During a virtual ceremony, CEDIA announced the winners of its 2021 CEDIA Awards for the Americas region, including both project awards and awards for the best new products of the year.

Jimmy Paschke & Vince Luciani of SurgeX discuss how to optimize power systems, implement UPS backup, remotely diagnose and troubleshoot; Squid & other products highlighted too.

Crestron Electronics has added custom electronics industry veteran Lauren Simmen to its team, as she began work as senior product marketing manager, per LinkedIn. Simmen had spent roughly the past decade in a similar role with power conditioning and

Versatile SurgeX Squid device combines power protection, network control, AC/DC analytics, remote monitoring and more.

Integrators can confidently address today’s massive residential power strain, protect clients’ property and proactively troubleshoot problems.

The CE Pro Podcast was introduced this year and featured a number of Industry’s Got Talent editions that focused on AV industry members' other talents such as cooking, music and martial arts.