Lehi, UT  September 19, 2012 (Marketwire) Edge Marketing & Procurement, the Houston, TX-based, distributor owned, buying and marketing group, has just named 2GIG Technologies, the Lehi, UT-based developer of security and home automation systems, as a Preferred Supplier effective immediately and retroactive to August 30, 2012. This new status puts 2GIG’s security and home automation products into over 170 stocking locations throughout North America within the next few weeks and opens new sales channels through Edge’s 100 independent distributors.

Edge Marketing & Procurement, the Houston, TX-based, distributor owned, buying and marketing group, has just named 2GIG Technologies, the Lehi, UT-based developer of security and home automation systems, as a Preferred Supplier effective immediately and retroactive to August 30, 2012. This new status puts 2GIG’s security and home automation products into over 170 stocking locations throughout North America within the next few weeks and opens new sales channels through Edge’s 100 independent distributors.

“We are proud to be affiliated with a security distribution juggernaut like Edge,” notes Adam Krueger, Director of Sales Support, for 2GIG Technologies. “Our products continue to be among the most in-demand in the industry. This new agreement will connect us to Edge’s massive and active customer base of installing dealers and enable us to add inventory to their network of stocking distribution centers.”

Formed in 2007 by former Honeywell Security^® veterans, 2GIG Technologies^® manufactures the most technologically advanced residential security and home management solutions in the industry. 2GIG’s Go!Control^™ is the first self-contained, all-in-one security and home management system and was recognized as the Security Product of the Year by the TechHome Division of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).

About Edge Marketing & Procurement. Edge is a distributor-owned buying and marketing group with the strength, expertise, inventory, and sales equivalent to national distributors. It has strategic partnerships with top industry manufacturers and suppliers that have more than 200 product lines. Its 100 independent distributor members have over 170 stocking locations, more than $90 million in inventory and approximately $700 million in annual sales. Edge currently serves the electronic MRO, electronic OEM, data communications, CCTV/security, home automation, telecommunications, and broadcast industries. For more information, please visit: www.edge-group.com.

About 2GIG Technologies. Formed in 2007, 2GIG Technologies designs and manufactures the most technologically-advanced residential security and home management solutions in the industry. 2GIG’s Go!Control — the first self-contained, all-in-one security and home management system — was named Security Product of the Year by the Consumer Electronics Association and received the Electronic Security Expo’s top honor, the Maximum Impact Award, in 2011. Its Go! 2.0 panel received the same Maximum Impact Award in 2012. 2GIG Technologies is a Principal Member of the Z-Wave Alliance^™, which enables 2GIG to provide customers with one of the most innovative, interactive home security platforms on the market. 2GIG Technologies is committed to providing consumers with the flexibility and cost-effective technology necessary to manage their home automation and security functions from the panel’s LCD touch-screen display, the Internet, or their PDA. For more information about 2GIG Technologies, please visit www.2gig.com.