"home automation" articles
We were so excited to be back in person for our 26th annual CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE last week at the Omni Frisco! Thank you to our event sponsors: Alarm.com, Calix, Cox Communities, F-Secure, Homebase, Plume, Airties, Bitdefender, Johnson Controls, Nice, Notion, Rapid Response Monitoring, Resideo, Schneider Electric, STRATIS®, AmTrust Specialty Risk, Gadgeon, Ivani, Midea, Cooktop Safety, Iris® Powered by Generali, and Assurant.
Last week, our discussions were all...
by Elizabeth Parks | May. 23, 2022
Tags: CONNECTIONS, demand response, home automation, home networks, home safety, Internet of Things, interoperability, M2M, smart home
Tags: CONNECTIONS, demand response, home automation, home networks, home safety, Internet of Things, interoperability, M2M, smart home
Parks Associates continued its twenty-sixth annual CONNECTIONS™ conference with our in-person conference in Frisco, Texas on May 17-19. Amanda Forsyth, Director of Product Management at Cognitive Systems. Ahead of the conference, Amanda provided insights on how smart home products are evolving and consumer insights that will have an impact over the next few years. Amanda spoke on the panel, Health and Wellness Solutions: Expanding the Market, on May 19 at 1:00 PM CT which...
by Parks Associates | May. 18, 2022
Tags: care management, cloud services, CONNECTIONS, COVID-19, demand response, digital health, home automation, home networks, home safety, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability
Tags: care management, cloud services, CONNECTIONS, COVID-19, demand response, digital health, home automation, home networks, home safety, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability
While the use of smart home devices and appliances is mostly among early adopters, many markets will inch closer to the early majority in the next few years. The integration of new technologies in consumers’ lives is forcing service providers and manufacturers to rethink technology solutions to meet the changing needs of the post-pandemic world. Convenience, comfort, and peace of mind remain the leading drivers of smart home device adoption. But, other factors influencing growth...
by Elizabeth Parks | May. 17, 2022
Tags: cloud services, CONNECTIONS, digital content, digital health, digital media, home automation, home networks, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, M2M, personalization, privacy, smart home, smart TV, smart watch, smartphones, Wi-Fi
Tags: cloud services, CONNECTIONS, digital content, digital health, digital media, home automation, home networks, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, M2M, personalization, privacy, smart home, smart TV, smart watch, smartphones, Wi-Fi
Parks Associates continues its twenty-sixth annual CONNECTIONS™ with our in-person conference in Frisco, Texas on May 17-19. Mitch Klein, Executive Director at Z-Wave Alliance will be featured on the panel, Bringing New Value: Growing Role of Smart Home Platforms, on May 18 at 8:30 AM CT which addresses how companies in this space can leverage platforms and industry standards to provide a reliable, interoperable ecosystem with a simplified user experience, delivering expanded value...
by Parks Associates | May. 16, 2022
Tags: CONNECTIONS, COVID-19, demand response, home automation, home networks, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability
Tags: CONNECTIONS, COVID-19, demand response, home automation, home networks, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability
Parks Associates continues its twenty-sixth annual CONNECTIONS™ with our in-person conference in Frisco, Texas on May 17-19. Paul Williams, Chief Product Officer of Nice North America, will be the featured keynote speaker presenting on May 18 at 5 PM CT. He will be discussing the history of the smart home, and provide insights on what the future of this industry may look like. Prior to the session, Paul provided insights on industry developments and consumer insights that will have an...
by Parks Associates | May. 16, 2022
Tags: CONNECTIONS, home automation, home networks, home safety, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability
Tags: CONNECTIONS, home automation, home networks, home safety, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability
Professional monitoring operators leverage their strengths by being always-on and available to communicate with their user to demonstrate the value they add beyond traditional monitoring solutions. Connected devices in the home add new capabilities, particularly around monitoring services.
Consumers continue to embrace connected devices and services in their homes, opening up new opportunities across different verticals:
Energy Management
Smart thermostats, along with...
by Elizabeth Parks | May. 13, 2022
Tags: cloud services, CONNECTIONS, home automation, home networks, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, M2M, personalization, Wi-Fi
Tags: cloud services, CONNECTIONS, home automation, home networks, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, M2M, personalization, Wi-Fi
Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference series is excited to announce Midea as an Event Sponsor.
With more than 150,000 employees and presence in over 195 countries, including in the United States, Midea’s products touch the lives of millions of people and families through air treatment, refrigeration, laundry, small and large kitchen appliances, water appliances, floor care and lighting. The Midea brand’s promise...
Despite slow and steady growth of the smart home, issues related to perceived weak value proposition still top the list of purchase inhibitors for smart home devices. Now, 37% of US internet households have a smart home device with smart doorbells topping the list at 15% adoption. Smart light bulbs, networked cameras, and smart thermostats are the next highest adopted smart home devices according to ongoing Parks Associates quarterly research of 10,000 internet households.
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by Elizabeth Parks | May. 11, 2022
Tags: broadband, cloud services, CONNECTIONS, demand response, home automation, home networks, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, M2M
Tags: broadband, cloud services, CONNECTIONS, demand response, home automation, home networks, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, M2M