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The Z-Wave Alliance is a consortium of over 200 leading manufacturers and service providers worldwide
that are dedicated to interoperable wireless home control products based on the Z-Wave open standard.
Z-Wave is a key enabling technology driving the "Internet of Things."

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Watching The Home Automation Opportunity In 2013

Home automation as we know it has been around for two decades, but in 2013, it may finally come into its own, says Fierce Telecom and a consensus of industry analysts. But what will drive the massive growth in this industry segment? Ubiquity, simplicity and price are the top contenders. Read the story here...

Smart Phones Becoming The Remote Controls Of Life

The New York Times paid an interesting visit to the Alliance CES exhibit. With smartphones now running everything from your lights to your doors, and checking everything from the babysitter to your blood pressure, it was time for Z-Wave to help the Grey Lady catch up with the times, so to speak. Read the story here...

Why 2013 Will Be The Year Of The Internet Of Things

According to this year’s Le Web event in Paris, it looks as though 2013 will be a real breakthrough year when it comes to bringing the Internet of Things to a wider market. If platforms do become more accessible and standards are set, then if you can think of a ‘thing’ and find the data to connect to, it seems as though almost anything could be possible. What do people want from the so-called "IoT"? The answers were surprising, see the story here...

SmartThings Nets Seed Round

Z-Wave Alliance member SmartThings, fresh off a Kickstarter campaign which had already raised $1.2 million, has added a seed round of $3m. First Round Capital led the investment, but a 20 angels and smaller funds participated, including SV Angel and CrunchFund, among others. Venture Beat has the story here...

BuLogics Demonstrates OpenADR2.0a at Grid-Interop

Z-Wave Alliance member BuLogics successfully demonstrated its OpenADR2.0a / Z-Wave demand response system for multi-dwelling units at the SGIP Grid Interop event held December 3-6 in Irving, Texas. In addition, the company has presented a white paper mapping OpenARD2.0a signals to Z-Wave energy control signals. Read the story here...

The Smart Meter-Smart Home Security Connection

Southern California Edison has launched a smart-meter-to-home program that further tests the boundaries of the smart grid by enlisting home security company and Alliance member ADT as a partner. The utility will use its SmartConnect meter platform to enable its meters to beam data directly to customers of ADT’s Z-Wave based Pulse platform. Read the story here...

Vivint Profiled On CNN Money

Following a $2b private equity investment from the Blackstone Group, Alliance member Vivint found itself the subject of much interest in the financial world. CNN Money took a look at the story and came away with the understanding that the automated home is one step closer and that Vivint is making it a reality. Read the story here...

90 Million Smart Home Device Nodes In Next 5 Years

A new study from IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS (NYSE: IHS), projects that the global market for smart home devices will more than quadruple in the coming five years, growing from less than 20 million nodes this year, to more than 90 million in 2017. Read the highlights here...

Utilities Facing Consumer Challenges With Smart Meters?

While many of the smart meter products and services utilities encourage their customers to actively participate in managing their own energy costs, utilities still face challenges to smart meter introduction in the marketplace, according to a recent study by J.D. Power and Associates.

rAVe Captures Connected World According To Z-Wave

Z-Wave control solutions were a dominant topic at CEDIA and captured by rAVe editors throughout the show. Check out the video clips for Cooper Wiring, Evolve, Frostdale, SquareConnect and Yale, with the stage being set by our own MC, Alliance Chairman Mark Walters.

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