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The race for residential revenue is heating up as more and more competitors enter the fray. Here’s a few reasons why you should get to know your competitors.
The race for residential revenue is heating up as more and more competitors enter the fray. Here’s a few reasons why you should get to know your competitors.
A slew of DIY security and home automation competitors are flooding the marketplace, challenging traditional business models to keep pace.
Honeywell says its smart home security system is an all-in-one awareness and home-integration system.
All told, the research firm estimates the market for DIY intrusion alarm equipment totaled $60 million worldwide in 2016.
The Amazon Key solution also includes a DIY security camera. Could Amazon soon further move into the DIY home security space?
Smart home pro Julie Jacobson predicts Honeywell’s DIY security system will utilize Z-Wave for home automation, Total Connect for SHaaS (smart home as a service) and more.
Wink is the latest smart home company to release a DIY security system, following recent launches by Nest and SmartThings.
Integrators who ignore the Internet of Things and DIY trends, and cut labor rates to fit perceived new market dynamics, will likely fail.
The South Florida company’s announcement follows a decision by Honeywell’s AlarmNet to provide companies two weeks off of their bill for Puerto Rican accounts.
The Ring Protect DIY security and home automation system features ZigBee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, WiFi, cellular and no-contract professional alarm monitoring.