In the December 2011 issue of Commercial Integrator magazine, HB Communications, Inc. was awarded System Design Integrator of the Year.

HB Communications, Inc. is proud to announce that HB was awarded System Design Integrator of the Year by Commercial Integrator magazine. The award was announced in the December 2011 issue of the magazine.

Organizations awarded did not apply for awards, but rather were selected as recipients based on conversations with integrators, manufacturers, clients, as well as data gathered by the Commercial Integrator team. HB Communications was one of seven companies to receive awards from the magazine, but the only company designated as System Design Integrator of the Year.

Bryant University was recently featured in an article about Green AV that works

In the October issue of System Contractor News, readers can learn about how green AV has been incorporated at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The article appeared in the print edition in the Snapshots section and can be read online as SCN’s website.

HB Communications, Inc. was recognized at the ACES Business Advisory Council Recognition Dinner in New Haven, CT.

HB Communications, Inc. has been recognized with a certificate of appreciation by ACES (Area Cooperative Educational Services) for continuing support of employment and career transition services.

The event, sponsored by ACES Business Advisory Council, took place on October 19^th at Anthony’s Restaurant in New Haven to honor businesses that support ACES students and clients with jobs and mentors. HB Communications, Inc. is one of over 100 companies in the greater New Haven community who work in partnership with ACES to provide employment to ACES clients.

HB Communications, Inc. has hired two new employees, one for sales management and one to further develop HB’s Unified Communications team. David Krauss will join the UC team, directed by Ted Thompson, while Mike Saviano adds his skill set to HB’s sales management team.

This summer, HB Communications, Inc. hired Mike Saviano as vice president – CT sales and David Krauss as a collaboration solutions architect. Saviano will add to the company’s management team, while Krauss will be an integral addition to the UC team. Both gentleman previously worked for Cisco Systems and provide years of UC, telepresence and video expertise.

Saviano has been an information technology industry professional for 30 years. He began his career as sales manager at New England based Micro Computer Company, before transitioning to Fleet Information Services as a systems analyst and technical project leader. In 1995, Saviano was recruited by Cisco Systems for an engineering position in their Boston office. He held several positions at Cisco including an enterprise systems engineer, commercial account manager, Unified Communications specialist and a channel development manager.

Northeastern University, integrated a new HD control room with HB’s help

This year, Northeastern University in Boston, MA turned to HB Communications for help next steps after their multimillion dollar renovation of Matthew’s Arena. Matthew’s Arena is one of the oldest multipurpose buildings, but additionally is home to NU’s men’s and women’s ice hockey and men’s basketball teams. The large renovation took place two years ago but it become evident that NU needed to take the next step by integrating a new HD control room based on the NewTek TriCaster 850 EXTREME HD portable live-production system.

NU’s budget was tight, as well as the space for the new HD control room. NU turned to HB to develop a TriCaster-based setup that could fit in the arena’s very small control-room area while still producing a broadcast-quality show. The control room produces both the in-venue show for the basketball and hockey games, as well as the live stream that is available on www.GoNUxstream.com and the on-campus TV station.