The Crestron Culture of Collaboration

Engineered to Work the Way People Do

In today’s workplace, collaboration spaces are more than just meeting rooms; they’re essential for engagement, productivity, and talent retention. As employees return to offices, expectations for how meetings function and feel have never been higher. True hybrid collaboration must support both in-room and remote participants equally, with technology that operates naturally and doesn’t distract from the conversation. That’s why Crestron’s vision centers on a culture of collaboration, not just an activity, and why its newest solutions are built to make great collaboration part of everyday work. As a Crestron partner, CTI designs, installs and supports these collaboration spaces for organizations nationwide.

Market Challenges: Why Consistency Matters

Organizations are investing heavily in collaboration technology, but many still struggle to deliver consistent experiences. Premium collaboration has often been confined to custom executive spaces due to cost, complexity, and manual configuration that doesn’t scale. Hybrid meetings can leave remote participants disengaged, and AI-powered tools depend on high-quality audio and video to deliver meaningful insights. Manual measurements, room-by-room tuning, and custom programming extend deployment timelines and increase IT support.

The result is inconsistent room performance, higher operating costs and a growing gap between what users expect and what they experience.

This is where an experienced integrator makes the difference. CTI helps organizations standardize one proven room design and roll it out consistently across every site.

New Crestron Collaboration Innovations

Crestron Collab Compute

Collab Compute sits at the heart of the collaboration space. It’s a purpose-built, intelligent foundation for hybrid meetings at scale, designed to get the most out of Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms. Its AI-ready hardware supports today’s AI features and the ones still to come, so rooms keep pace as collaboration tools evolve without frequent hardware refreshes. Fast deployment keeps installation time and IT overhead low, so organizations can standardize the meeting experience across many spaces quickly.

80 Series Touch Screens

The 80 Series brings scheduling, meeting control and room control into one intuitive interface. Room booking, environment settings and device control are a single touch away, and the same look and feel in every room means people know what to do the moment they walk in. That consistency speeds adoption, cuts support requests and frees IT teams to focus on strategic work instead of troubleshooting.

Single-cable installation and enterprise-grade security make the panels simple to roll out and easy for IT to approve.

Automate VX Multi-camera Speaker Tracking Solution

The Automate VX 6.5 update brings AI-assisted deployment to intelligent video. Its new AutoMeasure feature automatically calibrates camera positions and coverage, removing the need for manual measurements. Installs are faster, and every meeting is captured with the same precision regardless of room layout.

Built-in health monitoring through XiO Cloud and broader microphone and camera compatibility give IT better visibility and more flexibility in how each room is equipped.

1 Beyond i12D Intelligent Camera

The 1 Beyond i12D brings professional, dynamic video to everyday meeting rooms in a single device. Speaker tracking and group framing keep every participant in view and follow the active speaker automatically, so remote attendees feel as present as the people in the room. Two zooming cameras and a full-room view, directed by onboard AI, cut cleanly between speakers without anyone touching a control.

Auto-calibration removes manual setup, so organizations can deploy video quickly and at scale.

Tying the entire collaboration experience together, XiO Cloud® platform enables centralized deployment, monitoring, and management across meeting spaces. By simplifying provisioning and providing clear visibility into system status, organizations can maintain consistent performance, reduce manual effort, and keep collaboration spaces ready for everyday use.

Collaboration That Works Everywhere

When collaboration works consistently, organizations can reduce friction for users and IT teams while creating a more predictable meeting experience. Collaboration spaces feel intuitive, consistent, and reliable. Employees engage more fully in meetings when technology works naturally and equitably for both in-room and remote participants. Standardized systems reduce IT support demands and minimize downtime. With AI-ready infrastructure built in, organizations gain confidence that their collaboration environments will support evolving workflows and AI-powered tools without requiring constant redesign.

Key outcomes include:

• Higher engagement in spaces people want to use
• Collaboration becomes a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent
• Equitable hybrid meetings where all participants are seen and heard
• Technology that fades into the background instead of demanding attention
• Reduced IT workload through standardized, reliable systems
• Infrastructure ready for AI-powered collaboration and analytics
• Lower total cost of ownership through simplified deployment, maintenance, and support

This is not just about better rooms; it’s about a better way to work.

Bringing It All Together with CTI

Each of these solutions works on its own, but the real value comes when they are designed and deployed together. That’s where CTI comes in. As a Crestron partner, CTI designs, installs and supports Collab Compute rooms from huddle spaces to boardrooms, with nationwide certified technicians and ongoing support through CTI Complete.

Whether you’re refreshing one floor or standardizing every site, our team helps you plan the right room for each space and keeps it running long after installation.

Ready to make your meeting rooms AI-ready?

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