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Solutions360 Helps Genesis Integration Pivot to Services

There is a lot of discussion within the integrator community about the need to get into managed services and develop streams of recurring monthly revenue in response to shrinking margins on hardware. We spoke with Kelly McCarthy, President at Genesis

September 11, 2017

Pivot to Profit: Integrators Learn from Major Technology Players

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, Aug. 22, 2017 The second annual Pivot to Profit event, hosted by NSCA, PSA Security, and SYNNEX, is attracting big names in technology. These companies want to teach integrators how to “pivot” to take advantage of new

September 4, 2017

4 Factors to Consider When Creating a Recurring Revenue Model

Transitioning to a recurring revenue model may not be an overnight move for integrators, however there are a number of services that can be built and delivered in short order to help move integrators toward generating greater amounts of recurring

August 28, 2017

Using ‘As-a-Service’ Solutions: 4 Benefits to Share with Clients

by Dan Newman If any of your small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients are still buying software on a disk, it’s time for you to have a talk with them. As a matter of fact, if any-sized business hasn’t yet

August 21, 2017

What is Business Process Management?

Business Process Management (BPM) represents an evolution in business thinking that provides companies of all sizes with the transparency, insight and agility to take the competitive lead. It’s such an important element of business automation that companies spent $6.96 Billion

August 14, 2017

The Value of an Organization’s Vision

How important to a company is a shared vision — one that resonates with every person in the organization and is felt by every client? Let’s find out by looking at the typical progression and growth of an audiovisual integration

August 7, 2017

A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships: Why integrators should learn from one another

By Chuck Wilson, NSCA Whether it’s after an annual Business & Leadership Conference, or after a conversation with a member, it’s easy to catch the buzz of the integration space and think about how bright the future looks. One takeaway I

July 31, 2017

What’s With All the Mergers & Acquisitions?

by Ari Fuchs With all the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) afoot in the AV integration industry, how can integrators make sense of their own potential? During my two days at InfoComm, I had the pleasure of meeting with several industry

July 24, 2017

NSCA Members Now Have Access to New Business Accelerators

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Leah Grout Garris 319-430-4784 lgarris[at]nsca.org NSCA Members Now Have Access to New Business Accelerators Professional services, discounts, and other offerings accelerate integration businesses CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, June 30, 2017 — NSCA is excited to announce a suite

June 30, 2017

Case Study: How Solutions360 helps SVT make better business decisions

Roman Burchart remembers the days when project costing at SVT was time-consuming and rife with tedium and murkiness. “We had very limited visibility into our actual project costing,” says Burchart, the Chief Operating … Read More

June 28, 2017

How Spinitar’s Self-Directed Teams and ‘Family’ Culture Helped It Reach $60M

Through a name change, new philosophy and even a recession, Spinitar has grown to a $60 million company that shows unmatched loyalty to its employees, builds unique project teams and even works with competitors D. Craig MacCormack Click here to

May 24, 2017

Adtech Systems – Why Ongoing Industry Consolidation Is Sparking Private Equity Interest

Complexity in the industry means investing big bucks in AV integration firms isn’t for the faint of heart, but there will be plenty of opportunities, according to Adtech Systems. by D. Graig MacCormick When Dustin Campbell and Philip Muscatello took over

January 4, 2017