BEIJING, May 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Qihoo 360,
China's leading Internet security
software provider, and Huayuan Group, one of China's leading real-estate developers, have
formed a strategic partnership to promote the adoption of smart
home and security technologies in China's real-estate market.
Under the agreement, Qihoo 360 will design and provide
intelligent home security products and management systems for
Huayuan's real-estate developments. These will include intelligent
surveillance cameras, security routers, location- and
health-tracking wearables, electrical appliance safety alarms,
intelligent gas and fire alarms, and other devices to help Huayuan
improve and optimize existing security systems and establish new
intelligent home security management systems.
"Qihoo 360's flagship products have historically been focused on
protecting PCs and cell phones," said Hongyi Zhou, Qihoo 360 CEO. "Through this
partnership with Huayuan, Qihoo 360 is not only able to offer
useful tools, but a sense of security, which paired with our
software can connect every user, every family and office together.
This partnership is just the beginning for Qihoo 360 in the smart
home technologies and IoT market."
"We are very pleased to partner with Qihoo 360 on the
development of smart home technologies," said Zhiqiang Ren, former CEO and the landmark leader
of Huayuan. "Although we have cooperated with other Internet
companies in the past, Qihoo 360 possesses unique qualities that
others do not – the two most important being security and safety.
Development of intelligent technologies requires highly secure and
reliable technical expertise."
"We are committed to working closely with Qihoo 360 to roll out
smart home technologies to many more developments, creating new
intelligent real estate communities across China," added Yuyan
Sun, Chairman and CEO of Huayuan Group.
First cross-industry strategic partnership between real
estate and Internet industries
Qihoo 360 and Huayuan are the first companies to respond to the
push by China's central government
for the Internet sector to partner with traditional industries
under the "Internet Plus" strategy.
Together, the two companies will develop China's first true intelligent community. The
partnership will first be implemented at a development in
Changsha, the capital of
Hunan Province in south-central
China, followed by expansion into
Beijing, Shanghai and eventually all of Huayuan's
developments nationally. The first intelligent community is
expected to be completed by year-end.
"The future is all about interconnectedness, with a vast
ecosystem of connected intelligent instruments, providing more
secure and convenient services," said Qihoo 360 Chairman and CEO
Hongyi Zhou. "The goal of our
partnership with Huayuan is to use the Internet to develop more
intelligent hardware that will create safe and convenient smart
communities for future generations. No matter the distance,
smartphones can be used to control every appliance in the home,
protecting families and their properties."
Establishing a new benchmark for an intelligent
community
Qihoo 360 and Huayuan will cooperate on a wide front, developing
intelligent hardware, mobile apps and cloud services, to bring the
intelligent home to consumers. The partnership is a logical
extension of Qihoo 360's broad strategic move over the last two
years into intelligent security hardware and services.
- With Qihoo 360 mobile WiFi, consumers can access the Internet
by simply plugging in a dongle, without the need for WiFi set
up.
- Qihoo 360's Kids Guard smart watch enables parents to locate
and interact with their children at any time.
- The Qihoo 360 smart surveillance camera allows users to see and
interact with the elderly and children at any time.
- Qihoo 360's secure router offers expansive WiFi coverage while
protecting home networks.
Qihoo 360 also offers intelligent driving records to ensure
safety on the roads, air quality testers and voice-activated
speakers, among other smart products.
Qihoo 360's intelligent hardware strategy: Quality, Security,
Openness, Connectedness
When discussing Qihoo 360's intelligent hardware development
strategy, Mr. Zhou lists four key concepts: Quality, Security,
Openness, and Connectedness.
- Quality: Qihoo 360 partners with traditional industry
players to develop high quality intelligent hardware products.
Combined with Qihoo 360's deep expertise in software, the company
can guarantee that every Qihoo intelligent product is a quality
product.
- Security: Security is at the core of Qihoo 360's smart
technologies. As China's largest
Internet security company, Qihoo 360 has deep experience and
technological expertise in protecting user data.
- Openness: Qihoo 360 cooperates with both start-ups and
more established companies on product development and investments
to ensure the healthy development of the entire industry food
chain.
- Connectedness: Qihoo 360 provides its partners with
wireless technology, leveraging expertise in cloud services to
offer individualized services to end users.
At the press conference held today in China to announce the partnership, Mr. Zhou
and Mr. Ren, along with other industry executives, also announced
the creation of an intelligent hardware investment fund. This fund
aims to support emerging intelligent hardware start-ups,
accelerating their pace of development, and ultimately expediting
the development of China's
intelligent hardware chain.
In recent years, Qihoo 360 has invested in dozens of intelligent
hardware manufacturers – and the company is open to more partners
in the future. Qihoo 360 will adopt an open and cooperative
approach and offer partners access to its brand, capabilities,
capital and other resources.
About Qihoo 360
Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (NYSE: QIHU) is a leading Internet
company in China. Qihoo 360 is the
number one provider of Internet and mobile security products in
China as measured by its user
base, according to iResearch. Qihoo 360 also provides users with
secure access points to the Internet via its market leading Web
browsers and application stores. The company has built one of the
largest open Internet platforms in China and monetizes its massive user base
primarily through online advertising and through Internet
value-added services on its open platform.
Media Contact
Liang Yu, Corporate
Communications
Qihoo 360
1-669-224-4691
liang.yu@360safe.com
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