All Articles Tagged Home Automation

CE Pro Editors | 10/07 07:14 AM,

Clare Controls has announced the appointment of Novidor & Firestone to serve as a manufacturers sales representative. Novidor & Firestone will assist Clare Controls in bringing ClareHome, a home automation system managed from the cloud and run on a Mac, and its other products to dealers in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. “Over the course of its nearly three decades in business, Novidor & Firestone has established a reputation for being very selective about the vendors it represents,” says Brett Price, founder and CEO of Clare Controls. “We’re proud… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 09/22 08:20 AM, 0 Comments

Control4 announced the winners of its 2011 Dealer Awards. Now in its third year, the annual Control4 Dealer Awards recognizes dealers for superior business practices, service and technical support to clients, and sales volume. Awards include recognizing excellence in Control4 projects in categories such as lighting, multi-room audio, security, climate, and retrofit. “The Control4 Dealer Awards give us the opportunity to reward and recognize dealers who are looking at everything from the ‘Old Dog, New Trick’ approach to dealers that pushed a Control4 system to the limit to enhance the… View this story

Darrel Hauk | 08/31 12:56 PM, 0 Comments

Residential CCTV is growing by leaps and bounds. While the economy is making many people uncertain in their business life, there is a growing trend towards providing greater security and diligence over one’s domain(s). While security cameras used to be optional for businesses, they’ve become standard to protect assets and verify alarms. Insurance companies now demand cameras have backup recording software with a minimum of a week capability to historically review events. Meanwhile, residential camera systems are growing in frequency. In the past, commercial CCTV made up about 97 percent… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 08/26 06:36 AM, 0 Comments

Clare Controls, a provider of configurable and intuitive home automation systems, has announced the appointment of DesignTech Marketing to serve as a manufacturers sales representative. DesignTech Marketing will assist Clare Controls in bringing its products, including ClareHome, a home automation system managed from the cloud and run on a Mac, to dealers throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. DesignTech Marketing will also provide dealer training and customer support. Andrew Ard, principal of DesignTech Marketing, says, “Clare Controls has developed a product line that will dramatically increase the efficiency in which… View this story

Robert Archer | 08/18 05:58 AM,

With the stock market behaving more erratically than a toddler, unemployment still raging at more than 9 percent and consumer confidence waffling, the public is looking for any means possible to save money. The New Orleans-based manufacturer Home Automation, Inc. (HAI) is providing some relief to homeowners that are interested in curbing their utility expenses through its new energy management solution. HAI is now shipping its Standalone Wireless Energy Management System MicroControl (8100-2WHZB) unit. According to the company, the ZigBee-based device serves as the heart of its Energy Management System… View this story

Robert Archer | 07/06 03:18 AM,

While it may be more important in some parts of the country than others, air conditioning is a home amenity that nearly everyone values. Adding to its ever-growing list of control and automation options, the New Orleans-based manufacturer Home Automation, Inc. (HAI) has recently introduced its new CoolMaster VRV/VRF air conditioning system adapters. HAI says the CoolMaster products provide connectivity to air conditioning solutions from Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Sanyo, Fujitsu and Daikin. HAI also explains the newly launched adapters support multiple indoor units and each thermostat in a Omni or… View this story

Jason Knott | 06/23 06:49 AM, 1 Comment

Tyco International (NYSE: TYC), the parent company of ADT, is in negotiations to acquire Visonic Ltd. (VSC: Tel Aviv), according to a report. According to the Israeli website domain-b, Tel Aviv-based Visonic has released a statement that is "in negotiations with Tyco for selling itself under a 60-day exclusivity agreement" and "the terms of the deal and the price have not yet been agreed and there is no certainty the talks will lead to an agreement." According to the website, founder and chairman Yaacov Kotlicki, who holds 70 percent of… View this story

Robert Archer | 03/23 04:22 AM,

Apple and its legion of users may have had a head start with its popular smart devices and Apps Store, over the past several months however, Google's Android platform and App Store have quickly caught up. Home Automation, Inc.'s (HAI) upcoming Snap-Link Mobile app is now available for Android device owners and it owners clients to control their home or businesses' control and automation systems. HAI says that dealers will recognized the app's basic design because it resembles the company's Snap-Link for PCs and Snap-Link Mobile for iPhone. These control… View this story

Arlen Schweiger | 01/13 07:20 AM, 2 Comments

As usual, Monster, led by Noel Lee, had plenty to showcase at its annual Consumer Electronics Show press conference last week -- headphones, HDMI cables, 3D glasses and more, including a nod to an upcoming announcement it plans to make regarding a partnership in the custom market with Crestron. Some of the cool stuff included: An even bigger push into the headphone category this year, as it was one in which Monster made a big splash in 2010, according to Lee, as what he deemed the new loudspeaker. "Our intention… View this story

Jason Knott | 12/22 09:44 AM, 14 Comments

Is the industry preparing for a deep shakeout of manufacturers? Yes, according to Paul Starkey, president of Elan Home Systems, part of Nortek’s Linear AVC group. “Unfortunately, we are going to lose manufacturers in the next 12 to 24 months,” he says in an interview with CE Pro. “Any manufacturer under $20 million in revenue I would categorize as being in a high-risk group. They still have to provide the same functions [i.e, technical support] as an $80 million or $100 million company, but they really can’t scale their costs… View this story