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Z-Wave Alliance Announces Release of ZWLR Specification for Europe

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Z-Wave Alliance announces release of ZWLR specification for Europe

February 29, 2024SSN Staff

BEAVERTON, Ore. –The Z-Wave Alliance, a standards development organization for smart home and Z-Wave technology, has announced that the specification for Z-Wave Long Range (ZWLR) for the European market has been completed and will be made available to member companies soon. “From the moment we announced ZWLR for the North American market, the Alliance has been hard at work to make the spec available to our valued members in Europe,” said Avi Rosenthal, chairman of the board,...

Avi Rosenthal, Manufacturers, smart home, Z-Wave Alliance, Z-Wave Long Range (ZWLR)


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Software startup brings predictive analytics to fire detection

March 27, 2017Spencer Ives

MOUNT HOREB, Wis.—OneEvent, a software-as-a-service company based here, developed an analytics engine that looks at environmental factors to predict when an event might occur. At ISC West 2017, the company will be discussing the software's capabilities in the fire detection space.“We look to the fire and security industries as a very natural launching point for OneEvent's software solutions and technology,” Kurt Wedig, OneEvent Technologies president and CEO, told Security Systems...

Avi Rosenthal, Kurt Wedig, OneEvent


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Avi Rosenthal opens consulting firm

September 15, 2016Spencer Ives

SAN DIEGO—Avi Rosenthal, who has worked in the IoT realm for 20 years, has opened a full-service consulting firm, IoT Consulting, to help companies get their products manufactured and marketed. “You've got a lot of people that have phenomenal ideas, that are looking at the problem from a different angle, but may not understand how to get their product to market, how to get their idea generated, manufactured,” Rosenthal, president of IoT Consulting, told Security Systems News. Rosenthal...

Avi Rosenthal, Consulting, Internet of Things (IoT), Nortek


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Home automation should be smart, but simple

July 16, 2015Kenneth Z. Chutchian

YARMOUTH, Maine—Home automation experts have heard the message loud and clear: simplify, simplify, simplify. As exciting as the ultimate smart home may seem, end users want control of their home automation devices. Many homeowners have thought about their priorities before they talk to dealers—they want their home technology working for them, not vice versa. Rob Puric, director of the connected home division at Honeywell, based in Morristown, N.J., said his company's research...

alarm.com, Avi Rosenthal, Greg Blackett, Greg Roberts, Guardian Protection Services, home automation, Honeywell, iControl Networks, Jay Kenny, Joe Lininger, Nortek, Rob Puric


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Got design in mind?

May 20, 2015Amy Canfield

You've heard the old real estate sales mantra: “Location, location, location.” For many in the residential security industry today, the new mantra is “Design, design, design.” At ISC West this year I met with a long list of security pros, from manufacturers to dealers to providers, most of whom proclaimed that on top of tech advancements their equipment was made “to look good.” They're right. Their designs are looking good. Panels, switches, sensors...

ADT, Avi Rosenthal, Christopher Carney, Honeywell, NICE, Nortek, Residential Security, Security Systems News (SSN), Z-Wave Alliance


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Z-Wave Alliance offers its own brand of 'Shark Tank'

May 13, 2015Amy Canfield

The Z-Wave Alliance, the consortium of companies deploying Z-Wave's wireless control products and services, has launched Z-Wave Labs, a competition to support and provide incentive for IofT innovation on the Z-Wave platform. Winners—one chosen each month for 12 months—will receive alliance membership and IofT development kits. “We've all watched 'Shark Tank,' ” Avi Rosenthal, an alliance board member and VP of security and control for Nortek, said in an interview with Security...

Avi Rosenthal, IofT, Security Systems News (SSN), Z-Wave Alliance, Z-Wave Labs


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Z-Wave Alliance aims for big debut at big show

April 8, 2015Amy Canfield

CARLSBAD, Calif.—The Z-Wave Alliance will make its presence known at ISC West in a big way this year—including broadcasting a live home automation demonstration from the top of the world.For the first time, it will have a booth presence. Nine member-companies will exhibit at the 900-square-foot Z-Wave Alliance Pavilion.In past years, many member companies have had booths at the show, and Z-Wave Alliance held board meetings there and provided signage and other marketing materials for its...

Avi Rosenthal, ISC West, Z-Wave Alliance


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Nortek takes new approach

January 6, 2015Amy Canfield

LAS VEGAS—Nortek Security has acquired a number of companies over the years, including Linear and 2GIG. As a holding company, Nortek mostly allowed those companies to do business as they saw fit. Until now. Nortek's got a new plan in play. Nortek “is very serious about growing our identity and resources” and that means taking a more active role in promoting sharing among its vertical companies, Avi Rosenthal, VP of security and control, told Security Systems News. All...

2015, 2GIG, Avi Rosenthal, Consumer Electronics Show (CES), GO!Control, Linear, Nortek


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Video in the home goes mainstream

September 2, 2014Kenneth Z. Chutchian

In the second decade of the 21st century, home security is no longer just about catching bad guys. Industry experts say lifestyle choices, technological savvy, generational perspectives on privacy, and affordability are the forces driving a dramatic increase in the demand for video options in home security systems.“Whether it's consumer driven or industry driven through advertising, it's clear that the residential market is evolving into a reclassification of what is the service we ought to...

alarm.com, Avi Rosenthal, BCI Technologies, Honeywell, Jay Kenny, Linear, Mike Hackett, Physical Security, Qolsys, Residential Security, Rob Puric, Sean O'Keefe, Security Partners, steve firestone, video verification


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