To answer this directly, multinational companies coordinate global AV projects by abandoning rigid standardization in favor of a ‘glocal’ approach. They establish a centralized Global Program Management Office (GPMO) to govern regional integrators, and they strictly manage international supply chains through landed cost analysis and regulatory compliance tracking. By treating AV not as a localized facility expense, but as a unified, enterprise-wide IT infrastructure, they achieve true global scale.

GPA and Cisco help global enterprises standardize Microsoft Teams Rooms with AI-powered Cisco devices, Connected Intelligence, and flexible interoperability.

After catching my breath from the European event circuit earlier this year, it is already time to start looking at flights to Nevada. The professional audiovisual industry is gathering once again for InfoComm 2026, scheduled to take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center. While there are regional variations of this exhibition worldwide, the US iteration represents the preeminent global nexus for this rapidly evolving sector.

Multinational corporations spend billions attempting to unify their collaboration environments. Yet, IT leaders universally report a massive discrepancy between the ‘global standard’ engineered at headquarters and the reality deployed in regional offices. This report dissects the structural, cultural, and logistical root causes of this fragmentation.