Crestron Partners with Huddly to Further Enhance Crestron Mercury® UC Experience
Jun 06, 2018
Best-selling all-in-one tabletop UC and AV solution now compatible with Huddly ultra-wide-angle USB camera; allows all participants in the room to be seen during videoconference calls
Las Vegas, NV – June 6, 2018 –Crestron, a global leader in control and automation for the modern workplace, today announced that, through its new partnership with Huddly, Crestron Mercury®, the best-selling all-in-one UC and AV tabletop solution, is now compatible with the Huddly wide-angle USB camera. The new pairing provides an undistorted, ultra-wide viewing angle of all participants in a meeting room during videoconference calls. Live demonstrations of Crestron Mercury and the Huddly camera are available at Crestron Booth #2562 at InfoComm® 2018, June 6 – 8 in Las Vegas, NV.
“By pairing the best USB camera in the industry with the best open UC platform, Crestron continues to raise the bar for the Unified Communications experience,” said Nic Milani, Director, Technology and Development at Crestron.
Crestron XiO Cloud™ Service
Beyond simply supplying the camera, Huddly is also partnering with Crestron on next generation features that leverage the Crestron XiO Cloud™ service. Embedded in every new Crestron device, Crestron XiO Cloud enables organizations to reduce installation time by up to 90% with no programming or setup required.
Expanded Microsoft® relationship
The Huddly partnership comes quickly on the heels of a recent announcement from Microsoft regarding further expansion of the Crestron relationship around the launch of Microsoft Teams this fall.
“The Huddly partnership demonstrates our commitment to providing all of our Unified Communications partners with the industry's best workplace solution,” adds Milani. “Whether embedding Crestron technologies such as plug-and-play wired presentation, or AirMedia® 2.0 wireless presentation, we’re committed to bringing together best of breed products to ensure our customers and partners are successful.”
Learn more
For a live demonstration of Crestron Mercury and the Huddly wide-angle USB camera, along with Crestron’s other solutions that meet the challenges of the modern workplace, visit Crestron Booth #2562.
About Crestron
At Crestron we build the technology that integrates technology. Our automation and control solutions for homes and buildings let people control entire environments with the push of a button, integrating systems such as AV, lighting, shading, security, BMS and HVAC to provide greater comfort, convenience and security. All of our products are designed and built to work together as a complete system, enabling you to monitor, manage and control everything from one platform.
Our products are backed by more than 90 fully-staffed offices that provide 24 x 7 x 365 sales, technical, and training support across the globe. In addition to its World Headquarters in Rockleigh, New Jersey, Crestron has sales and support offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Discover Crestron by visiting www.crestron.com.
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