Stampede President and COO Kevin Kelly Sees Much to Look Forward to in the Year Ahead

Today's Top Business Story - 01.16.14 Stampede President and COO Kevin Kelly Sees Much to Look Forward to in the Year Ahead » The traditional AV industry is maturing, with the inevitable commoditization of product and pricing that maturity brings to all mature industries. But now, thanks to an always-fast, always-on internet, a new, personalized industry is taking shape, and this new industry is being built upon the idea of connecting, integrating, and sharing devices in entirely new eco-systems that are built around highly-customized software applications. Revamped SCN InfoComm Installation Product Awards SCN has updated its InfoComm Installation Product Awards program to include a completely new set of categories that better reflect today's business of AV design and integration. More » Today's News RTI Adds Two-Way Driver for Venstar ColorTouch Programmable Thermostats » Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) has introduced a new two-way driver that allows users to control and receive feedback from the Venstar ColorTouch residential (T5800/T5900) and commercial (T6800/T6900) color touchscreen, programmable thermostats on their two-way enabled RTI control system. Spring 2014 Stampede AV Tour Highlights Internet of Things » The Spring 2014 Stampede Big Book of AV (BBOAV) Tour kicks off on January 23 in Austin, TX, with the first of seven scheduled stops at the Woodward Conference Center at Wyndham Garden. RSG Introduces All-In-One VR-3EX AV Mixer » Roland Systems Group has introduced the VR-3EX, the company's latest All-In-One AV Mixer that strengthens and expands a growing line-up of live production, web streaming and recording solutions. Blog of the Day What Nest's Acquisition and InfoComm Appearance by Top IT Brands Mean for Integrators » by Brendan Morrissey This year may be remembered as the year that AV and IT accelerated its convergence and home automation became a household term. Survey of the Week Which CES product will have the greatest impact on pro AV? » Quote of the Day "This week's announcements have set the internet and AV industry at large abuzz, with reactions ranging from "no surprise" to "convergence is finally at hand." For years, integrators have looked for the perfect set of network-connected products that make it easy for clients to automate control of their homes, while delivering a healthy profit margin and opportunity for recurring revenue to maintain and support the products. This necessitates the coming together (convergence) of AV and IT, and there's no doubt that Google and Microsoft are potentially the brands most well-positioned to pull it off." —Brendan Morrissey

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