Revolabs has announced the launch of Revolabs Academy, a series of online training seminars designed to arm customers and distribution partners with in-depth knowledge of the company’s family of wireless audio systems for unified communications.

“Over the past 18 months, we have conducted more than 25 day-long, on-site training seminars and the demand has far exceeded our expectations. Therefore, we’re moving the seminars online to extend this knowledge to an even wider audience and to offer more flexibility to our busy customers and partners,” said Eric Spata, director of global technical services for Revolabs. “Now, students can fit training into their schedules at their convenience, and we will be able to offer many more training sessions on a range of topics tailored to specific groups of users.”

Revolabs Academy training courses are open to all current Revolabs customers and end users as well as resellers, distributors, integrators, and consultants. Courses will cover product- focused topics ranging from how to position and sell Revolabs systems, to how to troubleshoot and manage the installations. Each course will be geared toward preparing students with the information they need to specify, install, and troubleshoot specific products in the Revolabs line, and gives them access to resources of which they might be unaware.

Most online courses may be started and finished at the student’s discretion, but some will be delivered in the form of scheduled webinars. Upon completion of a certification, students will receive InfoComm International CTS Program Renewal Units (RUs) for industry certification renewal.

www.revolabs.com/training

In the UK the Leveson inquiry is examining the mobile phone hacking and other privacy intrusions carried out by the UK press. The activities of Rupert Murdoch’s News Group publication the News of the World and possibly some other UK papers sparked the enquiry that has touched royalty, politicians, celebrities, the police and ordinary people alike.

Piers Morgan, now an international celebrity himself as CNN's replacement to Larry King, was previously editor of The News of the World and The Mirror, both renowned UK tabloids, the so-called “yellow press”. It therefore seemed somewhat poetical that he gave video conferenced evidence to the inquiry in London on 19 December from a room in Los Angeles which was lit by some yellow lighting … as befitted his position, some might say. The court room in the UK was perfectly lit with a clear and camera-friendly light for the live broadcast.

Aanother witness, journalist James Hipwell claimed that it was impossible to imagine that Piers Morgan was unaware that phone hacking was an everyday activity at the newspaper he was in charge of.

Maybe Piers Morgan was indeed kept in the dark … or at least pooly lit, like his video appearance.  But there's clearly a sales opportunity for someone to make him appear in a better light if he is invited to give further testimony.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16259941