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Articles on home automation and entertainment pertaining to the security industry.

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Z-Wave Alliance Releases 2022 State of the Ecosystem Report

January 4, 2022

The report — fielded in cooperation with Interpret —provides a baseline of the overall smart home market landscape, as well as data collected from a custom quantitative survey of 1,500 U.S.- based smart home device owners. 


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Sales of Networked Cameras, Video Doorbells to Exceed 250 Million Units in 2022-2024

September 9, 2021

Parks Associates data estimates that between 2022 and 2024, more than 250 million networked cameras, video doorbells, and smart speakers/smart displays will be sold in the U.S. 


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State of the Market: Security, Monitoring & Smart Home

After a year of growth, alarm companies prepare to weather a world of unknowns.
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Courtney Wolfe
June 1, 2020

Evaluating the state of any market is a tricky thing during a pandemic — things are changing daily; new technologies are being explored; the future is unknown; and it’s difficult to look back at the past clearly.


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Smart Insights 2019
Smart Insights

Size Is Everything for Viewing Media

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Helen M. Heneveld
January 6, 2020

2020 looks like a great year in the smart home industry. Electronics are flying off the shelves, delivery trucks are full and professional installation is at an all-time high.


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ADT Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Canadian Operations to TELUS Corp.

October 1, 2019

ADT Inc., No. 1 on the SDM 100 Report, today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to sell ADT Security Services Canada Inc. to TELUS Corporation for approximately CAD $700 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments.


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CEDIA Expo 2019 Recap: Simplicity & Software Lead the Show

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Helen M. Heneveld
September 19, 2019

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.


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Smart Insights 2019
SMART INSIGHTS

Become Your Customers' Go-To

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Helen M. Heneveld
March 5, 2019

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.


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State of the Market: Connected Home

The connected home space in 2017 continued to be very strong for all players; for security dealers, finding their footing in this everchanging market remains a priority in 2018.
Karyn Hodgson
Karyn Hodgson
August 1, 2018

To tweak a line from a famous Frank Sinatra song: 2017, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for connected homes, that is. Massive amounts of advertising from big players inside and outside the security space, a rapidly advancing technology landscape, and an avid interest from homeowners at all economic levels led to a connected home space that is growing by leaps and bounds.


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Trade Show News: CEDIA Expo

July 2, 2018

The 2018 CEDIA Expo Keynote is free for CEDIA Expo attendees and will take place on Sept. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in room 20A at the San Diego Convention Center. CEDIA Expo will be held Sept. 4-8 at the San Diego Convention Center. 


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Security Professionals’ Biggest Sources of Concern Related to Cyber Attacks

June 4, 2018
Most statistical data on phishing attacks point to employee/personnel education, said Daniel DeBlasio vice president of sales, BQT Solutions America Inc.
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