by Tom LeBlanc | Jan 12, 2017 | News
It took 50 days. On November 23, Commercial Integrator broke news of the Software Defined Video Over Ethernet (SDVoE) Alliance, a new group aimed at speeding up and standardizing the transition to AV over IP, but we weren’t able to name any foundering member...
by Tom LeBlanc | Jan 9, 2017 | Insights, News
Edmonton, Alberta-based Genesis Integration acquired London, Ontario-based Edcom Multimedia Products. OK, an approximately $40 million integration firm acquiring a $6.5 million integration firm isn’t exactly jaw-dropping news. However, the acquisition does a nice job...
by Tom LeBlanc | Jan 4, 2017 | News
When the integration industry talks about “convergence” it really should often be referring to access control. More than a security category, access control at its core is really “an information capturing tool,” points out Mark Duato,...
by Tom LeBlanc | Jan 3, 2017 | News
AVI-SPL is in the video content creation business. Tampa, Fla.-based AVI-SPL, North America’s largest AV integration firm with over $600 million in annual revenue, says it has entered an agreement to acquire video services provider VideoLink.In acquiring the...
by Tom LeBlanc | Jan 3, 2017 | Insights
In the integration industry there is no more powerful and influencial force than the corporate market, which stands out with 84 percent of Commercial Integrator’s readership claiming to have done business in that market in the past year and InfoComm noting that...