Debuting at CEDIA 2017, two former integrators launch High Demand Manpower for Integrators (HDMI Staffing), providing recruitment and other employment services for home technology integrators -- from entry-level techs to experienced execs.

Amplifier Technologies Inc. (ATI) adds Datasat Digital Entertainment (DDE) to bolster its high-end audio processing and amplification product suite, adding to portfolio that includes Theta Digital and BGW.

Founding editor Julie Jacobson shares CEDIA Fellow’s honor with CE Pro team.

In time for CEDIA 2017, URC Total Control is one of the first pro-oriented home-automation systems to support IFTTT; Other new integrations include push notifications, Belkin Wemo, Oppo Blu-ray, and virtually anything that can issue an IP command.

Portal.io already lets smart-home technologists search for specialty products, build proposals and purchase gear wholesale from a single site. New ‘Select’ service, to be demonstrated at CEDIA 2017, elevates service to Amazonian levels.

Eric Bodley, former CE Pro 100 integrator, past president of CEDIA, and current president and CEO of Future Ready Solutions and Bodley and Associates, is named 2017 CEDIA Lifetime Achievement Award winner.