Global President and CEO of CEDIA Tabatha O’Connor will depart the association after an 18-year tenure at CEDIA, at the end of her contract period in January, according to an announcement issued Friday, Oct 9.
To connect employees with job-seekers, CEDIA has opened the tap on the industry job search and recruiting pipeline with a new tool for jobseekers and employers. The CEDIA Career Center will offer an intuitive and robust platform to help showcase available jobs and talent in the industry. “The workforce pipeline is a crucial element to the industry’s present and future…
Integrator buying group Azione Unlimited has partnered with GOLFZON to provide its membership with that company’s indoor golf simulator solution. GOLFZON’s technology comes from three features that brings “realism” to the golf simulator world. GOLFZON lets the client play from tee through green, all on the same hitting platform, giving the player the ability to putt from distances as short…
On Tuesday, June 30, Huawei Technologies USA, in partnership with RCR Wireless News, will bring together experts on big data and technology for a webinar titled: “5G Business Use Cases.” The webinar, which will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET and can be registered for here, will discuss industry efforts to identify, develop and promote effective 5G business cases, drawing upon real…
Kimberly-Clark Professional and the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) have announced that Stephen Becker as the CABA Chairman of the Board. Mr. Becker, Associate Director of Platform Commercialization at Kimberly-Clark Professional, succeeds Honeywell’s Debra Becker (no relation), the CABA Board Chairwoman since 2017. CABA is an international nonprofit industry association dedicated to the advancement of connected home and intelligent building technologies. Kimberly-Clark…
New Parks Associates consumer research finds that as of the end of May 2020, more than 40% of US broadband households are still sheltering in place, even without mandates to do so. This finding, from a nationwide survey of 5,008 US broadband households fielded from May 14 through May 28, shows consumers continue to place increased demand on their home…
Residential and commercial A/V integration furniture maker Salamander Designs has introduced its line of Unifi Conference Tables, a new series of six-to-16-foot tables built on an aluminum C-frame design and equipped with an innovative pedestal that allows virtually all wiring, power supplies, A/V components and cables to be hidden yet easily accessible in liftoff panels for servicing. The tables are…
Azione Unlimited has announced that DISH is joining The Smart Home Association as its newest vendor member. Azione Unlimited members now have access to DISH’s best-in-class luxury residential and commercial video offerings, including the company’s flagship satellite television, and its live streaming and over-the-air solutions, SLING TV and AirTV. “The beauty of DISH joining Azione Unlimited is its ability to expand…
NPD recently shared some industry insights regarding U.S. consumer technology sales, accounting for trends that have emerged as Americans continue to face the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NPD Group, as it relates to The NPD Group’s Consumer Tech Tracking (U.S. only) posted its sixth consecutive week of year-over-year 20%+ revenue growth for the week ending May 23. That particular week…
CEDIA has announced the establishment of the CEDIASTRONG Scholarship Fund. The aim, CEDIA says, is to attract new talent to the CI industry and to eliminate financial barriers to arm tomorrow’s workforce with tech and business skills. CEDIA will begin accepting donations with the intent to award education grants in 2021 to up-and-coming home technology talent: high school graduates, community…