June 1, 2017
June 1, 2017
This is the third in a series of Arrayent blog posts on IoT security. The series is written for employees of companies who sell connected products, especially those new to IoT. With this series, we hope to bring a basic level of awareness and understanding of key issues that face everyone who develops connected consumer products. We also hope to stimulate an ongoing dialog that helps move the conversation about connected products security forward. At Arrayent, we counsel consumer brands that are embarking on a connected product strategy that security cannot be an afterthought because so much is at stake. […]
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May 25, 2017
May 25, 2017
This is the second in a series of Arrayent blog posts on IoT security. The series is written for employees of companies who sell connected products, especially those new to IoT. With this series, we hope to bring a basic level of awareness and understanding of key issues that face everyone who develops connected consumer products. We also hope to stimulate an ongoing dialog that helps move the conversation about connected products security forward. We began our series looking at IoT security through an organizational lens. This week we are looking through a cultural lens: How can companies build a […]
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May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017
Arrayent Enables Brand Manufacturers to Empower Consumers to Create Their Own Experiences with Connected Products REDWOOD CITY, CA – May 24, 2017—Arrayent Inc., the leading consumer IoT Platform-as-a Service, announced today the addition of the IFTTT platform to its growing list of third-party ecosystem integrations. With today’s release of Arrayent’s EcoAdaptor™ for IFTTT, brand manufacturers can now more easily achieve IFTTT interoperability with their products that are connected and managed by the Arrayent platform. Once connected through Arrayent’s EcoAdaptor service, and then submitted to IFTTT and published, brand manufacturers can empower consumers to add or create countless connections between digital […]
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May 18, 2017
May 18, 2017
This is the first in a series of Arrayent blog posts on IoT security. The series is written for employees of companies who sell connected products, especially those new to IoT. With this series, we hope to bring a basic level of awareness and understanding of key issues that face everyone who develops connected consumer products. We also hope to stimulate an ongoing dialog that helps move the conversation about connected products security forward. Preparing the workforce of a traditional product manufacturer that is facing the challenge of having Internet-connected products for the first time is fundamentally different than securing […]
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May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017
Ransomware Cyberattacks are a Wake-Up Call to the IoT Industry. The global ransomware cyberattack called WannaCry affected over 230,000 computers running the Windows OS in more than 150 countries earlier this week. Although the USA was mostly spared, this has undoubtedly been a huge wake-up call across the tech industry. ‘Ransomware’ attacks involve the remote hijacking of computing devices by malware transmitted over the Internet that encrypt and threatens to destroy their data if ransom is not paid within a proscribed time period. Insidiously, the user is ‘enticed’ to pay the ransom within three days, after which the price doubles. […]
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May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017
May 23-25 Industry Event in San Francisco Looks Ahead to Broader Mainstream Adoption and Growth Opportunities for the Connected Home REDWOOD CITY, CA – May 9, 2017—Arrayent Inc. today announced its participation in CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, to be held May 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport. Arrayent VP Peter Radsliff will share his views on the pre-show research workshops panel entitled “Industry Insights: Growth and Business Models” on Tuesday, May 23. Arrayent—the IoT cloud chosen by trusted brands—is also a proud sponsor of the 21st annual confab presented by market researcher, Parks Associates. “IoT provides an […]
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May 8, 2017
May 8, 2017
From Personal Assistants to Cooking and Cleaning Aids, Lifestyle Experts Recommend A Range of IoT Products to Give Her the Gift of Making Life Easier Market researchers have long assessed that the best Mother’s Day gifts are: quality time, spa time, and things homemade. But in a sign of how the times are changing, the number of tech—and specifically connected—products being advertised for Mother’s Day 2017 is telling. According to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Mother’s Day has become the biggest day of the year for portable appliance sales. “Millions of people are looking to show their mothers how […]
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April 28, 2017
April 28, 2017
In a nod to the future, new research shows consumers value cordless, rechargeable and robotic vacuum models, as evidenced by the traction gained by RoboVac apps. When global market researcher GfK revealed its top six growth categories in the small appliances at an IFA Global Press Conference in Lisbon last week, two floor-care products topped the list in first and second places: rechargeable ‘handstick’ vacuum cleaners and robotic vacuums. GfK estimated the global small appliance market grew 5% to €60 billion. Here’s how they assessed the top six fastest growing categories in the market: Rechargeable handstick vacuum cleaners: up by […]
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April 28, 2017
April 28, 2017
IOT NEWS: See our guest blog post on TI’s E2E community that talks about how easy it is to use their their CC3220 SimpleLink wireless MCU and Launchpad development kit along with the Arrayent DevKit to prototype new connected products – http://ow.ly/5bVw30bgJV7
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April 26, 2017
April 26, 2017
According to Consumer Technology Association research released in January, 29 million smart home devices are projected to be sold this year—that’s up a whopping 63 percent from 2016. Still, most people at the vanguard of smart home product adoption are educated, affluent, and tech-savvy, so it’s a safe bet that there is an even larger population of consumers who will seek ideas, inspiration, and recommendations from trusted home lifestyle media sources, not just the tech press. It’s worth a look at the latest smart home prototypes being offered by lifestyle media giants HGTV and Sunset Magazine to gain insight on […]
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