The Integration Conversation

CES 2020 is underway, and CEDIA has a crew walking the floors and reporting back. The panel for the first episode from Vegas includes Walt Zerbe and Ian Bryant from CEDIA, Mike Maniscalco (Pytheas), Rich Green (Rich Green Design), Gordon van Zuiden (cyberManor), Christiaan Beukes (Sphere Custom), and Jim Hunter (Delos).

From horror stories to real solutions, this podcast touches on some of the major issues facing us when it comes to network security and privacy. Guests include Mike Mansicalco (Pytheas), Rich Green (Rich Green Design), and the lead instructor for the cybersecurity workshop presented at ISE 2020, Jeff Sonnleitner, a professor at Moraine Park Technical College in Wisconsin.

Pertinent links:

https://www.ioxtalliance.org/

https://www.iseurope.org/show-event/cedia-cybersecurity-workshop/

We're continuing our end-of-2019 countdown of our ten biggest episodes from the past year. Clips include chats about CES, NEC 2020, high-end clients, and much more.

We're starting our end-of-2019 countdown of our ten biggest episodes from the past year. Clips include chats about cabling, 5G, and maximizing your business (and profit) in a variety of ways.

We went back into the CEDIA Talks from this year's Expo in Denver to find topics that we hadn't covered in the podcast. We'll hear from Christiaan Beukes (Sphere Custom) on a danger to your business called "Scope Creep" AND a look at mass sensorization, Michael Heiss (M Heiss Consulting) on direct LED vs. two-piece projection, and Maurice Karagiorgos (Lutron) clears up a bunch of lighting acronyms.

What are the five big trends Julie Jacobson (CE Pro) expects to see make noise in 2020? How did the CE Pro crew do with their 2019 predictions for the industry? Find out here!

https://www.cepro.com/

Two CEDIA-Award-winning firms, The Pyramid Group (UK) and The Premier Group (US) talk about what makes a great CEDIA Awards entry, and how to use the awards to generate more business.

The Cavern, by The Pyramid Group:

https://cedia.net/insights/cedia-blog-detail/blog/2019/11/27/how-they-did-it-the-cavern

Sophisticated Lakehouse, by The Premier Group:

https://cedia.net/insights/cedia-blog-detail/blog/2018/10/18/how-they-did-it-sophisticated-lakehouse

Camera types, frame rates, pixels per foot — this podcast covers everything you ever wanted to know about installing home surveillance for your clients. Our guest is Michael Cogbill, VP of Engineering at ETC Simplify.

https://etcsimplify.com/

One word that's key to an integrator's credibility (and as a result, profitability) is "competence." Defining that word (and putting it into practice) properly is critically important when you're building and maintaining a business in the universe of tech. This rollicking roundtable includes Peter Aylette from Archimedia and CEDIA staffers Samantha Ventura, David Meyer, Walt Zerbe, and Ed Wenck.

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

Walt Zerbe and G. Paul Hess of SnapAV recently attended a conference on remodeling at The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, and here's what they discovered.

Walt's also been on a recent webinar presented by The Farnsworth Group on this very subject. For more info, check out www.thefarnsworthgroup.com

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