Market optimism exudes from CI‘s annual survey but it’s muddied by a steady stream of disappearing firms. As we enter 2017, the integration market is about the choice between exiting and committing to move forward.
Amazon Echo is making waves in the residential market and is bound to shake up the commercial market as the marriage of a uniquely residential product with established control companies is significant.
The integrator of the future will require talent more than ever, the ability to maximize the utilization of that talent, and the processes to support them.
AV integrators need to know how clients’ funding is approved and how their ROI will be determined for new AV systems as new solutions need to fit into customers’ overall business strategies.
Integrators and manufacturers share their thoughts on how the industry will change in the next 12 months.
Experts from Axis Communications, Kramer, QSC, and Media Vision share advice on how to form trusting relationships with customers’ IT departments.
AV integrators need to communicate Wi-Fi requirements, security methods, database service requirements and more to ensure their clients’ IT departments are prepared for new technology.
According to CI Research, project managers rely on apps such as Fing and AudioTools for technical purposes, and also leverage note-taking apps such as Microsoft OneNote, Evernote, and OmniOutliner.
NEC Display Solutions of America’s Rich Ventura brings a unique focus on the integration community that should translate to better embrace of Digital Signage Experts Group certification.
Innovations from Christie, LG, SiliconCore, Vivtek and more brought impressive display technology to the market this year with 4K resolutions, thinner bezels and overall brighter images.