National Smart Home Day Marked by Joint Live Video Stream
Created by several top manufacturers to raise awareness among homeowners, vendors and dealers, the first annual Smart Home Day is Nov. 3.
Created by several top manufacturers to raise awareness among homeowners, vendors and dealers, the first annual Smart Home Day is Nov. 3.
The Monitoring Association hosted its annual meeting in California’s famed wine country. This image gallery includes research findings from select sessions.
Self-installed security solutions will significantly lower the cost of security and create new monitoring use cases, according to Park Associates.
A new report by Parks Associates shows that 62% of these U.S. consumers would opt to pay an additional fee for these services.
The Parks Associates report also says only 28% of security intenders plan to subscribe to long-term professional monitoring.
A large majority of security dealers are now offering services other than traditional monitoring to better compete in the market, Parks Associates finds.
A new whitepaper by Parks Associates details consumers’ concerns with data privacy and security, as well as their needs and demands for support services.
Parks Associates tracks growth of voice control and voice-based technologies for smart home and connected entertainment ecosystems.
Smart plugs, which can be controlled by an app, allows users to turn on and off appliances that plug into a standard wall socket.
Parks Associates notes voice integration and the development of AI as it relates to image and sound recognition will drive the next generation of IP cameras.
This next installment of the SSI Industry Hall of Fame Webcast Series features Jim Henry, executive vice president of corporate development for Securitas Electronic Security.
The new IEEE 802.3bt standard increases the maximum PoE power available mainly by utilizing all four pairs of the structured wiring.
