"CONNECTIONS" articles

Innovative companies are driving new revenue by extending professional monitoring services beyond residential security to new use cases in the connected home.    These include monitoring of loss prevention devices, personal emergency response systems (PERS), energy management, asset tracking services, and indoor air quality, among others. Parks Associates research finds that 28% of seniors with security systems in place are willing to pay for in-home...

The increasing average number of connected devices in a home creates a tipping point where the value of a unified experience becomes compelling to consumers. Today’s smart home platforms seek to deliver that unified experience by leveraging advanced data analytics, AI, and contextual awareness to create new value from a range of devices for use cases such as activity monitoring, energy management, video and audio analytics, maintenance monitoring, and contextually aware prediction and...

  With 2020’s unprecedented health, economic and social disruption, smart home providers are driven to adapt and innovate while closely monitoring the pulse of shifting consumer attitudes. This session opens with a presentation of voice of the consumer insights drawn from Parks Associates research from preCOVID outbreak through various stages of the pandemic’s evolution this year. Headwinds and tailwinds for the smart home ecosystem are explored as well as potential lasting...

Contextual awareness, AI, and machine learning are among the innovations elevating user experiences in the smart home device space by moving the market beyond scripted, pre-programmed automation scenes. These improvements can deliver a more streamlined onboarding process, interoperability between more devices, multi-modal access, and granular personalization that adapts to multiple lifestyles in the household. This session opens with a Consumer Perspective presenting first-hand...

Parks Associates is hosting its 24th annual CONNECTIONS conference this year as part of CONNECTIONS Community , with virtual sessions on July 15, July 29, August 19, September 16, October 7, October 28, and November 10-12. The upcoming session on October 28, titled "Privacy and Security: Protecting the Consumer" , will address how manufacturers, broadband service providers, and data security service providers are doubling their efforts to mitigate potential risks to...

The CONNECTIONS Community is the Premier Connected Home Conference focused on the connected home and will be held July 15, July 29, August 19, September 16, October 7, October 28, and November 10-12. Mark Burson , VP Marketing & Product Management, Nice North America will speak at on the session, DIY: Impact for Smart Home and Security on November 11, 2020 at 1:30 PM CT. Platinum Sponsor, Nice , shared thoughts on the smart home industry: What do you...

Parks Associates will host its 24th annual CONNECTIONS conference with sessions on July 15, July 29, August 19, Setember 16, October 7, October 28 and November 10-12, 2020 as part of the online CONNECTIONS Community . Ahead of the October 28 session , Parks Associates asked the keynote speaker, Marcio Avillez, SVP of Business Development at CUJO AI , to share his thoughts on solutions for effective data security in the smart home: As the number of connected devices in...

Protecting consumer data and person al information is critical as smart home devices move toward mass-market adoption. With this rise of connected devices, the number of annual security and data breaches continues to increase year-over-year — nearly 80% of US broadband households are concerned about the possibility of a data security or privacy breach in their home.  Join the CONNECTIONS Community and attend our upcoming session  Privacy and...