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Sunday, March 13, 2011
USA Mobility jumping from pagers to smartphones, tablets with acquisition of Amcom
 The use of mobile devices in the health industry is not ubiquitous yet, but researchers who track the sector say it is trending that direction. The government's push for hospitals to use electronic records - while also reducing the cost of care - has expedited the adoption of - ...read more
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Some Markets Pull Plug on Analog TV
Many stations that switched early said they did so for financial reasons.
"Local and regional broadcasters have been losing ad revenue, and it's cutting into their budgets. Trying to broadcast a digital and analog signal simultaneously is very expensive for - ...read more
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Rabbit Ears Fears? Converters Clear Picture.
"Kurt Scherf, an analyst with Parks Associates, a market-research firm in Dallas, said he expects some people will instead opt to buy a new digital TV because prices have dropped in recent years. "
From the - ...read more
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Dell Amends Enterprise Support Plan
Understanding customers' needs will ultimately help Dell deliver better services to consumers too, said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst at Parks Associates. However, while Dell has been criticized for a weak consumer support - ...read more
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Walgreen sees movie-burning DVD kiosks at stores
Studios initially will probably use the kiosks more to give older films a "longer tail" of availability, rather than offering new movies, for fear of upsetting existing retail partners and cannibalizing sales, said Kurt Scherf, - ...read more
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Cox to Add Wireless To Va. Cable Packages
Being the first to enter the local market will be beneficial for Cox, but the company is likely to encounter fierce competition in the future from Verizon and other phone companies offering similar packages, said Michael Cai, director of broadband and gaming at Parks Associates, - ...read more
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Verizon Store Follows Apple's Example
"Verizon's taking dead aim at the cable operators who have spent tens of billions of dollars to get their networks in place," said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst at Parks Associates, a Dallas market research - ...read more
Thursday, October 12, 2006
New Web venture ClickStar set to rankle Hollywood
Kurt Scherf of research firm Parks Associates estimates 660,000 people regularly download films now and that could grow to more than 9 million by 2010. Potential customers, including people who download movies occasionally, but not regularly, - ...read more
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Structured Wiring Catches On
Structured wiring has a limited audience now: "high-income households and new houses," said Michael Cai, senior analyst at Parks Associates, a Dallas-based consumer technology marketing and research firm.
"The value is more for entertainment - ...read more
Thursday, April 26, 2001
Unlocking the Smart Home
But Kurt Scherf, vice president of research at Parks Associates in Dallas, warned that there is sometimes a gap between the technology consumers say they want and what they actually adopt.
"Bill Gates has a house that does - ...read more
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