Tag: Piper
Alarm.com closes on acquisition of business units from Icontrol
March 10, 2017Paul Ragusa
TYSONS, Va.—Alarm.com, a platform solution for the connected home and business, announced on March 8 that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of two business units, Connect and Piper, from Icontrol Networks.Comcast also completed its acquisition of Icontrol, specifically the Converge business, which includes Xfinity Home and creates Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and next-generation platforms for connected home security.The cash consideration paid by Alarm.com for the...
Piper a 'lead-in technology' for security companies
April 16, 2014Martha Entwistle
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Software platform provider iControl is one step closer to providing “smart home solutions for every household in the world,” with the April 9 acquisition of Blacksumac, iControl marketing director Greg Roberts told Security Systems News.Blacksumac makes a Wi-Fi-enabled “home awareness and automation device” called Piper. IControl is the connected home technology software platform used by ADT's Pulse, and a number of cable companies, including Comcast's...