About the Smart Home Industry
The integrated systems industry is made up of companies that design, manufacture, install, integrate, and automate smart home and intelligent building products, systems, and services. Industry professionals are experts in a wide range of disciplines such as audio/video, networking, telecommunications, lighting, system control and integration, user interfaces, and surveillance and security systems. These professionals have specialized skills that include, but are not limited to, computer programming, systems interfacing, acoustical theory, and video calibration that enable them to integrate and program a wide variety of technology systems so all components seamlessly work together. Systems integration professionals are essentially the composers of lifestyle technology experiences, with residential system integrators primarily working in home-based environments and commercial system integrators primarily working in business-based environments.