"Internet of Things" articles

Richard Wolpert , Co-Founder & CEO, HelloTech, 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? The industry is trying their best to make their products Do It Yourself (DIY). And they are doing an admirable job however they must accept...

Martin Heckmann , Director, Emerging Business, Chamberlain Group, 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? The smart home is an inevitability: connected technology automates routine tasks and makes users feel more secure at home. It...

Rod McLane , Sr. Director of Marketing, Ayla Networks, 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? The cost of IoT development may have to come down before more companies create smart-home products. In Ayla’s recent survey on the...

Olaf Lohr , Director of Business Development, sonnen, 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? It seems like the Amazon Echo, Google Home, or Apple Home, are driving the adoption of a voice activated platforms which lets you add...

Jeff Patton , GM Connected Home Products, GE Lighting, 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? GE Lighting is bringing the future to light through a new generation of lighting that is as different from Edison’s first light bulbs as smartphones are from...

Bruce Wright , Business Development Director, Americas Business Unit, AirTies Wireless Networks, 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? Today we are seeing many service providers investing heavily to bring faster Internet speeds to the home, but...

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....