"The My Book Live family has received strong reception from consumers and the WD Red drive offers attributes ideal for small NAS systems, " said Scott Vouri, vice president and general manager of WD's connected home solutions group.

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Ube is a mobile platform company making solutions for the connected home as part of the Internet of things.

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Austin-based uControl delivers an open, technology-agnostic Home Security, Monitoring and Automation (SMA) software platform making the Connected Home a reality. uControl focuses on the full spectrum of SMA solutions, leading with next generation home security.

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