General Topics
Further Turmoil at Nortek – Nemchev is Out
BREAKING NEWS
Multiple sources are reporting – and we have confirmed – yet another management shake-up at Nortek, Inc…Denise Nemchev has abruptly left the company. Nemchev was brought in as Nortek’s Vice President of Business Transformation in April 2013. In August of this year, and in the wake of the dismissal of Sean Burke as head of the Technology Solutions Segment, Nemchev was promoted to President of the AV Tech segment.
Now, about 90-days later, she too is gone.
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Autonomic Tells Us Not All Streaming Providers are the Same; Launches New Mirage Model
It seems like there is a new gold rush – the rush to provide streaming services to satisfy the seemingly insatiable level of demand from consumers. Almost every day, some new hardware company announces they will provide streaming services through their device. But in a meeting with Autonomic at CEDIA Expo last month, we learned that some things may not be what they seem…
See how Autonomic’s streaming services are different & learn about the Mirage MMS-2A… [Read more…] about Autonomic Tells Us Not All Streaming Providers are the Same; Launches New Mirage Model
Happy July 4th!
Thought for the Week – May 27, 2014
Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
Jerry Garcia, of the Grateful Dead
The DaVinci Group Names 2013 Rep of the Year
The DaVinci Group, a recently launched manufacturer and marketer of largely custom integration oriented products, announced that it has named Aim High Audio Sales and Distribution as its 2013 Rep of the Year. Aim High Audio represents The DaVinci Group products in the Southeast and Florida regions.
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Japan’s TDK to Launch R&D Facility in N. Cal’s Silicon Valley
Tokyo-based TDK Corp., a diversified tech manufacturing company, announced this week it would launch a high-tech “product development center” in California’s Silicon Valley to develop next generation electronic parts. TDK is mostly known in this country for its past dominance in the magnetic tape business, but is actually quite diversified and one of the leading electronic component manufacturers (i.e. capacitors, sensors) in the world with revenues in excess of ¥8.5 billion ($83.7 million).
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Thought for the Week – April 21, 2014
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read “President Can’t Swim”.
Lyndon B. Johnson
In Wake of Electronic Stockroom Demise, What Will the Catalyst AV Group Do?
In what was a rapidly developing situation last week, California distributor Electronic Stockroom announced on Monday this week that it was closing its doors. Owner Glen O’Brien will refocus his energies on his sales representative company, Novidor & Firestorm. But Electronic Stockroom was also a founding member of the national distributor group, Catalyst AV.
What will Catalyst AV do now that the large California territory is without a member?
See what Catalyst AV group founder Wally Whinna, told Strata-gee… [Read more…] about In Wake of Electronic Stockroom Demise, What Will the Catalyst AV Group Do?
Seiko Epson to Launch Their Own Smart Glasses
Seiko Epson Corp. will launch their own version of smart glasses in April, according to a report by the Japan Times. These glasses, called Moverio BT-200, run on Google’s Android operating system and allow users to watch movies and browse the Internet…all while walking around.
