Hearables to Aid and Improve Audio Communications in the Workplace

The enterprise market, led by the government, military, and retail verticals, is also beginning to turn to hearables to foster better communication, collaboration, and workforce productivity. Market research from ABI Research forecasts enterprise hearable shipments will top one million in 2021, increasing from just 30,000 in 2016, at a CAGR of more than 108%.

Kramer Electronics announced the appointment of Steve Biegacki as new CEO for its US sales office, effective May 1st. Biegacki, a seasoned global AV industry sales and marketing executive with a strong technology background, replaces Dave Bright, who announced his retirement in August of last year. Mr. Bright will stay on as acting Chairman of the Board until his actual retirement at the end of 2016.

At NAMM 2015, Avid introduced Pro Tools First, a free version of Pro Tools, together with Pro Tools 12, introducing new flexible licensing, cloud collaboration, new marketplace services, and cloud publishing. The new colaboration platform extends to Sibelius, Avid’s notation software, now with cloud publishing.