Lightware is expanding its partnership with Netgear through a new agreement which integrates both manufacturers’ e-learning platforms. As part of the collaboration, Netgear will host a selection of Lightware Academy courses on its platform, whilst Lightware Academy will feature Netgear’s AV-over-IP courses.
Lightware Academy is an online and in-person education platform, offering on-demand videos and downloadable materials curated by Lightware’s expert training team. Three certified training levels are available, with courses covering USB-C and digital AV, room automation and AV integration and AV-over-IP.
Tibor Fejes, head of training at Lightware Academy, said: “Lightware’s signal management solutions integrate effortlessly with Netgear’s industry-leading AV-over-IP switches, so this partnership is a natural next step in giving our customers the knowledge they need to build and configure sophisticated systems with these technologies. The partnership will allow our training videos to reach more users whilst delivering a more comprehensive AV-over-IP learning experience to our existing Academy users.”
Lightware’s Ubex Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 courses are already available on the Netgear Academy, whilst Netgear’s Level 1 AV-over-IP Certification is accessible via Lightware Academy, with plans to release Level 2 and Level 3 for more in-depth learning.
This cross-platform integration aims to offer added convenience for learners, allowing them to access a broader range of training materials in one place. As Lightware and Netgear products often work together, joint training aims to ensure users understand how to maximise these combined solutions.
Fejes added: “By combining Netgear’s networking expertise with Lightware’s signal management innovations, we’re creating a training ecosystem that mirrors the needs of real-world installations. This collaboration ensures that integrators and end-users not only understand each product individually, but also how to maximise their performance when used together in a complete AV-over-IP infrastructure.”
Building on the e-learning partnership, Lightware and Netgear will be hosting a joint webinar this autumn, with guest speakers and discussions about benefits of the wider business partnership on customers.
For those eager to learn more, the webinar will also serve as an exclusive invitation to a dedicated Netgear + Lightware Day at Lightware’s Dusseldorf Training Center. This in-person event will feature expert trainers from both companies alongside hands-on demonstrations of Netgear’s networking solutions and Lightware’s AV-over-IP products, further strengthening the partnership’s commitment to innovation and customer success.