The global market for connected devices that allow users to access the Internet is set to surpass 6 billion units this year, as new products including cellphones, tablets and computers enter the electronics ecosystem, according to a new report from IHS Technology, El Segundo, Calif.
The concept of security and convenience merging together has been discussed for many years, but in 2014 the concept is being realized on a grand scale. As a result, now is the perfect time for security dealers to transform their businesses by embracing interactive home control applications such as lighting and shade controls and proceeding to sell them with gusto.
Just like the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz, when it comes to lighting control so many things out there can be intimidating. But don’t falter, it’s time to be brave and embrace the connected world of control.
Pakedge Device & Software, Poster City, Calif., expanded its wireless access point lineup with the introduction of its W7R Rack-Mountable Dual-Band Concurrent Wireless Access Point (WAP).
Between 2012 and 2018, ZigBee and 802.15.4 based systems will make up 43 percent of the wireless chipsets used for smart metering, home and building energy management,
Z-Wave Alliance, Milpitas, Calif., a consortium of global companies that oversees the world's largest interoperable ecosystem for wireless home monitoring and control products and services and Sigma Designs Inc., a provider of connected media platforms, jointly announced a new marketing certification program called Z-Wave Plus™.
After the successful introduction of the BlueBOLT® Mobile site, Core Brands®, Petaluma, Calif., announced that the SP-1000 SmartPlug is delivering BlueBOLT control to any outlet in the building.
The AllSeen Alliance, San Francisco, a new cross-industry consortium to advance the Internet of Everything, announced that 10 more companies — AT&T Digital Life, Affinegy, GOWEX, iControl Networks, Kii, Muzzley, Patavina Technologies, 2lemetry, Tuxera and Vestel Group — joined the initiative.
The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) announced that Hagai Feiner, founder and chief executive officer of Access Networks, will join the CEDIA board of directors for the 2014–2015 term.