The 10 Most Advanced Home Automation Companies

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Digital Armor Home Automation: A Guardian Angel for Working Parents

Guardian Technology Home Automation for Elderly and Disabled

Mohammed Umair Founder & MD

Synchronos Solutions Simplifying Lifestyles with Innovative Solutions

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ome automation technologies are constantly evolving and making their way to Indian homes.

With each passing day, our daily household activities are being enhanced by cutting-edge automation technologies. They are improving the quality of living and providing the best-possible user experience. They are constantly incorporating the latest developments and enhancements.

Emergence of an Era of Automation and Innovation

The advent of wireless technologies has provided a massive boost to the home automation market. These technologies used in home automation (including WiFi, bluetooth, Z-Wave, etc.) are aimed at providing the customers an enhanced experience. The success of a home automation service provider depends on features like range, power consumption, reliability, security, and so on. Nowadays, home automation companies are teaming up to improve customer service and experience, along with expanding market coverage and improvement in operation systems. AI and data science are being used to gather information, and to ultimately provide specialized services and grab fresh revenues.

The growing competition in home automation segments has introduced a variety of facilities like do-it-yourself kits, luxury installations, and incorporation of cloud technologies.

These advanced facilities are not only assisting companies to provide quality services, but are also helping to stand tall among the sti competition.

The home automation market is undergoing rapid changes. It is breaking down traditional boundaries and established players are challenged by new entrants with innovative procedures, business models, and technologies. This industry is becoming the focal point of various investors and businesses, and is proceeding ahead conďŹ dently towards a future of endless possibilities.

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SYNCHRONOS SOLUTIONS: Simplifying Lifestyles with Innovative Solutions

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IOT and Home Automation Technologies:

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Scouting the Ringleaders of the Home Automation Industry

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he home automation industry in India is rapidly evolving and is becoming immensely popular among the customers. This industry is easing human efforts by incorporating cutting-edge technologies into daily household activities. They aim at providing the top-echelon experience to the users. Also, they intend to provide employment opportunities and better employee experiences. They are providing world class 24/7 convenient services at reasonable rates with expert support and other associated facilities.

“The 10 Most Advanced Home Automation Companies”, issue highlights the paramount home automation service providers that are trailblazing the industry with their groundbreaking services. The magazine comes up with a thoroughly examined list of some of the distinguished leaders of the home automation vertical that are providing their clients the perfect home automation solution based on their needs and demands.

In the Cover, we have Synchronos Solutions, which provides customized solutions in the field of automation, audio visual systems, and security.

We have also included Aquabrim, a company which simplifies daily lives by developing a low cost, robust solution for automation of water motors. DWOSA provides smooth, secure, and futuristic building & home automation solutions in India. IFIHOMES provides tech products and services for smart and green living for the consumers of the Indian sub-continent. IngeniaTech provides automation solutions for residential and commercial projects.

This issue also includes an interesting article by Kundan, the Founder of iBlink. Further, we have included scintillating interviews with Arun Kumar E K, the CEO and Founder of Casero Technologies, and Amit Premy, the Founder and CEO of WiZN Systems.

So, flip through the pages for more insights on these prominent companies.

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Synchronos

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Simplifying Lifestyles with Innovative Solutions

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We provide complete solutions in the field of automation, control, and security

Mohammed Umair

Founder & Managing Director

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he Indian Home Automation Industry is embracing modern technological innovations each passing day with the incorporation of cutting-edge upgradations. It is creating huge opportunities not only for Indian companies, but also for international players as well.

It is expected that the home automation market may cross INR 30,000 crore by 2022. This industry aims at employing innovative technologies with the objective of providing the ultimate comfort and a lasting experience to the users.

provide excellent design, installations, and after sales service. By collaborating with many top brands, Synchronos provides complete integrated, comprehensive, and turnkey solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. They aim at providing unique solutions to fulfill specific customer demands and to ensure their safety and convenience.

One such company spearheading the home automation industry in India is Synchronos Solutions Pvt. Ltd. The company aims at providing tailor-made home automation services to the clients including audio-visual systems, security, energy saving, and so on. Clients can avail various services provided by the company like for home automation, hotel automation, board room automation, clinic automation, and operation theatre automation; room acoustics; home theatres; professional AV setup; energy savings; security systems; and remote monitoring.

The company has successfully completed around 500 projects across the Indian subcontinent and many Middle Eastern Countries. They provide a variety of simple and cost-friendly solutions with upgradeable technology. Also, the company’s qualified and seasoned team of engineers

The person leading Synchronos from the front is Mohammed Umair, the Founder and Managing Director of the company. While pursuing his graduation Umair started his first business of mobile phone dealership in the year 2000. He introduced mobile phones when mobile phone networks were at a nascent stage. Umair’s motive behind starting Synchronos was to assist the clients in transforming their houses and offices into smart homes and smart offices.

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A Client-Focused Company The company believes that regular investment is necessary for any organization to excel. It asserts that technology businesses depend not only on financial investments, but also on knowledge and continuous upgradation and execution.

For Synchronos, their biggest strength is the qualified and highly trained team of home automation experts. They believe that the success of a good building automation project depends not only on the knowledge of electronics and electrical equipment, but people should also be aware of data systems, telephone, and audio-video systems.

Synchronos’ prestige and expertise is enhanced by their expert team which has thorough curriculum knowledge and on-site practical experience. With such a dedicated and seasoned team, the company delivers excellent objectives that they want to offer to the customers.

Providing Competitive Advantages Synchronos is an IoT company that incepted in 2008. It upgrades consumer durables like lights, TV, fans, CCTV, burglar alarms, and so on into integrated systems which can be controlled by smart phones, smart switches, a single remote, or even voice commands. The company engineers in customized services to provide not just IoT, but the IoE (Internet of Everything) enhanced experience.

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He aims to constantly grow and evolve along with providing value added services and simplifying the lives of people. By utilizing automation technologies he aims to introduce innovative products and excellent services to the home automation and security vertical.

acoustics and calibration of systems. Additionally, it provides services related to surveillance systems, burglar alarm systems, and multi-zone audio and video solution.

It is a known fact that smooth functioning of multiple electronic devices depends on various remotes and switches which may create nuisance for the users. Synchronos simplifies this process and eases user’s efforts through remote switches, connected smart phones or tabs which can be operated remotely from any part of the world without any manual instructions.

Umair adds that home automation technologies assist in performing multiple tasks simultaneously. The company provides a security oriented approach so that the users can focus on their work and in turn, improve their quality of life.

Views about the Industry

While the rest of the world speaks of IoT experience, Synchronos delivers IoE experience. They incorporate future technology into designing each building and implementing systems in such a way that even after 10 or 15 years advanced technology can be applied on the building. The company provides total protection against technical breaches by employing wired or wireless automation systems providing and ensures absolute privacy and data security. Their technology provides exclusive access to clients to login to the system by following an authorization procedure that is reprogrammed every three months for apex reliability.

Synchronos’s services are not only confined to automation of lighting, motorized blinds, gates, and sensors. It also provides complete home theatre solutions including planning and execution of

Synchronos is of the opinion that home automation in India is creating numerous opportunities for both Indian and international companies. Currently, the residential customers are dominating the market, whereas in product category, the security market is the clear winner.

In India, more than 50 percent of the home automation market is covered by Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore. In order to be a part of this fast growing industry and to make a positive mark, a company has to be consistent and should provide continuous efforts towards accomplishing their objective of a customer centric approach. · Companies offering their services to all the segments like lighting, security, audio/video, and HVAC.

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· Companies solely catering to lighting. · DIY (Do It Yourself) product based companies offered by dealers. · DIY product based companies that are present only across the online market.

The above mentioned segments make it very difficult for customers to select a specific service provider as there is significant price variation in the service provided.

Synchronos team not only sells products to their clients, but also informs them about the available options and offers a solution.

Going Toe-to-Toe with the Competition The company states that around 85 percent of home owners make daily use of security systems like CCTV and burglar alarms. But it often happens that after installation these systems are seldom used. This results in their inefficient performance. Moreover, in addition to negligence of maintenance by users, the system providers also fail to deliver efficient services due to negligence and relaxed attitude.

Mohammad Umair asserts that Synchronos gives utmost importance to customer satisfaction and security.

Accordingly, the company employs intelligent systems to study client’s usage patterns and study their preferences.

They provide advanced security technologies, for example, if someone goes out, the burglar system gets activated automatically. Also, the home owner’s lighting and other

devices are regulated in their absence so as to discourage thefts much before its attempt. This technology also informs the home owners about any suspicious activity near the house. The company delivers integrated user experience by combining customer security and the convenience of automation at just a button's click.

Delivering Simplified Home Solutions The company feels that home automation can provide a variety of facilities to the customers ranging from security, convenience, and ease of use. Many users are trying to rid their homes of excess wires, switches, and remotes and are utilizing home automation technologies like lighting control via a mobile phone and so on. Synchronos aims at providing streamlined customer services; it has come up with a state-of-the-art experience centre to feel magical experiences for the customer. The company aims not only to add value to home automation, but to add value to customer’s lives as well.

Towards the Future Sychronos aims to provide homeowners automated premises and enhance their buying experience. They intend to introduce a seamless design, quotation, and purchase experience on their website. This will help the customer to enter the required details of the building and design the automation system themselves, complete the sale and the products will be delivered accordingly with Installation Instructions and company provides remote support to the Consumers. The company is working towards a simplified cloud based infrastructure to provide their services to clients across the Indian Subcontinent and Middle Eastern Countries.

Word of Advice for Emerging Entrepreneurs The company states that budding entrepreneurs should follow their heart. They should be passionate about their work. A responsible entrepreneur should build a responsible team that works towards achieving the company’s objectives along with accomplishing societal and environmental goals. The company advises entrepreneurs to evolve with the industry and update themselves with constant research and learning.

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Company Name

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Aquabrim Home Appliance aquabrim.com

Rakesh Kumar Founding Director Praveen Sinha Founder

Aquabrim simplifies daily lives by developing a low cost, robust solution for automation of water motors

Awicon Technologies awicontech.com

Sukumar Ranga Managing Partner

Awicon creates simple solutions to help clients increase revenue without increasing overhead or operational expense

CosineLabs cosinelabs.com

Ari Chatterjee Director

Cosine Labs is an IoT company focused on creating a revolutionary wireless smart home and connected living experience

Cubical cubical.in

Dhruv Ratra Co-founder

Cubical is an IoT company which aims at providing highquality, reliable, and affordable home automation soutions

DWOSA Automation dwosa.com

Gaurav Kansal Founder & CEO

DWOSA is a smart solution company which is providing smooth, secure, and futuristic building & home automation solutions in India

Rohit Khosla Founder Vivek Nalla, Co-founder Sheetal Khosla,

IFIHOMES provides tech products and services for smart and green living for the consumers of the Indian sub-continent

IFIHomes ifihomes.com

Director Ingenia Tech ingeniatech.in

Rohan Agarwal Director Abhinav Jajodia Director

IngeniaTech is a design, engineering, and project management firm that provides automation solutions for residential and commercial projects

Sattva Automation Pvt Ltd sattvaautomation.com

Kshitij Deoghare Director

Sattva Automation specializes in premium home automation systems, home cinemas, high-end audio-video and access control systems in India

Synchronos Solutions Pvt. Ltd. synchronos.in/smart-living.in

Mohammed Umair Founder & MD

Synchronos provides customized solutions in the field of automation, audio visual systems & security

Tronix Solutions tronixsolutions.in

Shailesh S Pattanshetti Partner

Tronix Solutions is an automation solution expert with strong infrastructure facilities

CASERO TECHNOLOGIESTRANSFORMING SMART HOME IDEAS INTO REALITY

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asero Technologies is a leading provider of personalized automation and control solutions. It allows users to control virtually any device in a home or business, automatically. The company aims to deliver an elegant and more affordable way to control and automate lighting, gate, music, video, security, and energy in a single room or throughout the entire home. In an Interview with Insights Success, Arun Kumar E K, the CEO and Founder of the company shared his opinions about the industry, the company, and its future plans.

Please tell us about your Company.

What are the different types of Home Automation solutions/services/products that your company offers?

Casero Technologies is a one-stop destination for all world-class security solutions & Smart home solution, offering you a comprehensive set of world-class security equipment from the most reputed brands in the world.

Our extensive portfolio comprises of innovative, high-quality, ergonomic products and systems for security, safety, and communication – featuring

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intelligent functionality and modular concepts that grow with your requirements.

Ensuring that we bring you the best from the finest names in security solution sphere in the world, we are confident that your expectations will be met to your satisfaction. With strong resources and proficient hands to enable us to meet any requirement, we are in a unique position to help, supply, install and maintain our products at all your installations and we assure you the best of service.

Our services are Smart Home Control Systems, Light Automation, Curtain Automation, Automatic Climate Controllers, Intrusion Alarm System, Automated Gate Systems (Swing and Sliding), Automated Roof / Courtyard Openers, Automated Garage, Shutters, Video Door Phones, Surveillance Cameras, Access Controls, Attendance Systems, and Boom Barriers.

Please enlighten us about the Founder/CEO of the Company, and how he/she deals with current problems related to the Home Automation services industry.

I am the CEO & Co-Founder of Casero Technologies. I am a home automation consultant & entrepreneur. I am a young entrepreneur & technocrat. With my innovative & creative ideas I have always achieved whatever I have worked on. I am a graduate in mechatronics branch. My positive approach towards learning something new has helped me to learn many things in life.

I have also worked with many companies as an engineer on multiple domains. I have also guided many start-up companies to achieve their goals. I have delivered many seminars, workshops & webinars in multiple places on various topics. I have trained more students & working professionals. With my influencing personality, I have motivated & inspired many students to achieve their goals.

What is your take on the current scenario of 'Home Automation Industry'? What steps are you taking to make it better?

Let us explain this with an example, if you are on the way to the office, and suddenly you remember that you forgot

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to switch off your AC and you really got worried because it will increase your energy bills. What will you do in such a situation? Will you go back home to switch it off? It will work out when you are only a few miles away from your home. What about you are far away from home? Don’t worry, just take your smartphone from your pocket and log into your Home Automation System on the phone and switch off your AC wherever you are.

Sounds cool!!?? Yes, this is one of the examples where the home automation helps you.

In India, automation and control systems market has seen significant changes in dynamics over the years.

Initially concentrated in the areas of HVAC and security systems; the market has now evolved into newer areas like lighting systems, fire detection systems, entertainment systems, and energy management systems as well. The automation not only integrates different automation systems as mentioned above but also enables substantial power savings as well.

What traits or qualities does an organization need to have to excel in this highly competitive world?

Exceptional leaders have the ability to look into their company’s future and make clear, concrete goals that will benefit their organization. They are confident and optimistic, creating enthusiasm in those around them.

Being a visionary is about managing change while striking a balance between stability and growth. You must incorporate new approaches without getting distracted from the main goals.

Being a visionary means understanding

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the continuous change occurring all around you, so what worked in the past may not always work now. Practice being adaptable and agile as you implement new strategies and allow your business model to evolve over time.

Which strategies do you follow to remain competitive with continuously evolving technologies and trends? How are you preparing yourself to become unique?

Having created an impact in 2017, it suffices to say that the penetration of AI in applications and services has become inevitable. Forming a layer of systems and people, AI has been instrumental in creating intelligent apps to serve humans better. From virtual assistants to task performers, smart apps have the potential to transform the consumption of services.

The growing interest in AI has led to significant investments in the field by businesses. A study by Gartner reveals that 59% of organizations are continuously gathering information to build AI strategies. As the insights into AI learning deepen, the usage is rapidly moving from understanding user voice to performing human tasks that will soon increase machine-human interaction. Incanto’s mobility center for excellence (CoE) leverages the growth of AI in various machine learning solutions. Creating an interactive platform for data, devices, and people, CoE helps build smarter customized applications.

Where is your company heading? What competitive advantages is your company providing to your clients in this contentious world?

Proposals are made to design and build intelligent home meeting the modern

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requirements satisfying most living standards of consumers. Home security activities supported by real-time audiovisual system which permits only the entry of authorized visitors into the flat are incorporated in the system. Easy handling of selected home appliances in the flat by switching ON or OFF from any room is provided in the system. Moreover, remote control of these selected appliances is performed through telephone dialing or with the internet are accommodated in the system. A Home Assistant system software installed in the PC brings the daily activities to the monitor screen as obtained from the activities programmed in tables of databases.

The electrical energy requirements of the flats are partially supported by a unit extracting solar energy and wind energy. Saving of electrical energy by this unit is maximized by automatically changing the angles of the solar panel and windmill fixed on the terrace.

Furthermore, the intruder detection unit included in the system dials automatically a pre-programmed sequence of digits to give a message to a remote location while triggering a local alarm.

What were the problems you faced at an initial stage and how did you overcome them?

We faced an issue like heating unit not responding, security cameras not connecting, or entertainment units dropping out. The issue could be that your subsystems are not integrating as they should.

This is a problem that can affect all systems, from a simple plugin device to a centrally controlled heating system. It frequently occurs when homeowners or non-specialist tradespeople install smart devices themselves. The fault caused by smart

devices not communicating properly.

Then we switched our solutions to zwave solutions which can be integrated devices to seamless solutions with plugins.

Kindly share your views on the future of ‘Home Automation Industry’. Tell us something about your upcoming products/services/plans.

What is your advice to young entrepreneurs in the Home Automation industry?

The smart home space fascinates me -first because it promises to transform the way we live. Second, because it has been at the cusp of taking off for decades. And lastly, because it represents big business for technology companies and tech start-up entrepreneurs.

Think about smart homes as places where people live that contain devices connected to the Internet. Companies write software to program these devices all with a design to make your life easier. Let’s imagine for a moment all of the places you might want connected devices outside of the home.

A car could have a device that monitors where it goes and the wear and tear on the wheels. This would all be reported back to the cloud, sharing with the driver at some later date that’s it’s time to realign or change the tires.

Casero smart home solutions are always steeping ahead to the next level. we will be launching casero solutions in many parts of the world soon. We train a huge crew for the instant service support to the Clint.

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WiZN SystemsTransforming Home Automation by Embracing Technological Innovations

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iZN Systems is an IoT firm situated in Bangalore.

They provide various smart home services and other benefits like security, convenience, and energy savings. They specialize in smart homes, home automation, and home security. In an interview with Insights Success, Amit Premy, the Founder and CEO of WiZN Systems provided some astute answers about the company, its journey, its future plans, and other endeavors.

· Please tell us about your Company.

What are the different types of Home Automation solutions/services/products that your company offers?

WiZN Systems is an IoT focused company, incorporated in Bangalore in 2013. Our product, eGlu, provides benefits like security, convenience and energy savings to home owners. We have a wide range of products which include Smart Plugs, In-wall Switch Modules, Motion Sensors, Door Sensors, Lock Controllers, Curtain Controllers, Gate Controllers and many more to cater to pretty much every need of a Smart Home user. eGlu was the first Indian product to feature on both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

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· Please enlighten us about yourself and how you are dealing with current problems related to the Home Automation services industry.

I am the Founder and CEO of WiZN Systems. I hold a B.Tech degree from IIT Kanpur and have attained an overall industry experience of 22 years. I have worked in various technology and business roles as part of companies like Texas Instruments and Cosmic Circuits.

The biggest challenges faced by Home Automation Industry are 1) Consumer awareness on Smart Home products and 2) Availability of reliable and affordable Smart Home Solutions. Creating consumer awareness for a new product category is a very expensive affair and big companies like Google and Amazon like playing a big role in doing that. What we have mainly focused on is to create a great product and provide amazing user experience at a very affordable price point. From the feedback we have been receiving from our existing partners and users, we believe that we have been quite successful in achieving this goal. · What is your take on the current

scenario of 'Home Automation Industry'? What steps are you taking to make it better?

Because of availability of tools like Raspberry Pie and Arduino Uno, the entry barrier to demonstrate a Smart Home concept has become very low and hence lot of people are jumping into this field assuming they can quickly build a product. Almost every week we hear about a new company selling Smart Home products. But the reality is that a reliable and good quality Smart Home product is very difficult to design and produce. Building an IoT product requires understanding of varied disciplines like hardware design, wireless communication, networking, cloud services, software protocols, security, embedded systems, industrial design and many more. We were one of the first few IoT companies in India and it took us four years to bring out eGlu. We have witnessed lot of companies who came after us, launched product in a year's time and have already disappeared.

We are trying to educate our business partners and customers on these aspects so that they do not fall for half-baked products and cheap imitations.

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· What traits or qualities does an organization need to have to excel in this highly competitive world?

The most important trait is to listen to your customers and delight them by offering a product which exceeds their expectations. · Which strategies do you follow to remain competitive with continuously evolving technologies and trends? How are you preparing yourself to become unique?

We are a technology company. The complete end-to-end technology for IoT has been built by us, grounds up. This includes a patent for an extremely low power and long range wireless protocol which is part of all our products. IoT in general and Smart Homes in particular is an emerging technology and innovation is going to play a key role in the success of companies like us. And hence we are highly focused on innovation, not just at technology level but also at the business level and we believe that is our big strength. · Where is your company heading?

What competitive advantages is your company providing to your clients in this contentious world?

We aspire to be the most innovative IoT Company in the world. And only that can help us provide our customers the best user experience at a very affordable price point.

· What were the problems you faced at an initial stage and how did you overcome them?

Hardware startups are not common

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Amit Premy- Founder & CEO in India. But unlike software startups, hardware companies need more funds initially to build a physical product. Out biggest challenge during the initial stage was to raise funds so that we could build a quality product. It took us some time, but eventually we crossed that hurdle when Foxconn lead our first round of funding in January 2016. · Kindly share your views on the future of 'Home Automation Industry'. Tell us something about your upcoming products/services/plans.

The stage we are currently going through, in the Smart Home journey, is what we like to call “connectivity stage”. This is where all the elements in the house are getting connected to the internet and are able to communicate with a

server. The outcome is we can control and monitor them remotely.

But real Smart Home is the one which learns the behavior of the home dweller; understand their preferences and creates a secure and comfortable living environment without any human intervention. That is the real future and we are already working on it.

Our upcoming products will have edge processing capabilities to allow ML and AI based applications which would take us to the next stage of Smart Homes. · What is your advice to the young entrepreneurs in the Home Automation industry?

Have a long term vision and think of solutions which are 10x better than existing ones.

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Aquabrim Inducing an ‘Ease-of-Living’ into ‘Way-of-Lives’

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eed is the primary driving force for most of the inventions that our civilizations have witnessed.

Human needs have kept changing with time, and so has the shape of inventions. In 21st century, the Need of ‘Ease-of-living’ can easily be rated above all. Quite naturally, the role and importance of Home Automation Companies has got a significant traction in past few decades.

When the ‘Need of Consumers’ overlaps with ‘Portfolio of Producers’ then satisfaction in its truest form is achieved; both for the consumers and the producers. In this perspective, one cannot find a better example than Aquabrim. A company whose mission and vision in itself is dedicated towards overall simplification of daily lives of consumers.

Diverse Range of Offerings Aquabrim started in 2008 with a vision to simplify the daily lives of consumers, by developing high quality and robust solution for automation of water motors. Company’s offerings have a background of in-depth analysis of various scenarios of water filling arrangements commonly adopted in our society and industries. The company has quite rightly acknowledged the problems of societies’ house-holds and industrial requirements.

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customer base. Its products are not only used in residential premises but also for diverse industrial applications.

Aquabrim products are successfully installed at Indian Railways, State Flood monitoring system and multiple Indian PSUs. In the water automation space, Aquabrim has the most advanced solutions and it can cater a range of standard to complex requirements of our age.

Charismatic Leaders In-Charge An able leader with a vision to succeed has utmost vitality in determining the future of any organization. Aquabrim is blessed to have ‘two’. It was founded by Rakesh Kumar and Praveen Sinha. Both have an engineering background, and this has helped immensely in contributing towards the unprecedented success of Aquabrim.

Rakesh Kumar is an alumnus of Delhi College of Engineering (DCE). He brings extensive experience of more than 17 years in wireless technology, system & firmware. He has got more than 10 US patents for his innovations and has also co-developed world's most compact 77-81GHz Radar chip for Automotive & IoT applications.

Praveen has done his MBA from IIMC and has worked with top rank companies. He is a serial entrepreneur with experience of leading multiple businesses from inception to stability. Praveen is a recipient of distinguished alumni award from IIMC and DTU and was also Selected in the ‘40 under 40’ compilation (2014) by Fortune Magazine.

Uniqueness in Approach Aquabrim is known for keeping its customer's requirements at the fore front. The company has a standard one-year warranty policy along with an option to extend the warranty for its offerings. Moreover, the impeccable product design ensures that the product is low maintenance and supported by strong after sales services.

Adherence to stringent focus on R&D, as well as the use of latest technology makes Aquabrim capable of satisfying the water management needs of its industrial and domestic clients. While introducing new features in its product line, the company always keeps affordability in consideration.

Continuous process improvement has been the prime focus in last 10 years at Aquabrim. It has extraordinarily helped them set objectives for system improvement, capacity increase, improved work flow & cost reduction. The flexibility to innovate has provided Aquabrim high level of acceptability among the consumers.

The Passionate Work-force The work-force at Aquabrim has a balanced blend of engineering and marketing. While its team has a huge composition of engineering, the company has also made strategic investments in marketing. Its customers typically come through referrals and word of mouth. The team at Aquabrim is very passionate about application of technology and hence they always keep the products updated with the most recent development.

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Sharp Eyes on Future Keeping an eye on future drives one towards the route of innovation. It also imparts requisite preparedness for upcoming challenges. Aquabrim is one-step ahead of other contemporaries in this regard. The company has acknowledged that wireless technology & cloud services are the future of the Home Automation Industry. Hence, being a solution provider, they have evolved significantly with the application of AI and ML which can create contextual and personal service to the users.

The management at Aquabrim keeps continuous vigil on consumer’s requirements & accordingly adapt them with newer technologies like, Application of machine learning, Latest Microprocessors and Wireless. This helps them enhancing the features & making highly reliable products at an affordable pricing.

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Though, there already are numerous startups/companies which have started working in home automation field, only the companies with robust product & reliable after sale support are going to be the ones to survive.

Aquabrim is focused on solving real-life problems faced by customers. To cater the varied consumer requirements, company’s R&D team is constantly innovating to make affordable products while retaining the reliability. In near future Aquabrim has planned to increase environmental awareness by introducing products like real-time air/water quality monitoring, water supply monitoring & remote control/health monitoring of domestic/industrial equipment.

With such a plethora of relevant products and innovations along their side, Aquabrim is all set to explore the zenith of success in years to come.

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mart technologies like AI are revolutionizing the way we live. They are not only making things easier for us, but are also transforming our homes into a safer place. The ever booming internet of things (IoT) is constantly improving the security procedures.

Smart home security is quite similar to a smart phone's fingerprint scanner or the recent face ID scanner. Also, it is more secure than a four-digit code or pattern code and is more easy to use. These technologies provide convenience along with the benefit of added security.

AI Enhances Smart Camera Footage Accessibility AI-powered smart cameras play a very important part from a security standpoint. These cameras can not only safeguard one's house and keep them informed, but they can also record footage in 1080p, which is very important in terms of identification of the recorded footage.

These devices can automatically upload videos to the cloud. These videos can be accessed by the users any time and have easy playback options.

Thanks to the connected smartphone apps and networks, one can view the live feed from anywhere, at any time. Also, these devices can utilize AI to figure out if something out of the ordinary is happening and send the concerned person an alert. For example, there are many smart cameras which can detect human figures that appear in the frame in specific areas of the house.

AI Integration Amplifies Voice Control AI powered digital voice control devices also contribute towards making homes safer. While one controls these AI powered devices with their

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voices, they can play music and order items online. Some voice-enabled smart devices can also connect into a central network so that users can control other connected devices with ease. AI can also be used to connect to individual smart home devices, or for multipurpose solutions. This technology provides innovation and wide-ranging solutions for security and home automation devices.

Leading smart lock providers are combining slick looks and powerful functionality. These smart locks work with the existing hardware, and are easy to install. Using machine learning, they keep track of who activated the lock and when.

Smart Smoke Alarms can contribute in Easy Threat Detection

Cutting-edge electrical equipment like smart power plugs, lights, and thermostats can contribute in energy savings. If these devices adapt to our daily lives, and not vice versa, then they can increase the savings and conserve energy.

Smart user aware thermostats not only control the environment based on the usage, but also turn the lights on and adjust the room temperature before the concerned person reaches. User aware smart fans turn off when the user exits the room, but turns back on before the user returns so that they enter a cool house.

Most homes have smoke detectors already installed in the premises, but they aren't as sophisticated as the AI powered smoke detectors. Connected smoke detectors overcome a lot of shortcomings that traditional smoke alarms have. For example, in case of low battery, one won't have to work hard to figure out which unit is out of charge; they will receive notification on their phones.

In case the alarm ever goes off, users will receive a notification on their phones which they can view and silence using remotes. Certain smoke detectors also enable voice alert to inform about the first signs of smoke; this helps users to make sure that everyone is safe and take necessary steps to extinguish the fire and prevent it from spreading to the rest of the house.

Remote Controlled Smart Locks provide Enhanced Security Integration of AI in smart locks can provide numerous benefits. It is a known fact that smart locks don't rely on physical keys, which means that the users don't have to worry about the key getting lost, stolen, or copied. One can easily control who has access to their house by using simple smartphone apps, and can lock and unlock doors remotely as per convenience. These locks enhance user convenience; users will always prefer doors that automatically unlock as they approach.

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Smart devices enhance our comfort and entertainment.

They play an important role in making our lives better and providing us a lasting experience. These devices provide us a wide assortment of features ranging from music, window blinds, coffee machine, and voice assistants. AI enabled wireless home stereo systems play more than just the role of a regular music machine. These systems get attuned to our daily routine and behavior patterns, and prepare a music playlist and podcast based on when we wake up. How we interact with our smart homes plays an important role in deciding whether we will give the devices a can't-livewithout status, or they will end up in the back corner of the closet.

Times are constantly changing, bringing along modern innovations and technological advancements. This is a revolutionary phase for the smart home and AI industry.

Many developments have already been introduced in this space. With maturity of technology and the integration of various products, we can expect a future of endless possibilities.

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DWOSA Automation Providing Smart Solutions through Simplified ways

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echnological innovations have opened doors for endless possibilities. Major advancements in the home automation sector have provided remote access and control at the hands of the consumers. However, creating a smart device doesn’t simply mean connecting it to the web, smartphones, tablets, or laptops. Home automation companies must make sure that their products and devices are intelligent– they should have the ability to learn and/or take independent decisions.

DWOSA Automation is one such leading company which is adding ‘smartness’to every possible domestic automation environment. Headquartered at Bangalore, this company comprises a team of accomplished young entrepreneurs who have a decade of experience in the field of designing, marketing, and management. The firm provides a wide variety of home automation solutions including security, lighting control, sensors, multi-room audio/video, door/gate/window/skylight automation, temperature & moisture control, and so on.

DWOSA Automation is the world’s first Home Automation company to launch Lifetime warranty & HomeAutomation-as-a-Service (HAaaS) model to make Home Automation affordable for masses.

DWOSA is the first company in the world to offer 100% cash back during Biggest Festival Sale initiated by DWOSA from 10th October 2018 to 15th October 2018 at their e-commerce website www.dwosa.in, with a vision to aquire 10000+ customers.

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With a vision to set up 100+ global franchise experience centers, DWOSA is going to expand its wings in all parts of India and across the globe.

designs the recliners accordingly. The products are also designed with high-quality fabric which is more comfortable than leather recliners.

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Customers can choose the color, shape, size of their recliners as per their requirements along with added features like USB mobile charging point, lamp for book reading, folding table, snacks and cup holder, and so on.

They have also upped their game with additional features like smart switchable glass film, which blocks 99% UV rays and heat as well. Moreover, it also contributes to bring down to cost of running AC in office or home up to 35%.

The ease of installation and use has made smart privacy glass film popular in the market, and DWOSA Automation has a major role to play in that.

The founder of the company planned to launch the business in the southern part of India. As a result, they decided to name their venture as ‘Dosa’. They eventually came up with a unique name ‘Dwosa’ by adding the letter ‘W’, and eventually expanded the name as ‘Dynamic World Of Security & Automation’.

Insightful Leadership Dwosa is headed by Gaurav Kansal, the Founder and CEO of the company. Gaurav has gained one and half decade of blended experience in IT/ITES/Telecom industry and has experience in running several startups in past.

An Efficient Service Provider The company specializes in three business verticals namely home automation, ambience designing, and entertainment (professional audio-video). In these three verticals, the company provides multiple solutions which include: ·

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The complete building/office/home automation solution with latest technology and equipment including smart water meters, digital door locks, video door phones.

PDLC Smart glass films for home, office, hotels for privacy control & smart glass films for video projection.

Miscellaneous ambiance lighting solution including pixel LED, LED dance floor, Kinetic lights and colorful bubble walls.

Customized smart recliners for home, office, home theater which are available with different fabrics, colors and features.

Complete audio video solution including projector, screen, pro-sound systems, home theater systems, acoustics & touch-jet which can convert any screen into touch screen.

Leisure and Excellent Customer Experience DWOSA focuses on better customer experience in homes, offices, and so on. Their customized home and cinema recliners range from cost effective to super premium. The company pays attention to their client’s requirements and

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Remarkable Collaborations Dwosa aims at becoming a one stop shop for the customers.

They have tied up with some well-known interior designers and architects. The company is capable of taking turn key projects. They have the technology, resources, and manpower to provide services to a customer who has purchased a villa plot and wants to construct his dream house with quality interiors and automation.

Dwosa Automation is an authorized partner of OHM thereby enabling world class professional sound solution.

OHM is an England based premium, luxury, boutique brand. OHM manufactures professional sound systems.

Dwosa has also partnered with US based company Touchjet Inc. asNational Distributor in India for Touchjet range of products. Touchjet Wave turns any non-smart LED/LCD TV into touchscreen giant android tablet and smart TV. Future of Numerous Possibilities The company has entered into joint ventures with many interior designers, architects, and manufacturers. They are launching their products and aim at capturing a major portion of the market share. Dwosa has established an experience center on Sarjapur Road, Bangalore. The company aims to expand its footprint and aims to open 100+ franchise experience centers across the Indian subcontinent along with more than 10000 such experience centers in other countries. The company is going to open its first experience center at Delhi/NCR in coming month and its innovative initiatives and products are creating a promising future for the home automation industry not only in India, but also in different countries across the globe.

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About the Author Kundan is the Founder of iBlink, Internet of Things based Smart Home. He started his career post bachelor in 2013 with internship in Air India, Delhi. He then joined IBM, and continued his career in multiple countries with telecom mobile operators like Airtel, BPL, Telecom Seychelles, QCELL, and others.

Kundan had a leadership role in launching, planning, and technical implementation of all new and future technology in mobile operators like GPRS, EDGE, 3G, and 4G data service in eastern states of India like West Bengal, North East States, Orissa, and Bihar including other part of world. 5 years back, he started working on Internet of things business model and ďŹ nally 2.5 years back they launched iBlink in Indian Market.

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Control your Home with Just a Touch. Anytime. Anywhere.

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ncluding brilliant indoor regulators, AC/AV IR extender, lighting ON/OFF and vitality observing, and other keen gadgets into your connected home organize absolutely makes your opportunity spent at home more agreeable and advantageous. In any case, shouldn't something be said about when you're in a hurry the vast majority of the day? When you utilize your mobile phone with your smart home system, you can control your home from anywhere on the planet with your mobile phone.

Various security sensors working in union to make an anchored home, for example, water spillage/flooding, door(s)/windows opened or broken, fire/smoke, and so forth sound cautions and numerous more which incorporate exchanging lights on if there should arise an occurrence of flame/development in home. These offer extra wellbeing feeling and true serenity.

Smart home devices use various conventions to coordinate straightforwardly with your home, your mobile phone, and even each other. They're one of the greatest patterns in home change and are normal to double in popularity in the following four years.

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Home automation apparatuses are getting to be must-have highlights for purchasers and tenants, featuring the interest and value they add to your home. Check out these home mechanization updates that give the biggest bang to your buck amid a home redesign venture.

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Coordinate your Smart Home network with your current air conditioning, warmer or other temperature control devices where any settings that can be actuated on a timetable or with only a couple of taps on your mobile phone, tablets and so forth enable temperature and dampness to modify as indicated by the time or season.

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A redesign is the ideal chance to coordinate shrewd home automation technologies flawlessly into your living spaces.

Worked in keen home highlights increment your home's solace, comfort, and effectiveness, and investing in these innovations can build the value of your home.

Various solutions being given by smart home/home automation companies:

Direct or control your window curtains without keeping getting up and opening and shutting them physically. Your mechanized window ornaments can do precisely what you need them to. Rapidly and effectively! enlightenment highlight of our sensor give you adaptability to mechanize open or close.

5. Video/sound control

1. Lighting TV control, give an adaptability to excitement Remote LIGHTING with no inside change You can start with little, or light up the entire home classy style in and ensured to supplement the magnificence of your home since wireless smart home companies don’t change any inside or switch board. Development sensors give without hands brightening and consequently turn on lights when somebody is in the room. Your home can even interchange lights to seem involved while you're away.

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Brilliant control lighting builds style, climate, and accommodation to your home style your home seems connected with while you are away. Diminish any light in the room or the whole house with a solitary touch control of mobile app. calendar and trigger component of our answer will give you encounter past your creative ability. It’s not simply brilliant, it's insightful.

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And positive answer of the above question is pushing this industry in the right direction.

A Simple Example of our Day to Day Life Be that as it may, when you utilize your mobile phone to control your home, you never need to stress, “Did I…?” until the end of time.

With your smart home application on your mobile phone, you can check the status of the considerable number of gadgets in your keen home system, and afterward control them remotely in the event that you have to.

What’s more, on the off chance that you utilize the voice-control include on your mobile phone, life is considerably less demanding. All you have to do is say, “Bolt the front entryway”.

There are multiple technologies in market but Z-wave is considered as a gold standard in case of smart home/home automation.

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Future of Telecom Operators in IOT based Smart Home/Home Automation Telecom Operators have key resources for a catch a noteworthy piece of the smart home estimation. On account of their broadband Internet entryways, telecom operators are the main players as far as infiltration of family units with smart home arrangements. The broadband box has developed from a simple web association gadget to an exceedingly imaginative stage interfacing different gadgets. Notwithstanding that, telecom administrators offer interoperable arrangements in view of open models that can enable heterogeneous smart home for interconnect IOT environments. Another noteworthy resource of telecom administrators in the smart home condition is the focal part they play in the client relationship, which can empower them to catch an extraordinary estimation of future smart home control.

Best convention which telecom operators will go is Z-wave, zigbee technology. Telecom operators won’t go for proprietary protocols where multi merchant methodology can not work. Keen home for telecom operators are going to be a door of numerous open doors like new income stream, client stickiness, customer acquisition, future service binding over one APP, and many more.

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A Guardian Angel for Working Parents

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or every parent, their children’s safety is of prime concern. All working parents are worried about their kids’ safety, and it bothers them while they are away at work. Many parents break into sweat when they think something bad may happen to their kids when they are out.

To deal with such threats and concerns, parents can implement efficient home automation systems. A home automation system is an important security feature, and can also provide many additional facilities to the users.

Parents can use these technologies for child care in various innovative and cost-effective ways. There are many ways in which home automation technologies can assist parents in child care and protection.

Constant Monitoring of Children’s Activities Parents can install smart cameras around the house to monitor childrens’activities. This gives them 24/7 access to their house and they can keep an eye on their children for as long as they want. Real-time video monitoring assists parents to check whether their kids have left for school and if they have come back in time.

Remote Locking of Doors Home automation technologies give parents the power to remotely unlock the doors in case the children have locked them in or out of the house. Also, parents can use their personalized codes and can receive notifications on their mobile phones if someone tries to unlock the door.

Enhancement of Safety Procedures Users can combine monitored home security with home automation systems to improve safety of their homes.

Parents can receive notifications if students approach or enter potentially dangerous places like pools or unfenced terrace. If children play with fire or gas stoves, integrated gas detectors and fire alarms can assist in preventing mishaps.

Keeping Children away from Toxic Substances Children are very curious about different things and have a tendency of putting things in their mouths. There might be various toxic elements lying around the house which might be harmful for them. Medicines and chemicals can pose a serious threat to the children. Parents may store them in cupboards and boxes and instruct their children not touch them. But still the children may explore these products and play with them, which may harm them. Parents can also install cabinet and door sensors on such areas.

Checking the Door Parents always worry about children opening the door to strangers and miscreants. They tell their children innumerable times not to open the doors to strangers.

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Advanced technologies like an exterior door station can help the children to check who’s at the door without opening it.

Creating a Conducive Environment for Education Parents can use home automation systems to create an education-friendly environment. They can schedule task lights to turn on lights, televisions, music systems, gaming consoles, and other technologies for children’s entertainment, and can turn them off when it’s time to sit down and concentrate on studies.

Using Home Automation for Celebrations Home automation technologies can be used by parents to create an environment of fun and celebration for their children. They can add life to an ordinary birthday party using these tools, and create an unforgettable experience for the children. After a long day at school, children may want to spend some quality leisure time with their parents. The parents can make arrangements by setting the music system to play their children’s favorite songs, or set their favorite movie to play during the weekends.

Energy Management Children are too young to understand the importance of saving energy. As a result, they may leave a room keeping the lights and fan still on, and keep many electrical appliances on even when they are no longer required. This leads to energy wastage. Parents can use home automation system and make it easy to handle these controls with just a press of a button or touch of a screen, even when they are away from home.

Putting Kids to Bed and waking them Up with Ease Parents sometimes find it difficult to put children to bed at night or wake them up in the morning. Home automation systems can help them in handling this situation. Parents can set the lights to turn the light on and off at specific times. Using home automation technology to schedule when the lights, music system, TV, and other appliances would turn off around bedtime will help in creating a calm atmosphere and will help children to sleep. Also setting lights to turn on in the morning will create an ambience which will prompt students to get out of their beds in the morning, and get ready to go to school.

Parents who work odd hours can install a home automation system to turn lights on and off as and when needed. Also, it will help children to maintain a proper routine.

For working parents, employing home automation technologies can provide more than just peace of mind.

They can implement efficient home automation systems for not only the safety and security of their children, but also for providing lasting experience in terms of education, entertainment, and so on.

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IFIHOMES Enabling Homes and Communities to Live Smartly Vivek Nalla Co-founder

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he home automation industry in India is making rapid strides with each passing day. It is gradually incorporating modern technologies and multiple players and is stepping into the ďŹ eld with a wide range of technological adoptions. Home and family security is an area gaining lot of attention with advent of smaller families with working parents along with the increased internet penetration. Many families are opting for IoT based products for homes.

One such company making its mark in the industry is IFIHOMES. The company is a start-up contributing in the home automation space for last 5 year with special focus on energy conservation. Their unique strength lies in the ability to aggregate specialized resources from around the world and synthesize technologies to create solutions through devices that deliver an enhanced user experience for Indian lifestyle & environment. They aim at enhancing digital lifestyle of homes & families. They ensure that the innovative products oered are highest quality with impeccable post-sales & service support.

While most of the industry looks into the inside home related solutions, IFIHOMES provides a unique angle of automation that is beyond home boundaries. They extend the automation to the surrounding gardens, pathways, and boundary.

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power source earth has “sun”. They bring a blend of smart lighting solutions to home with in-built sensors that operate on their own providing sun powered lighting to home and beyond.

availability of small teams helps them to be more agile.

Their unique strength lies in providing insights from one team to the other timely & effectively; this not only helps them better adapt but also helps them focus on right areas.

Percipient Leadership Customer-Oriented Services Rohit Khosla is the Founder of IFIHOMES. He started this company with the vision to make living simple and secure for India. Most of his earlier experience was in developing products for developed nations, however eventually he felt the need to reverse this and do it for his own country.

Vivek Nalla, the Co-Founder of IFIHOMES started his career as a software engineer at Infosys and lead many roles in service & product development companies. He leads entire marketing, sales & digital presence teams at IFIHOMES. Sheetal Khosla is second Director at IFIHOMES, she handles entire finances and logistics maintenance teams.

Her team provides timely reports that help rest of the verticals take managerial and sales level calls.

Going Toe-to-Toe with the Competition The company is constantly experimenting with Indian markets and consumer behaviour with range of global products, as not all products meet Indian consumer expectation and demands.

Keeping time to market very short and rapid feedback adoption helps them understand and continuously evolve in the current market. They understand product nuances, and provide warranty to their consumers and life-long support, to make it comfortable for their customers to accept them. This method is unique to IFIHOMES; this not only helps them in providing better services to consumers but even make them their brand agents.

Responsive and Dedicated Workforce IFIHOMES employs experts in many fields. At present, they have four main teams– Research, Partnership, QC & Support. And sales just happens due to the above.

They use most of the cloud based tools & services that help them communicate effectively from anywhere.

The company states, “We are a customer focused company, whatever we are doing is to provide sense of safety, security and comfort to our customers using technology”.

Excellent customer service is the company's number 1 priority. They are working on various methods and technologies to make sure the customer could reach out to them at the time of need.

They are solving this through cloud based calling systems. Bots help apart from human interface to take open issues to closure. The company is known to many as the service beyond warranties.

Towards the Future “Home automation is not new to us, from using remote control to operate a TVs to buying no-frost refrigerators, Indian consumer long ago have adapted many small gadgets and tools that, ease life at homes” says the company.

IFIHOMES currently have focused their energies in getting families together and helping them with safety and security of the loved one with help of cloud-based products. They have recently introduced children GPS tracker watches that help parents know whereabouts of their kids with click of button. These enable kids to call family without the need of handing over mobile phones to them DIY (Do it Yourself) is the core of their business for all products that they manufacture. This makes it simple enough for anyone to setup home automation and cut the middle man from the entire transaction. “Our upcoming products would help our customers get the same or rather better home Automation @ just 1/4th of the cost of similar solution, making it possible for many more homes to opt for home automation” asserts the company.

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enior Citizens are an important and growing segment of the current population. Some of them require assistance to complete daily tasks and needs. Most of the times, these elders are sent to hospitals and medical centers for their well-being. However, from the economic point of view, the cost of living under a home with monitoring and intelligent devices is less expensive and more beneficial. The transition to health care can cause anxiety in the elders/disabled and can open related vulnerabilities. These monitoring and intelligent devices are installed in homes converting them into the so-called smarthomes. The idea of smart automation home is not a new one. The idea is still not popular among people and common households. Home automation systems focus on the safety and comfort of the elders and disabled persons.

Home automation is a technology for the security, entertainment, and energy efficiency tailored specifically for the elders and disabled. These automation homes are feasible, efficient in power-management, flexible, secure, and easy-to-use.

Elderls and disabled in an automation home can help themselves in building self-independence and selfconfidence. Furthermore, these smart houses provide various assistance systems like security, alerts, and timers.

Adding to that, smart home systems make it possible to monitor a loved one from anywhere by using the internet.

Due to the increased aging population, there is a significant interest in the industry to develop such technologies embedded homes.

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Two Basic Forms There are two basic forms of home automation systemsEmbedded & Private Health Network Embedded systems comprise sensors, microprocessors in furniture, appliances, clothes etc. These are used to diagnose diseases. Using this elderly and disabled can stay independently in their own home with security and facilities. Such systems are embedded in the home, are tailored towards the elderly and disabled, and can be used by anybody. The embedded systems provide health care, security, entertainment, and remote control of the whole home.

In Private health networks, the wireless technology is integrated with the portable devices and stores data in the household health database. The main key of the private health network is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of medical services for patients improving the coordination so that patients receive the right care at the right place at the right time.

Improved security of Home Systems Healthcare generally ranges from simple alerts to LCD computer interfaces. Monitoring devices like lighting and motion sensors, video cameras, alerts and others can be installed. The new trends in home automation systems comprises voice control, biometric- face recognition, iris detection, fingerprint- equipped with firewalls and installed October 2018|

dedicated antivirus for all the software systems. Traditional security features like a smoke detector, gas detector, intruder detection are already installed. These home systems are already connected to the police stations, firefighters, hospitals, and other emergency agencies.

Additional care is taken when installing the wiring assembly, which is planned in such a way that it isolates the appliance against any type of power failure.

Customized Control Home automation system comprises the home size, its components, furniture, and the place of building. One master board control can be used to control the entire system. Additionally, multiple master boards can also be installed depending upon the location of the home. A third combination can also be used which is compatible with the new building designs where wires are kept to a minimum.

The only thing citizens have to note is the working method of the control systems i.e. is it manual, automatic, or partially automatic.

The Old Remote Control Setting The laptops, phones, and tablets control the various handheld automated systems. Elders/disables can find these functions difficult to use and can get confused by it.

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switches can come with an LCD showing necessary information only.

Hurdles in the Framework The home automation systems have already faced some heavy opposition without even getting started. Critics say that it is helpful only if tailored towards the individual needs. Other say that these systems are not associated with the patient's age, diseases or disability. The argument of elders not able to operate electronic devices will rise every time accompanied with the fact that these electronic devices are not user-friendly. The cost of these homes also presents a challenge, even after being less expensive to the health care costs. Moreover, the government does not govern the seniors and does not provide any assistance to those who choose to install these systems.

Wrap-up Perceiving the past decade, the term home automation systems have become an important field of work. These autonomous systems are scalable and can be used in other health care centers, medical centers, and hospitals. The one important thing to note is that these homes will function correctly only when various producers, manufactures communicate and cooperate together with equal harmony.

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Ingeniatech Improving Productivity and Enhancing Lifestyle of the Evolving Community Rohan Agarwal Director

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Currently with costs involved automation has become quite affordable. Home automation is slowly becoming a necessity for everyone.

One such leading company in the home automation vertical is Ingeniatech. It is a design, management, and project engineering firm providing customized and unmatched automation solutions to its clients. They provide solutions of complete home control that delivers comfort and peace of mind through a network of cooperating sensors, modules, and devices. Their engineers have been well trained in open source wired platforms like KNX, as they started off with giving wired conventional solutions, but over the time they believe the future would be using wireless devices like ZWAVE, where upgradations and any kind of changes would be easily possible for anybody, even if the client's space is fully furnished and ready to use.

Insightful Leadership Just like a coin with two sides, IngeniaTech is incomplete without the two pillars – Rohan Agarwal and Abhinav Jajodia.

Rohan overlooks the overall finances and operations of the company. With his entrepreneurial vision and leadership, he guides the company to achieve its goals and climb the stairs of success.

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Abhinav focuses on the overall management and the growth aspect of the company. While exploring new technologies and working with highly influential people and organizations, he has collected a huge amount of goodwill, connections and experiences, and brought them to the table of IngeniaTech.

With Rohan and Abhinav’s combined focus on research and development, they strive to take Ingeniatech to greater heights. Industrial automation is the next big thing they plan to add to the company’s portfolio.

Staying on the Frontline Ingeniatech’s main strategy has always been in line with what the customer needs. They provide products which can universally be connected to any electrical circuit.

All devices are connected to each other in a mesh network, making everything interconnected wirelessly. As new products and appliances get introduced in the market, through LUA coding and other Zwave compatible virtual devices, they can be integrated with the home intelligence system.

For any hardware issues, their engineers attend to the client within 48 hours.

Till date, they have expanded their clientele just through the word of mouth and testimonials of their happy clients. They plan to continue working with brands that offer unique and easy solutions, not compromising on the quality of the hardware and alongside constantly working on the research and development to move with the current wave of technology and keeping themselves at par with the industry standards.

With a dedicated service team, the company insures service to the customer within 48 hours of high request and provides remote support absolutely free of cost at the same time. As their products are wireless, a damaged product because of any electric fault, does not affect any other products connected to it.

Extra low voltage systems also help in reducing the electricity bills in the house. They give solutions to the users where the manual operations are always functional even when the automation stops working or is switched off.

Embracing Technology and Innovation

The company is shaping themselves to be unique by making people aware of the DIY type products of Zwave, where when people get used to the technology and keep upgrading their standard of living. The installation and integration of the devices can be done by themselves rather than getting help from an engineer.

Expert and Dedicated Workforce Ingeniatech owes a big part of its success to the fabulous team of integrators, engineers, and various professionals.

Their expertise is the company's asset and hence they ensure that their team is well versed with the latest technology through regular technical and knowhow workshops all around the country. Ingeniatech being an automation integrator, their people make sure to offer the latest in technology to the ever happy clients. Every month they hold a brainstorming session with an expert of the automation industry keeping the joy of learning alive.

Excellent Client Service

Ingeniatech is playing its role in the promoting and educating people on the use of automation specially the wireless automation products. The engineers in Ingeniatech provide trainings to the clients, so that the users/clients can program their devices themselves.

They stress on the importance of technology for ease of life as well as security mainly. Integrating brands like Fibaro gives the options to the clients where possibilities become limitless. It has come down to the imagination of the user.

Opinions about the Future The company believes that the future smart home will also provide banking and insurance services. It will also be able to advice on how to buy medical or well-being services such as massages, coaching, and dietary services. A smart home will become an element of the social environment that will enable to access hundreds of personalized services in one place. By the time, IoT needs to mature a little before it can integrate its products and services globally.

The company provides remote service to their clients for any kind of software trouble as they have a dedicated engineer assigned to each and every project, for which he takes care of all their service needs as and when required.

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IOT and Home

Automation Technologies: Threats and Security Procedures

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nternet of Things (IOT) is gradually becoming a major part of our day-to-day activities easing our efforts and enhancing the performance. Home automation was one of the first implementations of IOT, and it is still on a growing stage. According to research, the home automation market is growing fast and is expected to reach $21.30 billion by 2020. Although home automation is enhancing various everyday tasks and increasing home efficiency, it brings along various security concerns.

Applications and Advantages of IOT in Home Automation Implementation of IOT in home automation can revolutionize the way we use technology in our houses. In fact, it can transform how we live in our houses. IOT in home automation technologies can be implemented in numerous possible ways. It can be used to control electrical appliances lights and air conditioners, which will in turn contribute in energy efficiency. If users are unsure if they have left the lights on before leaving, they can check it through their phone. IOT can simplify garden or lawn management. HVAC systems can be given an upgrade with the help of this modern technology. It can also assist in controlling smart home appliances, and in monitoring and controlling water and air

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quality. Also, IOT-enabled voice-based home assistant supports the natural language. IOT also enhances smart locks and switches.

Users can use IOT to control all their connected devices. They can adjust, switch their devices on and o from wherever they want with the simple touch of a button.

Security Concerns for Smart Homes Smart homes are always under the threat of security attacks by hackers, as they remain online 24/7. Trespassers can take advantage of the time zone and plan the perfect timing to intrude a house. Another disadvantage is that many home automation systems are a compilation of devices from many dierent manufacturers. This may lead to various issues.

Also, most private homes lack a well-informed system administrator who has proper information related to important maintenance and security upgrades.

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Home owners who lack awareness about modern technology will seldom monitor their network security; this will provide time to attackers to orchestrate a fool-proof invasion plan. Even if the network is compromised, the attacker will be aware that his activities won’t be detected. One cannot expect a nanny or children to be careful about network security.

Portable devices like cell phones, smart phones, and tablets connect to different networks with the change of location. Users can easily connect their smart devices to fraudulent sources if they aren’t aware of basic security measures. At times, techsavvy people are more concerned about the physical security of their house, and pay less attention when it comes to their digital devices.

There are many homeowners who apply access control to their network; but they should make sure to frequently change the access control policies. For example, many people may consider guests as close as family. But, this may lead to security issues as many guests may not be trustworthy. Also, these technologies cannot be implemented in establishments like private companies. Home automation systems should be made as invisible as possible. Otherwise, the users may start seeing them as an annoyance and ignore them.

Safety is of Top Priority Users should set up their devices with end-to-end security and encrypted keys and bypassing other devices in the network in order to maintain seamless security processes. They should make sure that the devices are connected directly to the cloud via encrypted links. Each part should be isolated as much as possible so that the exposure caused by a single unit with security flaws is reduced. They should come up with a fool-proof solution where attackers would find it difficult to overrun the devices, because this may put the whole home network into danger of intrusion.

Homeowners should reduce the usage of control devices. This would make it difficult for hackers or intruders to control the devices. They should make sure that the information is protected by maintaining end-to-end security and connect each device directly to the cloud via encrypted links or other similar sources. Users should regularly update their systems and should also make sure that patches are released regularly.

Judicious Utilization of Technologies Home appliances and other components like door locks, heating and ventilation systems, electrical appliances are not harmful by themselves. But when they are connected, they may lead malicious actors to threat and attack the users digitally by hacking the systems remotely. One weak spot in a connected home system could expose it to unwanted intruders and other security threats. Homeowners should make sure that they judiciously utilize IOT and home automation technologies keeping in mind the associated security concerns.

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