Starting off the new year can be an opportunity to look at ways to change your business strategy and make changes to start the year off right. Maybe it’s time to hire some new employees, or maybe you are going to resolve to keep better track of your financial statements. Something to consider as you plan for the year ahead is how your company will work in the residential market in 2013.

AT&T announced plans to commercially launch AT&T Digital Life in eight markets this March.

The Electronic Security Association (ESA), Irving, Texas, launched a new Web presence to help consumers find the most qualified and trustworthy professionals for their home safety and automation needs.

ADS Security (ADS), a local security company, merged its primary service, home security, with home automation to offer a new high-tech home control system service with security at its core.

Recently the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) released key findings from the annual market research report, Size and Scope of the Residential Electronic Systems Market in the US©. The report is a part of CEDIA’s research offerings, which are designed to provide CEDIA members, industry businesses, and other key stakeholders with market data that will enable them to make better business decisions.

The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA), Indianapolis, unveiled key details surrounding the CEDIA EXPO 2012 Future Technology Pavilion.

Give Current Concepts, Coopersburg, Pa., a hand — literally. And make that a pair of hands. The home automation and audio/visual installation and design company, located in the Lehigh Valley, creatively solved a business problem and highlighted the flexibility of where and how you can enhance home automation by installing a pair of helping hands at the end of its driveway.

It may be time to rewire the contractor/project business model with services that include recurring monthly revenue (RMR) beyond monitored security and equipment maintenance and service.