With a $100M investment fund and the opening up of cloud service APIs and an SDK, Alexa and the Echo could become the brains of your home automation and IoT network.

Machine builders are connecting their automation systems to the Internet of Things (IoT), and many Human Machine Interface (HMI) software solutions enable IoT connectivity in a variety of ways.

My journey into home automation began about seven years ago when I became an early adopter of smart thermostats (Ecobee), smart plugs, and smart switches, using Linksys' Wemo system.

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Home automation has had its fits and starts for the last 20 years, but it appears that most of the variables are in place to ignite serious growth in this currently nascent market. As I wrote ...

Home automation for years has been the domain of home installers outfitting wealthy consumers with $10,000- $100,000 setups to control lights, home theater, security, air conditioning, and home ...

Below you’re going to find five home automation security systems that really hit the mark in terms of automation features, equipment, and cost.

As smart home devices continue to become more common place and fill every room, Insider Intelligence takes a look at the Internet of Things devices market trends dominating 2020.