Barco and FVC offers wePresent education solution

Barco today announced its plan to expand its partnership with its regional value-added distributor, FVC, adding the revolutionary wePresent wireless collaboration solutions to its portfolio and now the distributor will be able to offer the full range of wePresent products, including the 1000, 1600, 2100 models to customers across the region.

Ramzi Itani the new Vice President for Barco’s Middle East and Africa Operations

Ramzi Itani, Vice President for the Middle East and Africa at Barco, said “We enjoy a long-standing relationship with FVC, rooted in trust and solid results for some of our most innovative products introduced over the years in the Middle East and Africa region. Barco is pleased to build on this synergy by adding wePresent to the FVC portfolio.”

He added “According to Gartner, IT spending is forecasted to be at its highest this year, demonstrating a rise in spends on personal devices as well as on digitisation across various sectors, including education, which is racing to be at the forefront of the digital revolution. wePresent addresses this growing market need by facilitating wireless collaboration like never before. Together with FVC, we expect this range of products to attract strong interest in the market.”

Widely used in classroom, corporate and government environments around the world, wePresent allows users to harness the power of interactive and collaborative in-room meetings through its wireless presentation gateway systems. Notably, the platform allows up to 64 users to share content from any device to present, interact and collaborate. The added flexibility of enabling BYOD settings also offers a low investment solution that is particularly suited for educational institutions in the region.

K.S. Parag, Managing Director at FVC

K. S. Parag, Managing Director of FVC, said “Barco never fails to impress with the quality of its products, and continually emerges as market-leaders in the meeting solutions segment through innovative products such as the ClickShare range. With the wePresent products, we see a valuable opportunity to go beyond offices and meet the needs of the growing education sector in the region.”

Earlier this year, Barco had announced its first ClickShare Certified Training Center at FVC in Dubai. Certified by the Barco University, the training center will also provide customised wePresent user workshops by March 2019.

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