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Channeling Mr. Spock: Are $200 Installs Coming?

*Originally published on CEPro.com Integrators may have expected serious downward pricing pressures now that smart homes are more mainstream, but so far the industry has defied all logic. Mr. Spock would not have understood the custom electronics market of the past half-decade. The famed character from the planet Vulcan in Star Trek based everything on logic. So, […]

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Survey Results Offer Detailed Look Into Integration Industry

Responses from more than 200 integrators show the current state of the integration industry. In the Spring of 2018, AE Ventures conducted its Integration Industry Research Snapshot survey, which provides a look into bigger, better integration companies with three product/market proficiencies: residential systems integrators, commercial systems integrators (strongly focused on A/V applications) and electronic physical […]

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Best Practices in Video and Access Control as a Service

At the inaugural Security Sales & Integration Summit, industry leaders laid out the best options for as-a-service offerings. During the Best Practices in Video and Access Control as a Service Session at the 2016 SSI Summit, experts discussed topics including structuring as-a-service offers, dealer benefits vs. traditional project mode, identifying best prospects for as-a-service and […]