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App stores, social networking platforms, and cloud-based innovations are forcing mobile operators to reexamine their business models, according to Parks Associates, which noted that global smartphone sales surged more than 70% in 2010. Executives from Ericsson, Femto Forum, HCL, Telcordia, and Zodiac Interactive will join Parks Associates for the session “The Mobile Cloud: Apps, Services and Innovations" at CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, June 28-30 in ...read more

Analysts from international research firm Parks Associates will address key consumer and technology trends and present research during a special Analyst Roundtable at CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, June 28-30, Santa Clara.

The roundtable "Cloud Media and the Connected Consumer" will be the first session on June 29, 8:15 a.m. “Cloud media create changes across all markets in digital products and services, and Parks Associates will use this roundtabl ...read more

The preliminary list of speakers for the upcoming CONNECTIONS™ Conference, hosted by Parks Associates on June 28-30 at Santa Clara, includes more than 30 executives from the top media, entertainment, controls, and energy companies around the world. 

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Parks Associates today announced the agendas for three research workshops, focusing on cloud-based innovations, smart energy, and monetization strategies for mobile technologies. The research firm will host these workshops on June 28, prior to the start of CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase.

“Parks Associates has identified cloud-based services, energy, and mobile as key areas of growth and opportunity in the digital living ecosystem," said Tricia Parks, ...read more

Parks Associates forecasts revenues in the social gaming market will increase by five times from 2010 to 2015, due in large part to advertising revenues and sales of virtual items. These factors already pushed revenues over $1 billion in 2010, according to the international research firm, which will present research from the new report Social Gaming: Market Updates at the Game Investment Conference (GIC) in Austin, Texas, on April 13. “Gaming on social networks has quickly becom ...read more

U.S. small businesses (SMB) could be the next boom market for tech support services, provided manufacturers, retailers, and providers offer fast and proactive solutions for multidevice environments that include PCs, servers, tablets, and smartphones, Parks Associates reports.

"SMBs waste dozens of hours per month troubleshooting technology issues," said Kurt Scherf, VP, principal analyst, Parks Associates. "Over 70% are involved with ongoing computer maintenance on a monthly ...read more

Parks Associates forecasts more than 68 million of the 126 million tablets sold worldwide in 2015 will have 3G or greater technology. The research firm's latest report Mobile Broadband & Mobile Computing Devices shows 29% of the 16.5 million tablets sold in 2010 featured embedded 3G technology, while tablets with 3G/4G technology will account for over one-half of all tablets sold in 2015.

“We are seeing strong consumer engagement in data-intensive services and activities, su ...read more

The industry is rapidly moving content solutions to the cloud, but consumer interest is not keeping pace, as less than 30% of U.S. broadband households find the digital locker an attractive alternative for music or video, according to Parks Associates.

"In terms of rich media, consumers want everything, everywhere, and companies are actively seeking ways to deliver," said Laura Allen Phillips, research analyst, Parks Associates. "Netflix and Verizon's Flexview offer cloud vi ...read more