Mike Stead

Director, The Workplace and Sustainability Forums

Company Type

Business Consulting End User Industry Association

Department

Executive Office/Owner

Language

English

Recent Comments

Feb 11, 2026

Is the AV world ready to sell products with a 5-7year lifecycle? Displays and speakers, sure. Mics maybe. But cameras and compute have been on rocket sleds feature-wise the last couple of years. How does the AV industry calm down and offer tech leaders longer-term certainty, upgradeability, suport etc? Can you currently get support for a 3+ yo room system? dunno! What about when you're promising 7+ years? 

In my other life, I point customers towards Bosch-powered ebikes - not for performance, or price, but becuase they commit to 10+yr parts and software support.