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What I Learned From ‘A World Without Email’
Are you and your employees slaves to the “Hyperactive Hive Mind”?
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CEDIA Launches Beta IST Certification
Attention experienced integrators — this one is for you.
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Scheduling Hell
When you are booked two or three months out, job-site delays can get complicated.
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CI Take: Amazon Launches More Smart Products and Security Services
In Amazon’s latest product launch, it beefs up Ring with eero, takes voice commands local, wall mounts an Echo, and enhances its aging-in-place program.
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Are You Employee-Centric or Customer-Centric?
Looking for the sweet spot between client obligations and employee morale.
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Being as Good as the Jet Ski Guy
Let’s make our onboarding process at least as good — and as easy — as the watersports industry.
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Revisiting Managing Inventory and Vendor Partnerships in Times of Uncertainty
How we have been managing our inventory to keep ahead of the backorders.
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The Need for Diversity in Education
CEDIA supports the education of our members and everyone in our industry by offering learning opportunities in a variety of ways.
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Attendees Welcome the Return of the CEDIA Expo Exhibit Hall
The CEDIA Expo exhibit floor opened to give industry pros the opportunity to engage in fact-to-face interaction with their peers.
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Inside the CEDIA Launchpad
CEDIA Expo’s Launchpad is a pavilion on the show floor where the newest residential technology brands share their innovations. Located there are brands that...
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The Common Thread Is Matter
The CEDIA Expo panel “Platform Playground: Shaping the Future of the Smart Home & Where Protocols Face Opportunities and Challenges” brought together six people...
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CEDIA 2021: Eat, Drink and Luxuriate Your Way Through Indy
Things to see and do while you're in Indianapolis for CEDIA Expo 2021.
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CEDIA 2021: Experts Offer Advice on Audio Acoustics
At the CEDIA Expo session “CEDIA Ask the Expert Series: Audio and Acoustics” on Aug. 31, Gerry Lemay of Home Acoustics Alliance and Adam...
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The Installer Will See You Now…
How to make your customers fill out forms — and love you for it.
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CEDIA Shares 2021: Samsung
Samsung gives Residential Systems readers a sneak peek at the company’s resimerical plans for its CEDIA Expo 2021 exhibit.
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Seeing Is Believing
Sony’s X1-Equipped Projector Lineup on Track to Stun in a Sony’s CI Live! Virtual Event, September 1-3, 2021.
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CEDIA Shares: Z-Wave Alliance
Z-Wave Alliance gives Residential Systems readers a sneak peek at what the company is planning for its CEDIA Expo 2021 exhibit.
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Why Your Clients Hate Fine Print and Surprises
You may prove to customers you are right, but still lose their business.
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CEDIA Shares 2021: SurgeX
SurgeX gives Residential Systems readers a sneak peek at what the company is planning for its CEDIA Expo 2021 exhibit.
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Back to Work and School Puts Spotlight on Smart Locks
With families heading back out to work and school, smart locks and security offer a spate of solutions.
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Training For Life Like an Ironman
Finding ways to devote to time to all the parts of life that really matter.
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The New Smart Home: Savant Power Looks to Change Perceptions
A talk with Savant Power president Anna Demeo about the recent acquisition and making power resiliency a pillar of the modern home.
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CEDIA Shares 2021: Hunter Douglas
Hunter Douglas gives Residential Systems readers a sneak peek at what the company is planning for its CEDIA Expo 2021 exhibit.
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CEDIA Shares 2021: Crestron
Crestron gives Residential Systems readers a sneak peek at what the company is planning for its CEDIA Expo 2021 exhibit.
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CEDIA Shares 2021: URC
URC gives Residential Systems readers a sneak peek at what the company is planning for its CEDIA Expo 2021 exhibit.
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The Nutsedge Effect
Do the people answering the phones at your company know the biz, or are they just taking messages for callbacks?
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Hands-On with Kaleidescape’s Online Dealer Certification Training
What it takes to get through the company’s new Dealer Certification Program.
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My First AV over IP Installation with SnapAV MOIP
The video distribution system provides the right fit for this client’s needs.
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CEDIA Certification Update
CEDIA has successfully rolled out the Cabling and Infrastructure Technician (CIT) Certification and now turns its attention to the new Integrated Systems Technician (IST)...
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Choking vs. Starving to Death in Your Business
Making sure you focus on the greatest threat to the company.
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Betting on Custom Installers
OneVision Resources invests in new services to help increase revenue opportunities for their dealer partners.
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Why We Are Loyal to a Single Control Brand
There is an exception to every rule — including the one to have a backup vendor.
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Azione Unlimited Launches Two New Business Initiatives
At its “Expedient Exposition” summit, the buying group unveiled its plans to help members with workforce development and create a community with architects and...
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Case Study: Smart Shades Bridge the Gap in the Connected Home
Integrator Alex Bloemer expands his business with Hunter Douglas shades, including a whole second company dedicated to window treatments.
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Remote Working Is Here to Stay – and That’s Good News
Practical tips on getting the best look and sound from the various videoconferencing platforms for both your clients AND you.