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Upgrade your rooms without losing a workday

“Are we going to have to shut everything down during the work?” This is often the first question, and the first fear, when a company considers upgrading its rooms. The fear is legitimate: a meeting room out of service means postponed meetings, teams moving around, wasted time. Many projects are delayed for months for this reason alone.

October 5, 2026 · Pierre-Alexandre Bélisle

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A great mic isn't enough : Building a podcast studio

How do I reduce background noise in a podcast studio? By choosing the quietest room, turning off noisy ventilation during takes, moving computers away and bringing the mic closer to the voice. The mic captures noise the ear ignores in the moment.

September 3, 2026 · Marion Vaillant

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Le bruit en open space tue la productivité : voici pourquoi

Open-plan noise is killing productivity : Here's Why

In an open-plan office, everyone blames the noise, but the real culprit isn't the volume: it's intelligible speech. A conversation you understand despite yourself, a few metres away, captures your attention and disrupts focus far more than steady, neutral background noise. This is a documented phenomenon, known as the irrelevant speech effect.

August 20, 2026 · Pierre-Alexandre Bélisle

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Affichage dynamique : 6 usages concrets pour une PME

Display : 6 Practical Use Cases for your company

The value for a business isn't the screen itself, but what it enables: delivering the right information, in the right place, without reprinting a poster or sending yet another email no one reads.

August 6, 2026 · Nick Maluorni

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AV equipment by meeting room size: How to choose ?

Small, medium or large meeting room: choosing the right audiovisual equipment.

June 18, 2026 · Pierre-Alexandre Bélisle

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