GE Security's SmartCommand Wins "Home Technologies" Award in Annual Security Industry Association New Product Showcase Competition at ISC West.New advanced technology home control center captures judges' attention from field of more than 100 competing products LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- GE Security, Inc., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the General Electric Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GE), today announced its new SmartCommand[TM] advanced residential home automation control center has won the Security Industry Association's New Product Showcase Home Technologies award at ISC (1) (Internet Systems Consortium, Redwood City, CA www.isc.org) An organization founded by Paul Vixie, Carl Malamud and Rick Adams in 1994 and later sponsored by UUNET and other Internet companies. West in Las Vegas. SmartCommand can seamlessly integrate existing and future home systems including audio entertainment, HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free , lighting, security and more into an easy-to-use, wall mounted color touchscreen control panel. The Security Industry Association's (SIA Sia (sī`ə) or Siaha (sī`əhə), in the Bible, family returned from the Exile. SIA - Serial Interface Adaptor ) New Product Showcase (NPS NPS National Park Service NPS Naval Postgraduate School NPS Net Promoter Score (customer management) NPS Non-Point Source pollution NPS Native Plant Society NPS Norfolk Public Schools (Virginia) ) awards program is an industry-recognized barometer of security trends. Showcase award winners are recognized as products and technologies with the potential to change the security industry. GE Security's SmartCommand was one of more than 100 products competing for top honors at the annual awards program. "We are especially pleased that this year's SIA New Product Showcase judges have chosen GE Security's SmartCommand as their Home Technologies award winner," said Dean Seavers, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , GE Security. "SmartCommand is a great example of our commitment to developing more and better integrated security solutions that deliver tremendous long-term value and new revenue opportunities for our customers and their end users." The New Product Showcase awards program was created more than two decades ago to identify and showcase innovation in electronic security products and services. Nineteen judges, representing various segments of the industry presided over the April 2 judging at the Sands Convention Center. The SmartCommand unit, topped by a color touchscreen is a simple, convenient and powerful integrated home control system. It provides a graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) for control of home heating and cooling, as well as other home systems. SmartCommand represents the latest in a long line of customizable, integrated solutions from GE Security that contribute to our customers' growth and result in greater satisfaction and ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for end users. For builders and installers, SmartCommand offers a complete home automation solution that can represent new revenue opportunities. It is currently available for new residential community installations in all fifty U.S. states and in Canada and Mexico. SmartCommand is part of a GE Security multi-generational product plan (MGPP MGPP Multi-Generational Product Plan MGPP Multi-Generational Project Plan MGPP Member of the Guild of Professional Practitioners MGPP Machine-Groomed Packed Powder (ski conditions) ) for residential home automation products. SmartCommand Energy Monitor will be the next plan product and will offer, in addition to all current SmartCommand features, added functionality to help homeowners better manage electricity and water consumption. This new control center will consolidate feedback from home appliances and systems to graphically depict energy utilization on the unit's touchscreen. The first home control product in the GE Security MGPP, SmartCom, won the SIA NPS Judges Choice award in the previous year's competition. GE Security's SmartCommand seamlessly integrates existing and future home systems, including audio entertainment, heating, cooling, lighting, security and more into an easy-to-use color touchscreen. Since its availability in early 2008, nearly 10,000 individual home systems have been sold, many of them for homes inspired by ecomagination, GE's commitment to imagine and build innovative technologies that help customers address their environmental and financial needs and help GE grow. The award-winning GE Security SmartCommand will be on display at ISC West through April 4th in Las Vegas. Visit the GE Security booth, number 19025, for a demonstration or more information. About GE's Security Business GE Security, Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions (NYSE: GE), is a leading supplier of security and life safety technologies, with operations in more than 35 countries and $1.8 billion in annual sales. GE Security offers one of the industry's broadest product portfolios, including access control, explosives and narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. detection, fire detection, intrusion, key management and video surveillance. GE Security's products are used to protect people and property across a wide range of industries, including aviation, banking and finance, education, government and military, healthcare, law enforcement, residential, retail, stadiums and event venues, and transportation. GE Security was honored with Frost & Sullivan's 2008 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Video Surveillance Solutions Company of the Year Award for its industry leading video portfolio and integration strategy vision and execution. For more information about GE Security, please visit www.gesecurity.com. GE Security, making the world safer. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion