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IoT Creates New Opportunities for Insurance in the Smart Home

November 10, 2016

Insurers are racing to gain access to data in order to quantify risk on a more granular level. Today, most insurance discount programs for smart products are cross-marketing programs focused on lifting sales and collecting data that can, over time, be analyzed to more precisely quantify risk.

ADT Creates Halloween Themed Security System Ad

October 12, 2016

ADT gets into the holiday season and creates a fun Halloween themed security system ad

CEDIA to Host Panels on Voice Control, Kitchen Tech, Internet of Things, and More

September 7, 2016

CEDIA has shared the line up for a new series of panel sessions that will be offered at CEDIA 2016. Six panels will bring attendees up to speed on key issues in the industry such as partnering with architects, builders, and interior designers; the new opportunities 4K Ultra HD brings; and how voice control will change the game.

Alarm.com to Acquire 2 Icontrol Units, Comcast to Acquire Icontrol’s Converge Platform

June 22, 2016

Alarm.com Holdings Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire two business units, Connect and Piper, from Icontrol Networks for $140 million, and Comcast has agreed to acquire Icontrol’s Converge software platform.

Build a Better Smart Home

Homeowners are looking to the security market for more than keeping the bad guys out; they want integrated access control and video packages that will help them manage their residences, even when no one is home.

Maya Dollarhide

July 6, 2015

Motivational writer Napoleon Hill wrote in his 1937 bestseller, Think and Grow Rich, that “You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.” Fast-forward several decades and one could apply that same quote with a few liberties; for example, swap destiny, environment and life with the word “home” to describe what technology can do for the residential security market.

Solution Delivers New Ways of Interacting With Security Systems

May 14, 2015

Telguard added HomeControl Flex to its Telguard HomeControl family of home automation solutions. HomeControl Flex allows end users to integrate more than 170 smart home products and Web services with its security system using the free Internet of Things (IoT) services of IFTTT.

Lights Come on When Alarm Sounds

March 1, 2015

DMP introduced a low-cost solution for Z-wave lighting control.

Resolution Products Takes Home Best Residential Security Platform Award

February 19, 2015

The Helix Security and Automation Platform by Resolution Products, Hudson, Wis., was named Best Residential Security Platform by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in the techhome division of the Mark of Excellence awards during the International Consumer Electronics Show, held in Las Vegas in January.

Products Integrate With Home Control Solutions

February 16, 2015

Nortek Security & Control LLC’s GoControl® line includes DIY-oriented smart home products for both retail and installer channels.

Lights Come On When Alarm Sounds

February 15, 2015

DMP introduced a low-cost solution for Z-Wave lighting control. The Z-LB60Z-1 Z-Wave LED Light Bulb screws into any normal light bulb socket, consumes only 9W and is dimmable to 100 levels.