Adrienne Knick on bridging the AV and IT skills gap
As featured in Technology Record
Nearly all of today’s audiovisual (AV) systems require connectivity via a network. Take the new Sphere venue in Las Vegas, for example. A highly sophisticated and comprehensive network is required to enable the 15,000-square-metre venue to provide 16K ultra-high-definition video and sound experiences through its 164,000 speakers.
“This convergence and need to share network resources creates challenges on both sides and professionals with a skillset that includes AV and IT are better equipped to overcome them,” says @Adrienne Knick, senior director of certification at the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA). “The Audiovisual Network Professional (ANP) Certification is AVIXA’s new credential covering the knowledge required to design and implement networks that support AV systems. It focuses on six key areas of this process: needs analysis, hardware topology, software topology, system deployment, performance verification and project closeout.”
The certification allows AV professionals to demonstrate that while they’ve long known the AV side, they can also properly get their equipment on the network. The reverse will be true for IT professionals: they have ample experience with networking and this credential allows them to demonstrate that they are also able to properly integrate AV into that network.
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