Diversified has served as trusted AV partner to Travers Smith, a corporate law firm headquartered in London, for several years, maintaining systems at their Snow Hill Office. Travers Smith partnered with us to update several meeting rooms, some of which weren’t yet capable of video conferencing.
In early 2021 David Cassidy, IT Director, Travers Smith sought out Diversified, a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner to standardize their meeting room for use of Microsoft Teams for video conferencing. The new meeting room technology had to be intuitive and offer an identical experience across the variety of rooms sizes, from huddle rooms to boardroom and even the auditorium. After demonstrations of several Microsoft-certified room solutions, the Crestron Flex system and Logitech Rally camera was approved and standardized upon for all rooms. Diversified further collaborated with the Travers Smith building management team to identify and coordinate monitoring and evaluation requirements to compliment the AV upgrades.
The highlight of the project is the auditorium which is now capable of hosting internal and external meetings over Teams. A large, 130” 1.5mm Samsung LED display was installed, upgraded from a ceiling mount projection system. The space also includes multiple 4K cameras which capture participants on a small stage at the front of the room in lecture mode as well as participants at the table when configured for boardroom style meetings. The same Crestron Flex system and interface found in the auditorium, also features in all meeting rooms to provide a truly equal experience, reducing use complexity and giving users the confidence to use the system without needing to rely on technical assistance.
Diversified was able to complete the project during a difficult time given the working restrictions presented by the pandemic compounded by the global chip shortage which extended delivery lead times. As a direct result of the success of this project Diversified continue to support Travers Smith through the technology upgrades, with more projects planned for the future. Furthermore, Diversified continue to provide day to day support and maintenance Assurance, a technical support service for their system and business continuity.
