Connected Environments

Apple Gets It Right Again

Imagine a tech company that hands you a deck with the following business plan: “We’re going straight for the top end of the mass market. We’re…

Builder Innovator Week 2023 – Our Takeaways

The homebuilder market is undergoing dramatic changes and technology is underpinning most of them. At the recent Builder Innovator Week in Phoenix, the bluesalve team saw…

Year Zero: Moving Forward With Matter

Ended soon This month’s launch event for the Matter interoperability standard was an undeniable high point in the nearly 50-year history of the smart home. Through…

What Are Your Plans For Proptech?

Ended soon Lately we at bluesalve have been paying close attention to the red-hot market for proptech. Most of the buzz has focused on how these…

Serving the Audio Prosumer

Ended soon An old cliche tells us that a rising tide lifts all boats. The home audio industry could certainly use the lift. Over the past…

Will It Finally Matter?

Ended soon It’s been nearly three years since the heavyweights of the connected world agreed to join forces on an interoperability standard for smart devices. What…

How Smart Does Your Smart Product Need to Be?

Ended soon As is true of people, some smart devices are smarter than others. And as is true with people, greater “smarts” in devices usually cost…

TV: The Obvious Smart Home Interface?

Ended soon As smart homes become increasingly sophisticated, integration trends are moving toward the total convergence of home connectivity, with all IP devices addressable by the…

Anticipating the Next Smart Security

Ended soon As the IoT revolution continues to embed smart features into homes and buildings of every kind, the role that security plays in these deployments…

Insecurity Behind the Security Industry?

Ended soon Written by: Avi Rosenthal, bluesalve Partners We recently attended – in person again, at last! – the annual ISC West expo held by the…