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Axius: Customer Support Platform for the Smart Home

Consumers are becoming increasingly reliant on their home technology and adding devices at a rapid pace. According to Parks Associates, 26 percent of consumers currently own a smart home device and approximately one-half of smart home device owners who set up devices themselves experienced problems. Axius is a full-service customer support platform for the smart home that provides management, maintenance, and ongoing monitoring, remotely, for any connected device on the network. Axius targets the builder, property management, and integrator market to streamline the process of setting up a smart home and supporting it throughout the entire lifecycle.

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