Ah, now the Amazon Echo Show makes sense. Amazon's smart home 'device with a screen' gains IC Realtime compatibility along with other smart home security/surveillance camera feeds like August Home and Netgear.

IC Realtime leads the way for the sixth year straight. Lilin and Vivotek fall out of the top five, with Alarm.com and Hikvision taking their places.

ALLie 360-degree Wi-Fi security camera supports 4K Ultra HD, content sharing on Facebook and YouTube, and virtual reality. It also has voice control capabilities under development.

IC Realtime's Persistent Low Altitude Surveillance System (PLAS) is a camera tethered to a balloon system to capture wide area CCTV surveillance images over large crowds and natural disasters from up to 450 feet high and transmit them wirelessly in r

MRI Premium Distribution Services gathered 400 integrators for its 15th annual Expo, which had training sessions on the exhibit floor.

Check out the 2016 BEST Award winners in the Control and Automation category: IC Real Tech, ELK, iRoom, Logitech, QMotion, Crestron and Basalte.