Industry Press Releases

GERMANTOWN, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Whisker Labs CEO Robert Marshall has been selected as a featured panelist at the CES 2017 Parks Associates Connections Summit, which takes place January 5th, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marshall’s panel, “IoT Crossover: Smart Home, Entertainment, Appliances, Cars, and Energy,” examines the partnerships, business models and technology integration necessary to achieve the vision of an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled smart home.

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One of the key areas under discussion at the Summit will be voice control in personal digital assistants like Amazon Echo and expansion of the voice interface along with strategies for integration and creating value for customers, according to Parks Associates.

From the press release "Arrayent Champions Interoperability of IoT and Smart Home Products at CES 2017."

Purpose of ReportThe mobile industry is planning to build its next generation network to accommodate ever increasing consumer demand for data and industrial demand for more intelligent connectivity solutions and networks. There are many uncertainties about these still unstandardized technologies and the business models that benefit both mobile operators and their customers. At the same time, the opportunity to leverage the next generation network to win promising business has en ...read more

Parks Associates' Tom Kerber says that Unilectric offers a "highly differentiated solution" that is a "key component for smart home and energy management which addresses key value propositions for Consumers, Businesses and Channel Partners. It enables new business models for Energy Services, Cross selling with home services, Lead generation, Insurance loss mitigation, Demand Response and Aging in place." 

From the press release "Unilectric Introduces Smart Home Technology at ...read more

The first product – unveiled today – is a patented breakthrough DIY home intelligence device and platform that delivers accurate, real-time power usage and diagnostic information for each appliance – without costly and complex professional installation. With connected devices representing less than 10% of all devices in the home, the over-whelming majority of devices in the home remain offline. By mining energy data for appliance level intelligence, Whisker Labs’ sensing technol ...read more

According to Parks Associates, the fitness tracker industry is set to almost triple from one valued at $2 billion in 2014, to $5.4 billion by 2019. For more information, consumers and licensing partners should visit GoXStudio.com

From the press release "GoX Studio's Calories Burned Algorithm Proves 11.7 Times More Accurate Than Leading Fitness Trackers."

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The interactive panel session, moderated by the Stuart Sikes, President of Parks Associates addresses the pricing models, smart home channels, emerging partnerships, and new technologies that are disrupting this nascent space. Cozify urges the expansion of the smart home value network beyond the traditional retail and professional installer channels towards a setup where players of various industry verticals extract value to their core business by utilizing consumer-IoT solution ...read more