The global home automation system market is forecast to grow from $32.11 billion in 2015 to $78.27 billion by 2022, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.46 percent between 2016 and 2022, according to a new report published by MarketsandMarkets.

AT&T and SunPower have entered into an agreement that brings AT&T's Internet of Things (IoT) technology to SunPower's newest home energy solution — SunPower Equinox™. The companies will also collaborate on co-marketing efforts to offer a SunPower home solar system to qualified AT&T customers this summer.

Helium, an Internet of Things (IoT) company, has announced the launch of its Helium Pulse™ monitoring and alerting application. Available for both web and mobile clients, Helium Pulse enables online monitoring and alerting of critical equipment such as refrigeration units.

The worldwide Internet of Things (IoT) market is projected to hit a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33.3 percent to 2021 driven by the rising need for operational efficiency and the increasing penetration of connected devices, according to a report available from RnR Market Research.

The Internet of Things (IoT) market is forecast to grow from an installed base of 15.4 billion devices in 2015 to 30.7 billion devices in 2020 and 75.4 billion in 2025, according to “IoT Platforms: Enabling the Internet of Things,” a new white paper available from IHS Inc.

Nortek Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire a 25 percent stake in MiOS Limited, a global technology company focused on developing and distributing advanced control and monitoring solutions for the home and small enterprise markets.

Johnson Controls announced that it has joined the Cisco® Digital Ceiling community as a founding building automation partner. The Digital Ceiling framework provides a platform to deliver better user experiences through the convergence of the IT network and building technologies.

Earth Networks® announced that its WeatherBug mobile app has been named by Electronic House as a 2016 Product of the Year Winner in the Energy Monitoring Devices & Services category.

LonMark International, with the cooperation of Echelon Corp., the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee TC-247, and LonMark Germany, announced plans to develop a new control-networking standard for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).