Tag: Avi Rosenthal
Home Assistant founder joins Z-Wave Alliance board of directors
September 26, 2024SSN Staff
BEAVERTON, Ore. —The Z-Wave Alliance has announced that Nabu Casa, best known as the organization driving the development of Home Assistant, has officially joined the Z-Wave Alliance Board of Directors.
The Z-Wave Alliance actively recruits smart home and IoT leaders to join, direct, and contribute to the completely member-driven organization on a mission to chart the course of the future of Z-Wave technology and the smart home. Nabu Casa joins an impressive roster of Z-Wave Alliance board...
Z-Wave Alliance announces support of cyber labeling programs for IoT devices
May 3, 2024SSN Staff
BEAVERTON, Ore. – The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization, announced its full support of the latest cybersecurity labeling programs for IoT and connected devices.
In conjunction with the recent Z-Wave Alliance Summit & Unplug Fest 2024, the Alliance announced that the Z-Wave protocol security framework meets, and in some cases exceeds, the regulations and requirements set forth by the recently announced U.S. Cyber Trust Mark.
“Robust device security has...
Trident IoT launches Taurus Z-Wave Series Silicon
April 30, 2024SSN Staff
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Trident IoT, an RF technology and engineering company, has announced the release window of its new Taurus Z-Wave Series of silicon solutions.
The Trident IoT Taurus Z-Wave Series will encompass system-on-chip (SoC) solutions and modules that support the latest advancements in Z-Wave technology, including Z-Wave Long Range (ZWLR) for the U.S. and the implementation of the ZWLR European specification. The Taurus Z-Wave Series will ship with an SDK based on Open Z-Wave Specification...
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,...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...