Blog articles from 05/2017

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Dr. Joseph Smith , President and CEO, Reflexion Health, 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 does the industry need to do to speed up the slow growth of overall smart home adoption? Provide a clear, intuitive value proposition and delight those who purchase and adopt. It is not enough for the home to be...

Arrayent Inc. , the leading consumer IoT Platform-as-a-Service, announced today the addition of the IFTTT platform to its growing list of third-party ecosystem integrations. With today’s release of Arrayent’s EcoAdaptor™ for IFTTT, brand manufacturers can now more easily achieve IFTTT interoperability with their products that are connected and managed by the Arrayent platform. Once connected through Arrayent’s EcoAdaptor service, and then submitted to IFTTT and published, brand...

Avner Halperin , CEO, EarlySense, 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 are the best use cases for consumers and the Internet of Things? One of the most rewarding and exciting developments in the Internet of Things movement is its healthcare applications. Advanced and constantly-improving technology provides users with...

Jon Carter , UK Head of Business Development – Connected Home, Deutsche Telekom, 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 does the industry need to do to speed up the slow growth of overall smart home adoption? Consumers have so much choice at the moment, there is just such a plethora of technologies and products that...

Orbita, Inc ., a leading provider of voice-first software for connected home healthcare announced today a collaboration with ERT  to research innovative new approaches to data procurement and management for pharmaceutical and device customers seeking to streamline clinical trials. The collaboration combines the advanced capabilities of ERT’s EXPERT™ technology platform  for clinical trial data collection, processing, and analysis with Orbita Voice™ , a...

Sandra Maples , Director of IoT Product Management, Verisk Insurance Solutions, 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: How is your company engaging consumers through new technology solutions? Verisk is constantly innovating, and incorporating new technology and data solutions into products that empower customers to make...

Matt McGovren , VP of Marketing and Partnerships, Wink, 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 does the industry need to do to speed up the slow growth of overall smart home adoption? Many consumers see smart home as a nicety, not a necessity. The industry needs to shift storytelling from features and technology to...