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Snap One Seeks to Change the Integration Industry Model with Subscription SaaS Plan

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Snap One CEO John Heyman and VP of New Ventures Graham Jaenicke tell me about the new Control4 SaaS program [Click to enlarge]

Seemingly Well Designed, But One Thing I Find Suspicious

Snap One announced today the launch of three new services, part of a Software-as-a-Service subscription program that gets the manufacturer in direct communication with end users of every Control4-based system sold and provides new levels of customer support. The program is said to include a revenue share for its dealers. These programs are called Control4 Connect, Control4 Assist, and Control4 Assist Premium and allow for direct-to-consumer support by the company.

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OliverIQ: Order a Juicy New Smartphone and Get a Side Order of Smart Home With It

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The ‘Intel Inside’ of the DIY Smart Home Industry

Launching today at CES 2024 is a new company of impressive pedigree that purports to offer Smart Home as a Service (SHaaS) through partnering with large national service providers -potentially scaling the category to a level not seen up to now. OliverIQ shared with members of the media their vision for an entirely new kind of multi-protocol, cloud-based, interoperability-enabling solution that just might change the face of the DIY Smart Home market.

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Lenbrook Spins Off Its Media Business as an Independent Unit

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Canada’s The Lenbrook Group announced today that it has spun off its digital media and content-related businesses as a separate unit, independent of its hardware brands. The new unit will be known as The Lenbrook Media Group and is to be headed by former MQA Ltd. CEO Mike Jbara.

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New Study Finds 80% of Companies Will Track RTO Attendance in 2024

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Companies are getting serious about RTO policies

A new study on corporate return-to-office (RTO) plans shows that 8 in 10 companies say they will track employee office attendance in 2024. The survey also found that those who fail to follow company policy on in-office attendance will face negative consequences for not complying.

See what else this study found on rapidly changing company attendance policies

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Themes That Were Key in ’23 on Strata-gee

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Themes that were Key in 2023

Wow! It’s crazy that 2023 is now just about behind us, and what a dramatic and dynamic year it was! What were the key themes of the year? At the beginning of the year, I think most would say their greatest concern was the economy and their least concern was the tech industry. Yet the year turned out to be almost the exact opposite of that.

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Ellipsys, Nationwide MG’s Commercial Div., Adds Two More Founding Vendors

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The amount of activity coming out of the Nationwide Marketing Group is pretty mind-blowing with a lot of moving pieces as its multiple operating divisions are each executing on its part of the overall organization’s “Drive to 1,000” member growth program. Today, Nationwide announced that its newest venture, the Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group, has added two more “founding vendor partners,” both well-known and highly valued brands within the commercial community.

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Azione Unlimited, A Leading Education Provider, Launches Dynamic Education Ecosystem

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Photo from a 2023 Azione Unlimited member conference

Azione Unlimited, a leading buying group of custom integrators that calls itself the Smart Home Association, has for years been recognized as a leading provider of compelling education and knowledge sharing for its member companies. Now, the organization announces a reinvention of the education process that they call the Dynamic Education Ecosystem.

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Upscale Distribution Rebrands as Harmonia Distribution

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Harmonia Distribution logo

Upscale Distribution, a distributor of high-end, high-fidelity audio components that originated in association with Southern California retailer Upscale Audio, has announced that it is rebranding as Harmonia Distribution. The new brand is not just a new name, but rather a reflection of a changed mission and new, more independent direction for the company.

As part of this new business model, the company has named a new president who will guide the Harmonia Distribution down this new path.

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With Oasys Growing 100%, the Nationwide Drive to 1,000 is a Short One

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Nationwide Marketing Group’s Oasys Residential Technology Group division reported this week that its membership has grown “over 100%” in 2023, a remarkable achievement in a relatively short period of time. It also propels the overall organization towards its publicly stated goal of achieving a total of at least 1,000 custom integration members across its three brands as part of its “Drive to 1,000,” first announced in March this year.

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Parasound VP of R&D Has Fresh Ideas to Expand the Company & Grow High End

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Parasound VP of Research & Development Darren Myers

Darren Myers doesn’t look like your typical audio electronics engineer. He also doesn’t sound like a typical audio engineer. A young guy with fresh ideas…maybe they make sense, maybe they don’t…I had an unusual, thought-provoking, and even at times surprising conversation with Darren Myers, Parasound’s Vice President of Research and Development.

See what Myers thinks about the revitalization of Parasound and what he believes is an exciting and expanding future for the entire high end audio industry.

Check out my conversation with the top engineer at Parasound

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