In addition to an increase in sales, Napco reports a Q3 recurring service revenue increase of 49 percent.

With the acquisition, Nortek aims to embed some of its key products and systems with IntelliVision’s technologies.

With the Internet of Things rapidly gaining momentum, Avnet’s Visible Things Industrial IoT Starter Kit can help manufacturers to deliver state-of-the-art IoT solutions through its array of connectivity and security features.

I-View Now and newcomer Chekt enable security and smart-home dealers to add video verification to traditional alarm monitoring, providing recurring revenue to the installer and improved emergency response to the end user.

Arriving in 2019, new Honeywell melds Vista, Lynx, Lyric into single platform with user-replaceable batteries, cellular modules, home-automation radios, and a back-end system that enables remote monitoring and diagnostics by security pros.

CE Pro’s Julie Jacobson conjures up “the big story” on new Amazon Smart Security Services, including an army of licensed alarm installers, Amazon’s own central monitoring station, Ring and Zonoff-inspired smart-home services, Amazon Key and more. (Spoiler: She was wrong.)

With five different service tiers, the new home security portal’s offerings run from $240 to $840.

IoT research firm Parks Associates recently released a whitepaper showing 64% of broadband households are concerned about their safety and privacy.