Businesses in the security and smart home industries are joining to become stronger.

Passion dominates at every CEDIA Expo, including this year’s event in Denver, held September 12-14. No matter if you love all things audio/video and entertainment-focused, or smart home technology with integrated systems and devices that put you in control, participants are eager to see and learn.

In the late 1880s to 1890s there was a battle going on known as the “War of the Currents.” The fight was impassioned, as it would set the stage for the electrical grid in the U.S.

Look around and you will see a plethora of brands offering smart devices.

Fantasy has caught up with reality; smart home and connected living is going mainstream.

Digital residential and commercial buildings have become a reality with ubiquitous connectivity.

For quite some time I’ve been preaching that the security industry is in ‘pole position’ to be the source for delivering the smart home and connected living.

Smart home technology has certainly come of age. I saw it everywhere at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas last month.