Blog articles from 05/2017

CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, is the premier connected home event hosting over 700 executives from the connected entertainment, IoT, and smart home industries. We are proud to announce our keynote speakers for this year’s event: Tuesday, May 23 4:30 PM Keynote - Humanizing Connected Home Experiences: Using Machine Learning and Voice Control - Regency Ballroom Sridhar Solur ,...

By Fredrik Andersson, SVP Business Development and Co-Founder, Accedo At CONNECTIONS next week, I will be joining a panel to discuss OTT video services for a new generation. We will be examining the global impact of OTT services, including market shifts, changes in consumer habits, and strategies to create direct relationships with today’s connected consumer. Personally, I find this topic particularly fascinating, not least because it is changing so rapidly. Of course, we...

Prior to speaking at Parks Associates' annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference ,  Matt Smith , Vice President, Principal Media Evangelist at Brightcove, answers questions related to changes in the connected consumer markets: What do you think is the biggest driver for the adoption of connected products for consumers? Ease of use. Consumable content must be frictionless, so that audiences anywhere and on any device or platform can consume and view...

Guest post by Deutsche Telekom. Save your seat at the 21st-annual CONNECTIONS Conference to hear insights from  Jon Carter , UK Head of Business Development - Connected Home, Deutsche Telekom. Deutsche Telekom’s new and improved white label smart home portfolio includes a platform, gateways, apps, compatible devices and services. Whether you are operating in the telco space, utility provision, hardware manufacturing or other related enterprise, creating unique and...

During keynote speech at XPONENTIAL 2017, Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO, focused very heavily on new and exciting technologies in unmanned systems, including drones (a.k.a. UAS – unmanned aircraft system) being deployed as data collecting medium. To demonstrate commercial drone capabilities, Krzanich introduced the Intel Falcon 8+ System with an example of infrastructure inspection. While the excitement is real that commercial drones will take off to be a new business segment, there...

Jennifer Sewell , Head of Product Marketing, mnubo, provided insight on several key industry trends ahead of Parks Associates’ 21st-annual CONNECTIONS™ Conference , which will be held May 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport: What do you think is the biggest driver for the adoption of connected products for consumers? Consumers don’t go to the store to buy a connected product. But they will buy a better customer experience and more personalized...

Blog post submitted by   Peter Radsliff Market researchers have long assessed that the best Mother’s Day gifts are: quality time, spa time, and things homemade. But in a sign of how the times are changing, the number of tech—and specifically connected —products being advertised for Mother’s Day 2017 is telling. According to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers , Mother’s Day has become the biggest day of the year for portable appliance sales....

Dave Evans , CTO and Co-Founder of Stringify, identifies key IoT market trends and challenges prior to speaking at the 21st-annual CONNECTIONS Conference , hosted by Parks Associates in San Francisco May 23-25:  How is your company engaging consumers through new technology solutions? Interoperability, ease of use, meaningful experiences --- these were identified as key value props missing/essential in the market which we also address What is the biggest change...