"home automation" articles

Parks Associates' research finds most consumers (72%) are concerned with the security of their smart home products and their network.   Download our complimentary white paper “Protect the Connected Home: Home Security Meets Personal Privacy,” in collaboration with Assurant ! This white paper highlights consumers’ privacy concerns around smart home devices and the opportunities that pro monitoring security providers have to offer warranty and...

CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES 2023 is an annual research and industry event hosted by international research firm Parks Associates at CES. CONNECTIONS™ Summit features in-person sessions during CES 2023 on January 5, 2023, in Las Vegas and focuses on the rapid deployment of connected products for consumers including the new business models, technologies, partnerships, trends, and key issues impacting the rapidly changing landscape of the connected home. The executive event...

Before the rise of connected devices, the product manual was typically the only resource available for users to solve product problems themselves. With the rise of home internet, self-service evolved to include options such as FAQ pages and support chat bots on product and service websites. Support forums and user-generated or expert-generated video tutorials on YouTube are also commonplace. These resources help users with general issues, but do not diagnose a user’s specific issue. The...

Join Parks Associates’ virtual session " Smart Spaces: Apartments, Hospitality, and Community Living ," on Thursday, November 17 at 2:00 PM CT for insights addressing the role of Wi-Fi and broadband in buildings, access and control systems, safety and security risk mitigation, energy management platforms, systems integration, and smart lighting. Panels and speakers include: State of PropTech: Apartments, Hospitality and Commercial Buildings...

Remote work and hybrid work options are here to stay. The success achieved by remote work’s “experiment” has left a permanent effect on employee priorities, and a significant percentage of the workforce will continue working remotely, driving investment in supporting connectivity hardware and software solutions. As chip shortages and other supply chain issues that constrained the sector improve, we expect a burst of consumer spending on devices, enhancing remote work...

Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference is excited to announce Johnson Controls as a sponsor of the upcoming event in 2023. Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and multi-industrial leader serving a wide range of customers in more than 150 countries. Our Security Products team focuses on security for homes and businesses and enables smart home connectivity through the use of our secure PowerG technology. We help our customers have...

Access to real-time energy consumption data is valuable to consumers. Consumers that believe an energy-efficient home is important also find real-time energy usage data the most appealing of the energy monitoring services tested. Many value-added services that can be built on top of energy data are highly appealing. Understanding which products consume the most power and which continue to consume power consumption even when off represents knowledge desired by many consumers....

Join leading industry executives and analysts for a special virtual roundtable discussion, State of Commercial and SMB Security: Video is the New Perimeter , on Thursday, October 13, 11:00 am–12:15 pm CT, as part of the 2022 CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference experience. The virtual roundtable, sponsored by Alarm.com, addresses the growing role of video verification and analytics in security solutions for commercial and small-to-medium business. Parks...