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.

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 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. 

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.

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

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