Tag: Comcast
Comcast partners with Eagle Eye Networks, C2RO, on AI video analytics solution
July 2, 2024SSN Staff
PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Smart Solutions, a division of Comcast that specializes in smart technologies for businesses and communities, announced expanded strategic relationships with Eagle Eye Networks and C2RO to provide customers with a new, broader set of artifical intelligence (AI) video analytics solutions.
"As technology continues to innovate and industries continue to face new challenges, organizations must reassess how they are using and managing their video and analytics systems,”...
Stopping the generational “brain drain”
May 13, 2023Connie Moorhead, president and CEO, The CMOOR Group
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—As security companies look toward the future, it is vital that knowledge and skills are transferred between generations.
It is not a trivial task - large gaps in knowledge can occur as members of the old guard move on and take their expertise with them, leaving those new to the industry struggling to fill the void. A targeted effort is necessary to bridge these gaps, proactively transferring generational knowledge between experts of varying experience levels in order to keep...
Five companies to keynote Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS conference
April 19, 2022SSN Staff
ADDISON, Texas—International research firm Parks Associates has announced that Alarm.com, Cox Communities, Comcast, Nice North America, and Sunnova will present the keynotes at the in-person CONNECTIONS Conference on May 17-19 at the Omni Frisco Hotel in Texas.
The annual executive conference focuses on the growing role of broadband and connected devices, systems, and services in the home. The firm’s latest research shows a rising average number of connected devices...
How companies can fight against cyber threats
December 16, 2019SSN Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine—As 2019 closes, 2020 is full of new possibilities and opportunities. While it's a time for growth, change and newness, cyber criminals are lurking in the background ready to strike. The threats that these criminals have planned for the new year have already been months in the making and are far from cookie cutter. Therefore, companies must be alert and ready.
“Defending a company against them [cyber threats and crimes] requires a broad approach,” Christian...
Comcast launches digital security service
January 9, 2019SSN Staff
PHILADELPHIA—Comcast announced at CES the national launch of Xfinity xFi Advanced Security, a new artificial-intelligence-powered service that monitors, blocks and informs customers of online threats to connected devices, and provides seamless digital protection for those devices when connected to their home network.“As the digital world gets more complex, we wanted to make it simple and easy for our customers to protect their home networks. That's why we developed xFi Advanced Security,”...
Yale and Comcast team up
August 22, 2018Paul Ragusa
Yale Locks & Hardware announced that smart locks from its Assure Lock line can now be connected to Comcast's Xfinity Home service, its home security and home automation solution, when purchased with a Yale Zigbee Network Module.
“We're delighted to partner with Xfinity Home and have our Assure Lock line play a critical role securing front doors across the country,” Jason Williams, president, ASSA ABLOY U.S. Residential Group, which includes Yale Residential, said in the announcement....
Comcast brings home automation to more customers
January 17, 2018Spencer Ives
Updated 1.24.18
PHILADELPHIA—Comcast recently announced that it will expand its smart home capabilities to the company's Xfinity platforms, including xFi, Xfinity Home, Xfinity Mobile and X1—its TV and voice remote. This will make home automation available to more than 15 million Xfinity customers at no additional cost, according to the company's announcement.
"Our latest announcement reaffirms our commitment to offer our customers an easy to use platform that can help them make their...
Xfinity Home passes 1 million customer mark
August 16, 2017Paul Ragusa
PHILADELPHIA—Xfinity Home, the total home security and automation solution from Comcast based here, passed the 1 million customer mark in July, while Comcast was recently awarded with the 2017 North America Company of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan based on its recent analysis of the home automation and security services market.Comcast has acquired an average of 200,000 Xfinity Home customers per year since its inception, and an average run-rate of 22,000 new installs per month, according...
IHS weighs in on smart home deals
April 3, 2017Spencer Ives
LONDON—IHS Markit sees disruption in the professional smart home market; Blake Kozak, IHS' principal analyst, smart home and security technology, talked with Security Systems News about recent smart home deals and what they mean for the industry.In June 2016, Alarm.com and Comcast each signed agreements to acquire different business units from Icontrol, and these deals were both finalized in early March. Comcast purchased Icontrol's Converge platform while Alarm.com acquired the Connect and...
Comcast completes acquisition of Icontrol business unit
March 13, 2017Spencer Ives
PHILADELPHIA—Comcast finalized its acquisition of a business unit within Icontrol, specifically the Converge platform. The company will bring Icontrol's Austin-based facility and wholesale customer base into the fold while looking ahead at other opportunities.“We got a chance to own the software stack that powered one of our most critical, fastest growing products with Comcast, we got a chance to create a kernel of an engineering hub in Austin, Texas, … and we saw a large opportunity...