a large further education college. In November 2009 the college commenced a complete rebuild of its Longbridge campus which positions Bournville as a flagship college in the UK. The incredible new £66 million state-of-the-art campus covers 4.2 acres of land, has a capacity of over 15,000 students and provides some of the best education and training facilities in the country.

Loughborough University is one of the country’s leading universities and has been voted the UK’s best student experience for five years running. To maintain this excellent reputation they must ensure that the teaching and learning environments are innovative, modern and engaging for 21^st century students.

AVM was invited to work with the university to fulfil their on-going vision for state-of-the-art teaching facilities and ensure the audio visual capabilities are of the highest quality.

Polycom survey of teachers in Europe finds videoconferencing is the most effective education tool after in-person communications.

AVM Education has completed a state-of the-art audio visual project in learning spaces at Bristol’s new MShed museum, as part of its recent renovation. MShed, located on the historic dockside in Bristol, is an exciting new flagship museum designed to retain the character of the former 1950s transit shed whilst providing an innovative and dynamic experience for visitors.

Not quite “All right, I’m ready for my close-up, Mr DeMille”, but members of staff at St Andrew’s Healthcare are now appearing on the small screen in a pioneering secure video conferencing project that is helping to keep people connected.

The UK’s leading mental healthcare charity is using a browser-based solution from AVM to provide a straight-forward video conferencing service which is secure and cost-effective.

The AV Global Alliance provides video conferencing and audio visual services to multinational companies. The Alliance has launched a new website which can be found at www.avglobalalliance.com.

AVM announces further expansion in Scotland with new staff, increased resources and the opening of a new additional office in Glasgow.

Adrian Robertson, Scotland Director at AVM said;

“AVM has a proud history and strong presence across Scotland so we’re really excited about the expansion. As the environments we operate in become more technically challenging AVM continue to remain at the forefront of the industry.

AVM, the leading audio visual and video conferencing system integrator in the UK, has provided Brown Brothers Harriman with audio visual and videoconferencing systems in their City of London offices and trading floor.

BBH is a privately-held financial services firm with a global client list. Organised as a partnership, BBH has 4,000 professionals in sixteen offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Transport Minister Norman Baker has asked Londoners to consider Video Conferencing as one of the “new solutions” available during the 2012 Olympics.

In order to ease demand on Public Transport and minimise congestion on the roads, the Department for Transport is encouraging Londoners and Commuters “to travel and work differently during the Games”.

AVM is the UK’s leading visual communications systems integrator. The company provides a complete range of video conferencing and audio visual services to the private and public sectors.

AVM has achieved the Cisco SMB Specialization and Select Certified Partner accreditation which focuses on small and medium-sized business customers, further increasing their technical knowledge and expertise for this market.

AVM will be hosting an exclusive audio visual technology event on 27^th September 2011 from 9:00am until 2.00pm at The Tower of London.

Event: Audio Visual Technology Event

Date: 27^th September 2011

Venue: The Tower of London

AVM is the UK’s leading visual communications systems integrator. The company provides a complete range of video conferencing and audio visual services to the private and public sectors.

AVM recently gained Ofcom approval as a Provider of Electronic Communication Networks (PECN). As an official carrier, using its own dedicated interconnects that are specifically designed for video communications, AVM offers quality and reliability of service as well as steeply discounted ISDN rates.

The AV Global Alliance has expanded into Benelux and Hungary with the recent additions of Bis and StreamNet.

The Alliance is a partnership of leading audio visual and video conferencing systems integrators from different countries around the world, providing mutual support for their international clients.

Matrix Display Systems Ltd, a division of AVM, is pleased to announce that from 1st July 2011 it will be known as AVM Education Ltd.

Nearly three years ago Matrix Display Systems was acquired by AVM and has since been operating as the specialist education division of AVM. The new name is intended to show that it can draw upon the core skills and strengths of AVM, whilst still differentiating it as a prominent education specialist.

On 4^th May 2011 Polycom, Inc. –a global leader in unified communications solutions, and VC-NET - the video conferencing, network and managed services specialist, are to host a Unified Communications Event at Aberdeen Football Club.

Speakers from Microsoft, Polycom and VC-NET will guide attendees through The Unified Communication (UC) story, considering why they should build a UC strategy, the main business and employee benefits, and illustrating this with case studies.

AVM announced today that it has achieved the new TelePresence Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco.

This recognises AVM for meeting all program requirements necessary to earn the designation of Cisco TelePresence Video Advanced ATP Partner in the UK which was launched on 1st February 2011.

AVM, the largest audio visual system integrator in the UK has acquired VC World Ltd (trading as VC-NET). VC-NET is a leading provider of managed video services in the UK. This is AVM's seventh acquisition in the last six years.

The AV Global Alliance has expanded to 28 partners with the addition of partners in Germany, Italy, Spain and Brazil; Vidofon, Durante, Techno Trends and Eletro Equip respectively.

Event: AudioAVM will be hosting an exclusive audio visual technology day on 11^th May 2011 from 8.30am until 2.00pm. The event will be held at the Cardiff Millennium Rugby Stadium and will feature an array of exhibitors showcasing new technology for education, public sector and corporate clients. Visual Technology Event

Date: 11^th May 2011

Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

The latest sector to take advantage of affordable video conferencing solutions is the hotel and leisure industry, with the independent 4-star boutique London Bridge Hotel.

London Bridge Hotel (http://www.londonbridgehotel.com) is leading the way in its choice of video conferencing to enhance its banqueting and conference offering. VC-NET, recently acquired by AVM, is a video conferencing, network and managed services specialist that was appointed by the hotel to deliver the new facilities which will be available from 14th February 2011.

The latest organisation to take advantage of VC-NET’s affordable video conferencing solutions is Teach First (http://www.teachfirst.org.uk), an independent charity which works to address educational disadvantage by training exceptional graduates to become effective, inspirational teachers and leaders in schools in challenging circumstances.

The AV Global Alliance, an international partnership of leading visual communications system integrators, presented at the Wainhouse Research Visual Communications Summit in Amsterdam in January 2011.

Edward Cook, CEO of AVM, introduced the Alliance’s recent expansion to include joint delivery of video managed services with AVI-SPL. Managed video services take away the difficulty of setting up video calls, allowing customers to focus on meetings, not technology.

AVM has opened a new division to offer strategic advisory services to its worldwide client base. AVM Vision’s services will focus on visual communications technologies and will involve business process reengineering, ROI analysis, usage and adoption programmes and training.

Schools throughout East Lothian Council have nearly 800 projectors covered under a service and maintenance agreement with Matrix Display Systems, a leading supplier of audio visual (AV) equipment to the education sector. The contract covers 6 secondary schools and 35 primary schools in East Lothian.

The seminar room, installed by AVM, has numerous screens and interactive boards to make training effective and easy for presenters to engage the audience. Several other rooms within the centre include video conferencing integrated with displays which are used for executive meetings and as demonstration facilities.

Founding members of the AV Global Alliance, AVM and AVI-SPL, today announced they will be expanding their relationship to include joint delivery of video managed services.

AVM has carried out an upgrade for a key client in the banking sector, refitting its Data Operations Centre in the north of England with a new Christie video wall.

The South YorkshireGroup Data Centre in Barnsley is the Command Centre for all the bank EMEA region activities where operations are close monitored.

AVM and PSCo have successfully installed a Panasonic 103 inch plasma screen within the Bank of China’s impressive new headquarters in the City of London.

Audio Visual Machines (AVM) has been awarded a place on the audio visual supplier list for the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC), the Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW), London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) and Value Wales.

AVM, the leading visual communications system integrator in the UK has extended the range and capability of its managed video services.

Driven by significant customer demand, AVM has increased the capacity of its switches and bridges and staff numbers in its Video Network Operations Centre (VNOC). Managed video services take away the difficulty of setting up video calls, allowing customers to focus on meetings, not technology.

Xchanging provides procurement, accounting, human resources and technology services to the banking, insurance, manufacturing, retail and real estate sectors. With multinational customers in 42 countries and over 8,000 employers, meetings over video are considered critical to Xchanging’s business efficiency.

Audio Visual Machines (AVM), the leading visual communications system integrator in the UK, has commissioned six video conferencing systems for Xchanging in London, Frankfurt, Gurgaon, Bangalore and Chicago.

AVM, the leading audio visual and video conferencing system integrator in the UK has completed the project designed to both divide and link seminar spaces in the recently acquired Kennedys office spaces in Sheffield.

Kennedys, the specialist national and international legal firm, required their Sheffield presentation rooms to be equipped with the same audio and visual functionality as that of the headquarters located on the ninth floor in Fenchurch Avenue. Kennedys needed the installations to be both easy to use and easy to manage.

Misery and disruption has spread across the capital city today as thousands of companies are losing profits due to the tube strikes. This could cost London's economy nearly £48 million a day according to the London Chamber of Commerce.

This has caused a huge increased interest in unified communications, such as Microsoft Office Communication Server and other desktop video conferencing solutions.

AVM, the leading audio visual and video conferencing system integrator in the UK has collaborated offices of the legal firm Davies Arnold Cooper LLP over video.

AVM has a dedicated Quality Systems Manager in charge of keeping its quality, environment and health and safety practices up to date and fully adhered to throughout the company. ISO 9001 is a quality management system which gives organisations a systematic approach for meeting customer objectives, ISO 14000 relates to the implementation of an environmental management system and waste reduction and ISO 18001 is an occupational health and safety management system.

Matrix volunteered to participate in a raffle fund raiser at Hampshire Constabulary's Summer Ball on 19th June 2010.

David Pryde, Assistant Chief Constable at Hampshire Constabulary hosted a Mid Summer Ball in Botley. This event included members, friends and partners of the Crime & Criminal Justice portfolio and other officers and staff from across Hampshire Constabulary, the Police Authority and associated partner agencies.

AVM, the leading audio visual and video conferencing system integrator in the UK has integrated three media walls into the lounge area of the TalkTalk offices in White City, West London.

TalkTalk, the broadband and home phone company launched by The Carphone Warehouse, needed a solution that could be used to communicate with staff and customers.

AVM designed a system using media walls installed into a reception area. The media walls display digital signage and Tiscali TV as well as being linked to PCs.

The AV Global Alliance has signed up its 26th member. inovat technologies of Mexico extends the Alliances reach to 32 countries with a combined turnover of $3bn, making it the dominant partnership of audio visual system integrators (AVSI) in the world.

After the successful expansion of the Matrix Leeds office, the Birmingham office will be closing and staff will be relocated to Leeds, opening up new opportunities and increasing efficiency. The move will happen on the 30th November 2009.

AVM has been awarded 29th place in the prestigious Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards, with a growth rate of 1,103%. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 league table recognises the 50 fastest growing technology companies with the highest percentage revenue growth over five years.

Edward Cook, CEO said: "Like last year, AVM has achieved exceptional growth driven by demand for video conferencing, maintenance & support and technology sales in the education sector."

AVM has been awarded 33rd place in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100, up 4 places from its debut on the list last year. The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table measures Britain's top 100 private companies that have demonstrated the fastest growth over a three year period.

Edward Cook, CEO said: "This is yet again another outstanding year of growth for AVM. This honour really goes to our amazing staff who, by looking after our customers, have made AVM the company it is today."

Polycom, Inc. [Nasdaq: PLCM], the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communications solutions, today announced its first certified partners with Platinum, Gold and Development status for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).

AVM, the leading audio visual and video conferencing system integrator in the UK, has provided ICE Futures (NYSE: ICE) with audio visual and videoconferencing solutions in their new office in the City of London. The systems were installed in the boardroom, training rooms, trading floor, meeting rooms, reception area and break out areas.

ICE Futures trades half of the world's crude and refined oil futures and needed to provide its traders and staff with digital signage, distributed TV and other time critical information.

AVM, the leading audio visual and video conferencing system integrator in the UK and is certified to sell and provide Polycom's immersive telepresence solutions.

AVM extends the AV Global Alliance to 24 members by welcoming Avitec (Turkey), AVITECH (Romania) and AV MEDIA (Czech Republic). The Alliance is a partnership of leading audio visual and video conferencing systems integrators (AVSI) from different countries around the world, and provides mutual support for their international clients.

TANDBERG, the leading global provider of telepresence and mobile video products and services, today announced that AVM, a leading provider of video and audio communications, has been certified as a TANDBERG Platinum Partner. The Platinum Partner status awarded by TANDBERG is the highest level of partnership that AVM can receive.