Your Network Is Your Reputation: Why Integrators Must Own the Backbone

Every integrator has received the same phone call. Netflix isn’t streaming. Music keeps dropping out. Lighting scenes no longer work. Security cameras won’t load clearly. When this happens, homeowners come to a simple conclusion: the smart home isn’t working. Clients usually don’t wonder whether the issues are happening because of a disruption with their internet service…

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Creating More Beautiful, Better-Performing Homes Through Early Collaboration

At Las Vegas Summer Market, I had the pleasure of moderating “Designing Smarter Together: Seamlessly Integrating Technology into Residential Design,” a brand-neutral conversation with Bret Jacob of Phoenix Marketing Group and Joe Whitaker of Origin Acoustics. The room included designers, builders, architects, manufacturers, representatives, and other professionals who all touch the residential project in different…

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Unique Lighting Systems Brings Outdoor Lighting Support to CEDIA Integrators

Outdoor living continues to become a larger part of the connected home conversation, but for many CEDIA integrators, outdoor lighting can still feel like a separate discipline. Unique Lighting Systems, a division of The Toro Company, is looking to lower that barrier with a new CEDIA Partner Program built around design support, dealer education, field…

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