Meeting Room Tool, Collaboration, Presentation System

The ClickShare presentation system is quickly making inroads in meeting rooms around the world. The secret of its success? Its easy set-up, single button interface, the absence of cables and excellent collaboration features. A leading French energy company that extensively tested the ClickShare prototype resolutely confirms how ClickShare changes meeting room dynamics.

“ClickShare sets itself apart by its exceptional user-friendliness. It is so simple to connect ClickShare to up to four computers, with just one click, and then visualize the presentations,” said Alain Despiau, IT research manager. “As everyone has a chance to put their data on the screen, people are much more involved in the meetings and stay tuned. In this way, ClickShare truly fosters meeting room collaboration.”

ClickShare with panoramic impression

Collaboration is the first priority in meetings. That’s why Barco’s new portfolio for the Corporate AV market has everything to enable people working together in the best possible way. Combining ClickShare, Barco’s wireless meeting room presentation and collaboration system, with the CRPN-52B panoramic projector for example, offers you an extremely wide canvas that is perfectly suited for side-by-side projection of multiple user screens.
The CRPN-52B Panorama projector displays an exceptionally wide image of 2,560 x 1,080 pixels – allowing you to share more information and thus improve collaboration. That’s why Barco has adapted ClickShare – our signature collaboration product – to work perfectly together with the CRPN-52B. Instead of distributing the user screen content over the four quadrants of the screen, ClickShare displays the content in a side-by-side manner, optimally using the available pixel estate. The result is a remarkable collaborative experience, combining ClickShare simplicity with CRPN-52B impression.

Why ClickShare and CRPN-52B is a perfect match:

• Panoramic canvas for better collaboration
• Up to four meeting participants can share content simultaneously
• User screens are displayed side-byside to optimally use pixel real estate

‘The invasion’ introduces Barco’s corporate AV range

‘The Invasion’ – an exclusive event to celebrate the launch of Barco’s corporate AV range. While our Collaborate, Impress and Present projectors and our ClickShare system took center stage, the event also introduced the unique Engage™ package. Engage™ bundles ClickShare with other technology and office furniture to spur collaboration in the meeting room. The Imago group will support the rollout of Engage across Europe.

Fantastic feedback
The launch event, which took place at the prestigious Royal Society of Arts building in London, was the first opportunity for Imago’s reseller partners and their customers to see the full range in one place. They were treated to extensive demos of the projectors and of ClickShare, as well as to presentations by Barco on its corporate AV strategy and the long-term plans for technology development. “We have had some fantastic feedback from our customers,” wrote the Imago Group on its LinkedIn page, after the event.

Engage™ by Herman Miller
More than showcasing the new projector range, the Imago Group also gave a sneak peek of Engage™ – a concept designed by specialist corporate furniture manufacturer Herman Miller that includes Barco’s ClickShare. The combination of ClickShare with Samsung displays, audio conferencing from Revolabs, display stands from CBS and Herman Miller furniture leads to turnkey collaboration solutions for today’s meeting rooms.

Read AV Magazine
Want to learn more about meeting-room efficiency and the Engage™ offering? Well, AV Magazine has dedicated a two-pager to this topic in its November-December issue. Don’t miss it!

Herman Miller offers Barco ClickShare wireless collaboration technology

Barco, a global leader in visualization and collaboration solutions, has forged a North American alliance with Herman Miller, an international contemporary office furnishings company, to offer Barco’s ClickShare wireless collaboration technology to enhance meeting dynamics.
Traditionally, commercial office furniture and ProAV industries rarely intersect, but with the need for collaborative work spaces, consumerization of IT and growth of personalized technology, these two industries are finding ways to combine their offerings, providing turnkey collaboration solutions.

Shared approach to enhanced meetings
Herman Miller and Barco collaboration products are an ideal marriage of furniture solutions and collaboration technology. This partnership revolutionizes and simplifies the way people work together and share content. Additionally, Barco’s ClickShare design fits discreetly into Herman Miller’s products.

“A sleek and efficient product, ClickShare integrates seamlessly with both our AV carts and our furniture,” comments Wayne Baxter, Director of Herman Miller’s “Thrive” ergonomic portfolio of products.

Enhancing collaboration and efficiency in today’s meetings
Barco ClickShare makes it easy for professionals to present their content on the meeting room main display with just a click of a button. Comprised of only a few simple components – a base station, ClickShare buttons and easy-to-use software – ClickShare allows users to instantly connect, communicate and collaborate by mirroring their computer screen content on the meeting room display.

“Like Herman Miller solutions, ClickShare enhances collaboration and inspires productivity, making meetings more impactful and efficient,” continues Baxter. “I personally never want to have another meeting without ClickShare!”

New inroads to new markets
“By forming alliances with market leading, progressive companies like Herman Miller, we can greatly expand our reach to create new business opportunities in new markets, ultimately empowering thousands of professionals with the ability to greatly enhance collaboration and meeting dynamics,” comments Patrick Lee, Vice President Barco North America.

Embracing the BYOD Trend
The relationship between Herman Miller and Barco comes at a time when an increasing number of professionals are using personal technology for business communication and presentation, known widely as “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD). ClickShare allows companies to fully embrace this trend by providing a system that enables users to easily share content from these devices on the main display without the complexity if connecting to the company network. The combination of platform flexibility and the ability to simultaneously share different types of documents – including PowerPoint, spreadsheets, and pdfs – make ClickShare a highly versatile and flexible content-sharing tool.

An integrated collaboration solution
Barco’s value-added distributor, Starin, is supplying ClickShare to Herman Miller dealers in the US and Canada as an integral component of the “Engage™” system, which provides customers with everything they need for effective wireless screen sharing within a collaboration space. This product bundles Herman Miller’s VCALL AV Support for audio visual and video conferencing needs in either single or dual screen format with ClickShare to foster interactive information sharing.