Waikato Business News July/August 2020

FROM THE GROUND UP
WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS July/August 2020
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The Smart Home Revolution
The start of the computer revolution was back in the 1950’s where
big and bulky mainframe computers took up a whole room and
had to be programmed with a punch card. They were used to
automate Accounts and Payrolls.
Then by the 1980’s to
2000 the second revolution
started when we
began to have desktop computers
in the office, and then came
the home PC.
The third revolution was
the mobile one which reduced
them in size to be able to fit in
our pockets, so we could take
them anywhere and use them
on the go.
Now the next shift has
started and in our homes, smart
assistants like Google Home
or Amazon Echo are steadily
colonising our personal spaces,
along with home automation
for smart lighting and security
systems. There were over 640
million of these units sold last
year and the market will be
doing twice that by 2023.
By that time we can expect
something like a 50% growth
in sales of wearable devices
like smart clothing and fitness
trackers- a huge market that
Apple is looking to – where it
will be approaching 300 million
units a year.
As for the workplace AI is
starting to take hold where it
is transforming factories and
production lines. Sometimes
referred to as the forth revolution
or industry 4, this sector is
forecast to double to over 150
billion by 2023 and over a Trillion
dollars by the early 2030’s.
Tech companies will increasingly
seek to improve our lives
with this explosion of smart
devices that will be crunching
the sensor data from all this hardware,
as well as all the activities
that we do on our smart phones.
There are also plenty of start-ups
staking out their territory in this
new frontier.
When it comes to your home
it is important to know what
you want and when you “don’t
know what you don’t know”
the best thing is to talk to a
company that is experienced
in security systems before you
build and not settle for a one
size fits all approach that some
builders and electricians install
as a part of a package.
Your Security System is a
personal thing and needs to be
researched correctly to make
sure you know what you want
and how you are going to use
it - because it’s no good having
one installed if it’s too hard to
use, that would just be a waste
of money.
Smartway Security and
Technology have been installing
CCTV for over 19 years
and Monitored Security
Alarms for longer than that.
Why don’t you give them a
call and let them help you to
understand how you can protect
what is important to you.
Remember “Experience the
Difference because the Difference
is Experience.
Call and speak to the
team at Smartway today on
0800 93 63 63
Smart Homes are here!
How connected are you? No matter what you think you want to automate now,
there is always more that you will find you want to add on later,
so at least plan now with the ability to add more when it becomes available
Smartway Security & Technologies are
able to help you design and install your
security and surveillance requirements in
to your home or office.
Operate it on your smart devices from
anywhere in the world.
Check your cameras from Cambodia
Arm your Alarm from Armenia or
Monitor your Alarm from Mongolia!
Smartway can help you stay connected.
We are your one stop Shop for all
your Technology and Security Requirements:
• Security Alarms
• 24/7 Monitoring
• Access Control
• Gate Alerts
• CCTV Surveillance Systems
• Data & Fibre Networks
• Local & Long Range Wi-Fi
& Wireless Data Networks
Plus many other types of Electronic Surveillance
products!
Experience the Difference - because the Difference is Experience
Call the Team at Smartway today
and see how we can help YOU?
Hop into our Demo Truck and see the cameras in action
0800 93 6363
Sales@smartway.co.nz