This was another big year for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CES had more than 150,000 attendees with a record 1.9 million square feet of exhibit space from more than 3,250 companies.

Over the past 18 months, dealers and integrators have witnessed the residential security market undergo a dramatic transformation with the entry of such well-known names as AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner.