Interview: Months after acquiring home-tech distributor Allnet, SnapAV adds Volutone for a total of 11 branch locations, with potentially more acquisitions to come.
Julie Jacobson
Julie Jacobson is founding editor of CE Pro, the leading media brand for the home-technology channel. She has covered the smart-home industry since 1994, long before there was much of an Internet, let alone an Internet of things. Currently she studies, speaks, writes and rabble-rouses in the areas of home automation, security, networked A/V, wellness-related technology, biophilic design, and the business of home technology. Julie majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, spent a year abroad at Cambridge University, and earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a recipient of the annual CTA TechHome Leadership Award, and a CEDIA Fellows honoree. A washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player, Julie currently resides in San Antonio, Texas and sometimes St. Paul, Minn. Follow on Twitter: @juliejacobson
Julie Jacobson's Latest Posts
Video Maven John Bishop: MicroLED Claims are ‘Fake News’
Video geek John Bishop says MicroLED and Directview LED displays have nothing on two-piece video projection systems, and claims of superior uniformity, black levels and light span are overstated.
Calving and Camping: Reviewers Share 15 Real-Life Applications for Wire-free Arlo Go Cam
Arlo Go customers use the wire-free, battery-powered cameras to monitor calving, inverter battery levels, construction sites, weather and other conditions that require remote surveillance where Wi-Fi won’t go.
Now THIS is Why we Want 8K
You might think 8K is unnecessary, gratuitous, overkill and not for you … until you watch NASA’s stunning video from the International Space Station.
Instruments Giant Ametek Nabs Alarm.com Competitor Telguard with Acquisition of Parent Co. Telular
AMETEK acquires cellular-communications and IoT provider Telular for $525M, including Telguard SHaaS (smart home as a service) platform for integrating home automation with professionally monitored security.
Home Health Technology Scores Big Win in Reimbursement
Medicare and Medicaid loosened restrictions on reimbursement for remote patient monitoring, paving the way for more insurance providers to cover home-health technology.
Bleak Economy Ahead: Azione Pushes Lighting, Workforce Development, Website Mastery
Anticipating dire economic straits for 2019, Azione chairman Richard Glikes urges home-tech integrators to embrace lighting and wellness, and to get aggressive on workforce development and marketing.
Resideo’s Security, Home-Automation IPO: Comparing REZI, CTRL, ALRM
After IPO, Honeywell spinoff Resideo (NYSE: REZI) joins Control4 and Alarm.com as the only pure-play, pro-centric security and smart-home stocks. We compare 12 publicly traded competitors.
How A Luxury Manufacturer Got Interior Designers to Love Home Tech
When smart home technology is seen by the interior design community as a “necessary evil,” Barco Residential wins by painting spaces with video.
Tech Opportunities in Senior Living: Tech Spaces, Man Caves, Game Rooms
‘Environments for Aging’ highlights several trends in senior living that home-tech integrators could exploit, like entertainment spaces for visiting families and ‘man caves’ for game day.
CEO Interview: The Scoop on AVAD, WAVE Electronics Merger
Mark Fukuda, CEO of the newly merged home-technology distributors AVAD + WAVE Electronics, discusses new corporate name, house brands, security channel, pro AV sector, and what used to keep him up at night.
Best 238-Word Linkedin Post by Integrator: Plan for Failure
In an awesome Linkedin post, integrator Kyle Griffith of KG Theaters explains how his company plans for smart-home failures — like urging customers to purchase spare parts before they’re discontinued.
