What can you do with zero budget restrictions? Rich AV Design says the sky's the limit on this New York smart home automation project that included Lutron lighting, Savant control, Access Networks and remote monitoring.

Dealers cite home control products from Savant and URC, speakers from KEF and Paradigm, and Sony's Z Series 4K televisions, among others, as top products of the year.

Savant merges disparate sales teams for custom integration, specialty retail, builders and influencers (architects and designers) into a single regional team.

IoT and the business of smart-home data drove a panel discussion at the recent Azione Unlimted conference, where home-tech experts chimed in on everything from DIY automation to Millennials and the “ownerless economy.”

Three principals of the high-end Colorado integration firm Xssentials launched an ambitious franchise-like business one year ago called HAUS (Home Automation University), but the group couldn’t attract members quickly enough to sustain the costly v

Guided by husband-and-wife principals Barry and Andrea Reiner, Port Chester, N.Y.-based Innerspace Electronics is a perennial CE Pro 100 and award-winning integration firm that’s figured out how to stay one step ahead of the competition.