JUNE 15, 2011
IBM Presents New Study on Connected Consumers, Strategies for Cloud-enabled Smart Homes in Special Session at CONNECTIONS™
New Services, Connected Devices and Content create challenges for device manufacturers
Parks Associates today announced IBM will host the special session "Smart Home Unified by Cloud" at CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase on Wednesday, June 29. This session will address the expanding demands of the consumer experience, driven by the growing complexity of connected CE and digital content.
IBM is a Platinum Sponsor of CONNECTIONS™, hosted by international research firm Parks Associates on June 28-30 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. IBM panel session, "Smarter Home Unified by Cloud," will be held on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 1:30 pm and will be moderated by Scott Burnett, Director, Global Consumer Electronics Industry, IBM. The session focus is on use cases and services that enable an ecosystem of partners and new paths to revenue and includes the following speakers:
Paul Brody, Global Industry Leader, Electronics, IBM
Oliver Goh, CEO, Shaspa Research Ltd.
Robert Stepanian, Ph.D., CEO, NexStep, Inc.
Bob Scaglione, Chief Marketing Officer, Sharp Electronics Corporation
Russell MacAdam, Director, Office of Product Development, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
For additional information on the IBM panel session, visit www.ibm.com/events/CONNECTIONS2011.
"Between 2011 and 2015, the number of connected home network nodes worldwide will surge from 1.7 billion to 8.2 billion," said Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates. "These new classes of devices and systems will create immense demand for ubiquitous content access. Moving services to the cloud is the next logical step, and IBM's insight in this area is invaluable as companies seek to simplify this multidevice environment while gaining a competitive edge with convenient and innovative solutions."
U.S. consumers place significantly greater importance on Internet connectivity, device interoperability, content/service availability, and customer service as criteria for future purchases versus past purchases, according to IBM's whitepaper “The connected consumer challenge: Extending the electronics experience through services.” IBM will feature this whitepaper at CONNECTIONS™, highlighting insights and research to guide electronics companies and manufacturers in providing compelling service experiences to consumers. The whitepaper is available to download at www.parksassociates.com/ibm.
For information on CONNECTIONS™, visit www.connectionsus.com.
About CONNECTIONS™
Parks Associates' 27th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference features an in-person conference on May 23-25, 2023 and multiple virtual sessions hosted throughout 2023. The event focuses on the adoption of technology including smart home, security, connected health, energy, and home automation.
Bringing together more than 1,500 senior executives, CONNECTIONS™ provides networking opportunities combined with visionary keynotes and virtual sessions. The Parks Associates analyst team leads all conference sessions, which are focused on technology innovations, consumer adoption and trends, product and service forecasts, and the evaluation of new business strategies, partnerships, monetization opportunities, and value-added service design.
Throughout the event, sponsors offer demos during networking events, spotlighting new technology innovations and services for the entertainment, mobile, and smart home market segments.
CONNECTIONS™ 2023 features an in-person conference on May 23-25, 2023, with virtual sessions on March 2, July 20, and October 5. For more information, contact [email protected], call 972-490-1113, visit www.connectionsconference.com.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates, a woman-founded and certified business, is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates provides business intelligence and research services through its proprietary methodologies developed over decades, including quarterly surveys of 10,000 internet households.
The company's expertise crosses many industries: home security and smart home, streaming video, broadband and pay-TV services, digital media and platforms, gaming, Wi-Fi and home networks, connected health, support, consumer electronics, home control systems, energy management, and tech solutions for the multi-dwelling (MDU), small-to-medium business (SMB), and commercial building markets.
Each year, Parks Associates brings thousands of leaders together for its webinars and annual events. The firm hosts the annual executive research and strategy conferences CONNECTIONS™, Connected Health Summit, Smart Energy Summit, Smart Spaces, and Future of Video. https://www.parksassociates.com
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