by Jonathan Blackwood | Jan 9, 2020 | News
I think it’s a wonderful thing that Commercial Integrator — the website you’re on now, and the magazine — highlights the State of the AV Industry early each year: a snapshot of where we are and how things have changed over the past year is a great...
by Jonathan Blackwood | Dec 27, 2019 | News
One of the main State of the Industry trends that we’ve tracked since we’ve been doing these annual forecasts for the year ahead in systems integration has been the sometimes-contentious AV and IT convergence. Heading into 2020, it’s about time that we agreed the AV...
by Jonathan Blackwood | Dec 5, 2019 | News
Technology installers in many ways can be looked at as project managers. The logistics of being an AV integrator can be complicated. That’s why so many firms rely heavily on a pro AV distributor. Integrators are in charge of procuring multiple products from...
by Jonathan Blackwood | Nov 14, 2019 | News
Total Tech Summit 2019 wrapped up last week. Integrators and systems installers in the commercial and residential space that install technology from AV to Security to UCC attended with the intent to learn how to continue to grow their businesses in 2020. I’ve been to...
by Jonathan Blackwood | Nov 7, 2019 | News
A $1 million sale could represent a significant portion of a typical AV integration firm’s yearly audio video system project revenue. What you might not realize, though, is in a 400,000 square-foot new building project that costs about $300 million, that $1 million...
