Arrayent » Blog http://www.arrayent.com Connected is better Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:31:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 McKinsey’s Disruptive Dozen http://www.arrayent.com/mckinseys-disruptive-dozen/ http://www.arrayent.com/mckinseys-disruptive-dozen/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 18:20:00 +0000 admin http://www.arrayent.com/?p=824 Arrayent is at the nexus of 4 of the 12 technologies reported in McKinsey & Company’s new report “Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy.” The McKinsey Global Institute report “identifies 12 technologies that could drive truly massive economic transformations and disruptions in the coming years.” Arrayent is deeply engaged [...]

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]]> http://www.arrayent.com/mckinseys-disruptive-dozen/feed/ 0 The Future is Cloud to Cloud Integration http://www.arrayent.com/the-future-is-cloud-to-cloud-integration-2/ http://www.arrayent.com/the-future-is-cloud-to-cloud-integration-2/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 15:58:33 +0000 Arrayent http://arrayent.com/blog/?p=727 Alarm.com and LiftMaster are using the Cloud to achieve interoperability. Alarm.com, a home security service provider, recently announced a new partnership with Arrayent’s customer LiftMaster, enabling Alarm.com customers to integrate their LiftMaster garage door openers (GDOs) into their home security systems. This is big news for the connected products industry for two separate but related [...]

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]]> http://www.arrayent.com/mobile-ads-a-good-investment/feed/ 0 Building Brand Awareness with Killer Apps http://www.arrayent.com/building-brand-awareness-with-killer-apps/ http://www.arrayent.com/building-brand-awareness-with-killer-apps/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:33:09 +0000 Arrayent http://arrayent.com/blog/?p=707 How frequently do your customers interact with your brand? Once a month? Once a year? With a connected product app, you can have social media quality conversations with your customers AND engage them daily. Social media marketing is all the rage right now for increasing brand awareness. But the novelty of the approach has worn [...]

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]]> http://www.arrayent.com/welcome-to-the-thingternet/feed/ 0 CES 2013: The Second Wave of Connected Products http://www.arrayent.com/ces-2013-the-second-wave-of-connected-products/ http://www.arrayent.com/ces-2013-the-second-wave-of-connected-products/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:00:37 +0000 Arrayent http://arrayent.com/blog/?p=655 The next killer connected product is coming. Are you ready? Walking away from CES 2013 we observed that we are on the brink of the second wave of connected products. The first wave included smart TVs, tablets, and smartphones. The second wave will have lots of home appliances and gadgets – the kinds of products [...]

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]]> http://www.arrayent.com/when-good-products-go-bad/feed/ 0 Arrayent’s New Friends http://www.arrayent.com/arrayents-new-friends/ http://www.arrayent.com/arrayents-new-friends/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:00:25 +0000 Arrayent http://arrayent.com/blog/?p=630 Whirlpool Corporation, Pentair, SALUS Controls, and First Alert choose Arrayent to power their connected product initiatives.   We are pleased to announce that household brand names Whirlpool Corporation, SALUS Controls, Pentair, and First Alert have chosen Arrayent as their connected product platform of choice. When asked why they chose Arrayent, here’s what our new customers had to say: Whirlpool “There [...]

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]]> http://www.arrayent.com/arrayents-new-friends/feed/ 0 The Secret to a Killer Connected Product http://www.arrayent.com/the-secret-to-a-successful-connected-product/ http://www.arrayent.com/the-secret-to-a-successful-connected-product/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:00:24 +0000 Arrayent http://arrayent.com/blog/?p=621 Building a “connected product” superhighway is only half the battle. To have a winning product, you also need a great onramp. As we all know, the single biggest challenge facing connected product manufacturers and retailers is cost. If we can make our connected products a low-cost, point-of-purchase decision for our customers, we can dominate the [...]

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