SECURITY SYSTEM NEWS: QOLSYS LAUNCHES FOUNDERS PROGRAM
by: Martha Entwistle
05/13/2013
Qolsys, a new home security/automation manufacturer that launched at ISC West last month is now creatiing its “Founders Program,” according to Ken Arnold. I expect to learn more about the program this week, but Ken Arnold told me it’ll be the basis of the start-up’s dealer program.
At this point, Qolsys has “50 to 70 dealers” that it’s shipping panels to for beta testing. Shipping for sale starts soon, he said.
QOLSYS ANNOUNCES BETA PROGRAM FOR FOUNDATION CLUB MEMBERS
Qolsys announced today that it began a beta program for its Foundation Club, a group of dealers and distributors who will be the first to receive the innovative 7″ touchscreen platform and full line of peripherals.
“The beta program was designed to help us refine our panel before our wide release,” says Mike Hackett, Qolsys SVP of Sales and Marketing. “There’s no better way to accomplish this than by letting the dealer community use it.”Continue reading→
ENERGY SAVINGS USING THE IQ SMART SOCKET
Our family has a room in my basement we’ve made into a modest home theater. Its just a TV mounted on a wall and an inexpensive surround sound system, but its a great place for the kids to play video games or for the family to watch a movie together. Being down in the basement it can get chilly,especially in the winter, so we have a space heater we purchased from Costco in the corner of the room. Having the room heated that way has always worried us a little, since space heaters are notorious for causing fires. To keep our home safe I’ve gotten in the habit of making a trip all the way downstairs to make sure the heater is off before we leave the house.Continue reading→
BLAST OFF
My phone buzzed on the bedside table and I reached over to read the text message. “Site launched. Looks awesome.” Even though he’s only an hour north of our corporate headquarters in Cupertino, CA, my web designer often prefers to work through the night. A text message first thing in the morning meant that he’d been up all evening.Continue reading→
QOLSYS RECEIVES ETL CERTIFICATION OF IQ PANEL, IQ DOOR WINDOW, IQ MOTION, AND IQ SMART SOCKET
Cupertino, CA. Qolsys Inc. announced today that it has received ETL certification for the IQ Panel, IQ Door/Window sensor, IQ Motion, and IQ Smart Socket.
The Intertek ETL Listed Alarm System Certification program works to maintain the highest level of alarm system reliability and ensure that products used for security and life safety comply with all federal, national and local standards and codes in both the United States and Canada.Continue reading→
QOLSYS IQ PANEL WINS HONORABLE MENTION IN 2013 SIA NEW PRODUCT SHOWCASE
The Lynx from Innovative Security Design took the top honor at the Security Industry Associations 2013 New Product Showcase (NPS), winning the coveted Best New Product Award at ISC West on Wednesday.Continue reading→
SDM MAGAZINE: SILICON VALLEY COMPANY LAUNCHES QUALITY OF LIFE PLATFORM
Say “Hello” to Qolsys (Quality of Life Systems) Inc., a new company aiming to redefine the “all-in-one” connected home control platform market at ISC West with the launch of a groundbreaking seven-inch touchscreen platform —all built around the principle that yesterday’s self-contained panels simply aren’t meeting consumer expectations.Continue reading→
QOLSYS INC. REDEFINES “ALL-IN-ONE” WITH GROUNDBREAKING 7-INCH TOUCHSCREEN SECURITY AND HOME CONTROL PLATFORM.
Silicon Valley based company launched at ISC West 2013 in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV – Qolsys Inc. (http://qolsys.com/ ) redefined the “all-in-one” market today with its groundbreaking 7-inch platform. Qolsys (Quality of Life Systems) formally launched at the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) New Product Showcase preceding ISC West. Headquartered in Cupertino, CA, the heart of Silicon Valley, Qolsys delivers the industry’s most advanced, connected home control platform supporting life safety, residential security, home control, energy management and more. Partnered with best-in-class technology providers, including Foxconn Technology Group, and Alarm.com, the Qolsys IQ Solution transforms yesterday’s “self-contained” into today’s “all-in-one”. To see the IQ Panel in action, click here.Continue reading→
SIA BLOG: MEMBER PROFILE ON MIKE HACKETT, VICE PRESIDENT, SALES & MARKETING, QOLSYS
What is your background? How did you get into the Security Industry?
Prior to starting Qolsys I was at eBay for 10 years. I spent a lot of time following consumer trends, including online and the fast growing mobile segment. Not exactly a security industry veteran; however, as customers and casual industry observers growing up in Silicon Valley, we noticed an opportunity to raise the bar in the residential security space. As outsiders we had no preconceived notions of what a security panel should look or act like, except that end users were ready for something more, similar to their smartphones and tablets. By leveraging these consumer trends and re-architecting the typical security state machine into an open compute platform we are able to bring to market an intuitive, attractive and robust solution that looks and acts more like a consumer friendly tablet but designed specifically for the security industry and the growing home control market.Continue reading→