U.S. residential broadband Internet penetration has grown more than 400 percent since 2002, when just 16.5 million U.S. households had fast Internet service, according to Parks Associates. The increased presence of these high-speed connections has implications for a variety of devices, which increasingly are arriving in the home with embedded connectivity capabilities.

At present, connected appliances amount to less than 1 percent of all major appliances in the U.S.; however, many different types of firms are developing products and services to capitalize on the emerging home controls and management market.

As is typical of a market in its early stages, it is very fragmented. Companies are designing their solutions to meet market needs and drive change, but overall, there's a set of different objectives that need to be aligned to realize full success in the connected home.

From the article, "Laying the Foundation for the Internet of Things" by Tom Kerber.

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