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Vivint, Inc. (formerly known as APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc.) is a private home security, home automation and energy management services provider in the United States, Canada and New Zealand.〔 〕 In 2012, The Blackstone Group acquired Vivint.〔〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Blackstone buys security firm Vivint for over $2 billion )〕 As of August 2015, Vivint had approximately 7,000 employees serving 970,000 customers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Press Release - APX Group Holdings, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2015 Results )〕〔 〕 Vivint is currently listed on the Forbes list of "America’s Best Employers” and was also named one of Forbes’ “Most Promising Companies” in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Forbes Company Profile - Vivint )〕 ==History== In 1999, Keith Nelleson and Todd Pedersen co-founded APX Alarm Security Solutions in Provo, Utah.〔 〕 At the time, the company sold and installed security systems.〔 Vivint began retaining customers in 2006 after it became a home monitoring provider.〔 The company expanded its service to Canada that year after signing a $75 million credit facility agreement with Goldman Sachs.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Vivint Sheds Light on Its Marketing Methods )〕 Goldman Sachs and APX Alarm completed another credit facility agreement worth $440 million in 2009.〔 That November, the company acquired a central alarm monitoring station from Criticom Monitoring Services, a subsidiary of Protection One, in St. Paul, Minnesota.〔 APX Alarm opened a new corporate headquarters in Provo, Utah a month later. APX Alarm Security Solutions rebranded the company to Vivint in February 2011.〔〔 〕 The company completed a $565 million senior debt financing led by Goldman Sachs that month.〔 〕 Vivint also received funding from Peterson Partners and Jupiter Partners.〔 The company launched Vivint Solar, a solar energy company, in 2011. The company partnered with Alarm.com early that year to deploy severe weather alerts to their customer base. Vivint was acquired by The Blackstone Group in September 2012.〔 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 2013 Stevie Award Winners )〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Vivint Named Central Station of the Year at CSAA`s Annual Excellence Awards )〕 In 2013, ''Forbes'' ranked the company 46th in its annual ranking of "America's Most Promising Companies." Vivint acquired Smartrove, a wireless mesh networking technology provider, and began wireless broadband in August 2013.〔 〕 In October, ''Inc.'' named the company the second most job creating private company in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Black Hat USA 2014 )〕 In 2013, the company created the Vivint Fellows Program, a summer internship program at the Vivint Innovation Center.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Fellows on Vimeo )〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 Vivint acquired the cloud storage startup Space Monkey, a company founded by Clint Gordon-Carroll and Alen Peacock in 2014. Vivint CEO Todd Pedersen appeared on the season finale of the CBS television show ''Undercover Boss'' in February 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Undercover boss Vivint )〕 The company opened a new monitoring center in Eagan, Minnesota in August 2015. On October 26, 2015, Vivint acquired the naming rights to the Utah Jazz's home arena, renaming the building as Vivint Smart Home Arena. The contract will last for 10 years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vivint」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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