All Articles Tagged Self Contained Systems

Julie Jacobson | 01/05 08:58 AM, 0 Comments

Self-contained systems is one of CE Pro's Top 5 Home Technology Opportunities for 2012. We will be profiling each trend over the next week as part of our State of the Industry Report. Once upon a time there was a strict dichotomy between security and automation systems. The two must remain separate but integrated, it has been argued, in order to maintain the integrity of the security system. But in 2011 we saw an explosion of self-contained systems that blur the line between security and other home technologies, integrating all… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 11/29 09:28 AM, 6 Comments

Where will CE Pros find new inspiration and fresh opportunities in 2012? CE Pro has selected 5 Home Technology Opportunities for the coming year. They will be presented in the January 2012 of the magazine (CES issue). Please let us know your thoughts on our Top 5 in the comments section below! 1. Cloud-based services Most integrators are sold on the notion of cloud-based content, but the opportunities in the cloud go way beyond that. In 2011 we started to see some promising activity around cloud-based home-control, telephony, energy management… View this story