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The far future: tech trends of 2025
Buckle down for the ride. Just when you thought speech-enabled tablets were cool. In the future, your car won't just find a parking spot, it will know where you like to park. The dollar will be replaced by not just an encrypted currency like bitcoin, but by a currency of knowledge and social connection. And your home will become a digital, customizable expression of your tastes... More
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Matt Eyring: An Authority On Disruptive Innovation And Growth
Although Matt Eyring grew up in Bountiful and graduated from the University of Utah, he left the state more than 20 years ago and never really thought about returning. It took an offer from local powerhouse Vivint to bring Eyring back to the West again. He joined the company in January as chief strategy and innovation officer... More
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CE Pro 100: Return to Glory
There’s been a definite change of tune amongst members of the CE Pro 100. While some might still be singing Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days” song, longing for the heady years of 2006-07, others are humming the old 1929 standby “Happy Days are Here Again.” Either way, the results of CE Pro’s 15th annual list of the highest revenue residential integration companies in North America are in and the data is improving... More
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Smart homes of the future are now affordable: Saving Money
In the 1950s, the automated home was a fantasy of the future. Today, the gee-whiz possibilities of the atomic age are here, in the growing phenomenon known as the smart home. Four out of five homeowners say they're interested in smart-home technology – the ability to electronically manage lighting, security, HVAC, and appliances. Cloud-based systems are making the technology affordable and accessible... More
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Home alarm systems managed on smartphones
A lot of people have burglary systems at their homes. Now, there's a way to make sure your home is your secure, using your smartphone. Xiomara Rodriguez's home is armed with the Vivint Alarm System, but it's more than just an alarm. It's a system that monitors your entire home, and for Rodriguez, it's a peace of mind... More
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Vivint Expands Energy Services with Solar
A leading provider of home automation and technology, Vivint is always on the lookout for opportunities to bring additional value to their customers with new offerings to provide more comprehensive home integration solutions. “We like to think of Vivint not as a specific product company, but as a residential home service platform,” says Brendon Merkley, chief operating officer of Provo, Utah-based Vivint Solar... More
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Vivint Home Security Sets Up "Smart Homes" in Lubbock Controlled by Phones
Vivint Home Security installs the special locks and "modules" you can place in outlets to let you control whatever is plugged in. Smart Home owner Bella Overton wanted the extra security of their motion sensors and a surveillance camera but the app also helps her save money. "For peace of mind and also to help utilize my utility bills. With children it's easy to walk out the door, run out the door, and turn off lights...and I was spending a lot of money on my utility bill and electric bill.".. More
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Safe House
A recent study by global technology trend forecasters ABI Research estimates that within five years, 90 million homes worldwide will employ an automation system. In the Oklahoma City metro, tomorrow is today, and at least one resident says he’s already saving money and worrying less. Jazz Kennerson’s residence in northwest OKC uses home automation. From his smartphone, he can operate and regulate its lighting, temperature, security and appliances... More
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Vivint plans for a sunny year ahead
Todd Pedersen, the CEO and founder of Provo, Utah-based home automation company Vivint, prides himself on his company's competitive culture. "We're a competitive group, too competitive," said Pedersen, 44, who is prone to wearing bright, wide-rimmed baseball hats emblazoned with his company's name. "But if you don't have that mentality, you won't in very well at Vivint.".. More
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Vivint Solar tops in Hawaii sales volume so far this year
Utah-based Vivint Solar Inc. has managed to overtake Hawaii-based solar energy titans RevoluSun and Sunetric in sales, at least in the first two months of 2013... More
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Doggone technology: Home automation gives new options to pet owners
Suzanne Couillard works from home, so it’s “huge” for her beloved cats when she has to travel. To cushion the blow, the Alberta woman has long employed a pet-sitter to spend an hour a day playing with, and caring for, her feline companions. That expensive arrangement came to an abrupt end, however, when Couillard learned the visits were topping out at five minutes — a discovery made possible by a new home automation system, which logs entrance and exit times at the front door... More
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Home Automation Systems Growing
Benjamin Duncan said it's been an uneventful year since he brought his roughly 50-year-old home into the 21st century. But the benefit of making the improvements was spelled out to him when he witnessed a neighbor's car being stolen at gunpoint. If it had happened to him, "with this, I could have run in and called the police" the Jackson resident said, gesturing toward the central control panel of his new home-automation system... More
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Vivint in top 50 of Forbes’ top 100!
Vivint made it into Forbes’ annual ranking of America's Most Promising Companies this year, marking the first time the Provo, Utah-based home automation/home security company was named to the exclusive list... More
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Saugus sees sudden spike in solar installations
Saugus is in the midst of a "solar boom," according to building inspector Fred Varone, as more than 40 building permits have been filed in the last few months to add solar panels to homes around town... More
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Is a smart home in your future?
Wouldn't it be great if you could push a button at night, and all of your doors would lock, your lights would turn off and your alarm would set automatically? That kind of "smart home" feature may sound futuristic or simply beyond reach for those without a lot of money or technical expertise. But the technology is already available and new products and services are making it and similar home automation features increasingly accessible to the average homeowner... More
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