CONNECTIONS™ Industry Insights

Gary Davis, Chief Consumer Security Evangelist at Intel Security, answers several important industry questions prior to the 2016 CONNECTIONS Summit, taking place at the 2016 CES conference January 6-7: 

What is the most important next step to engage consumers in smart home solutions, connected entertainment services, and/or value-added services like tech support and connected health?

Have them do their homework when making purchasing decisions for devices that connect. ...read more

Jeremy Hill, VP, Products & Marketing at Radialpoint, answers the following industry questions before the 2016 CONNECTIONS Summit conference at CES, January 6-7:

What is the most important next step to engage consumers in smart home solutions, connected entertainment services, and/or value-added services like tech support and connected health?

Smart home devices are becoming more accessible and affordable. However most consumers are still unaware of all that IoT has to o ...read more

According to Parks Associates research, the average U.S. consumer owns just over seven connected devices, and nearly one in five owns a smart home device. As consumers acquire more connected devices for their homes, the more exposure they feel, either through experience or from hearing about high-profile security breaches in the media. 76% of U.S. broadband households report they are "very concerned" about their data's privacy and security when using these devices.

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Tata Trusts and Prodea Systems announced that 75 million residents will now be able to benefit through their partnership which aims to bring more residents of the state of Rajasthan online and enables them to access important information and services in the areas of health, finances, agriculture, farming, education and entrepreneurship.

This initiative that will be supported by the Government of Rajasthan and the Non-Government Organizations representing their constituents, ...read more

Recent Parks Associates research shows that a combination of push and pull factors from CE manufacturers is driving IoT growth and increasing connected device penetration throughout the home. Patrice Samuels and Support.com provide insights on the future of the IoT industry and the challenges it faces in producing efficient support in the new whitepaper, “Next Generation Support: Driving IoT Adoption.”

This new research reveals that the expanding IoT use cases and new value ...read more

Recent Parks Association research shows that the overall adoption of smart home devices has increased from 13% of U.S broadband households in Q2 of 2014 to 18% in Q2 of 2015, with nearly 50% of these households planning to buy a smart home device in the next 12 months.

Stuart Sikes, President of Parks Associates, provides his insights on the current growth rate for smart home adoption in Europe and presents strategies to increase consumer awareness, adoption, and usage in hi ...read more

Mitch Klein, Executive Director at Z-Wave Alliance, answered the following industry questions for the 2015 CONNECTIONS Europe conference, hosted by Parks Associates November 10-11, 2015, in Amsterdam:

What challenges does Europe face with rolling out new smart home & connected entertainment services?

Companies looking to invest and develop technology in the European smart home space need to look at what European consumers want and create a unique value proposition for t ...read more

By Itai Tomer, Head of Cloud DVR, Ericsson

Offering flexibility, convenience and choice, time shifted TV services are becoming a critical part of the daily television experience for a growing population of consumers.  The 2015 Ericsson ConsumerLab TV & Media Report highlighted the extent of this trend, revealing that every third viewing hour is now spent watching on demand TV and video. According to Freewheel’s Q4 2014 Video Monetization Report, 64% of first run programs are ...read more