Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates will be presenting during the session "Relevant Connected Home Services for Broad Consumer Adoption" on January 5, at 4:00 PM. Your alarm clock goes off, triggered by the hot IPO just launched on a stock exchange half way around the world, allowing you to execute rapid stock trades from your smartphone while your coffee maker, alerted by your movements, brews your first cup of the day. Will this make better investors? Probably not. This discussion seeks to help us avoid the “technology for technology’s sake” trap and provide market insight on broad consumer preferences for enhanced services. The goal is to educate the development community on how to use market research to create relevant and meaningful IoT/Connected Home devices and services that will appeal to wider audiences beyond early adopters and tech junkies.

The AT&T Developer Summit is a developer-focused event, packed with valuable news and information about emerging technologies, products and services and the best place to network with top industry professionals and experts.

Parks Associates is supporting Carrier Network Virtualization.

Building on the success of SDN World in Barcelona in June 2013, Carrier Network Virtualization unites the leading exponents of Software Defined Networks and Network Functions Virtualization worldwide in SDN’s spiritual home of California, shedding fresh light on the topic from a carrier perspective.

Parks Associates is supporting Digital Disruption.

Digital Disruption is a bellwether Silicon Valley event which brings together local and global service providers, technology vendors, and enterprises to collectively help each other succeed in their digital transformation efforts. Created especially for senior business and IT executives, it’s all about understanding, managing, and monetizing cutting-edge disruptive innovations in the areas of Internet of Things, virtualization and NFV, and customer engagement. Digital Disruption isn’t just about learning the latest trends. Rather, it’s about shaping the digital future via hands-on collaboration, workshops, networking and meeting new customers and partners, and getting your messages out to the influential audiences that matter to you. Register today to Save $100 with code Save100PA on a Gold Conference Pass and learn more about TM Forum Digital Disruption Live! 2014.

Parks Associates is supporting Digital TV World Summit.

Parks Associates is supporting MVNOs Industry Summit USA.

MVNOs Industry Summit USA is the 2nd flagship event from the MVNOs Industry Summit Series covering 7 major markets (Europe, Latam, CEE, Middle East, Africa, Asia, USA). The rate of growth the event has experienced in the past 4 years has rapidly brought it up to speed with its sister event in Europe; this is now the go-to place in the US for high-level wholesale and MVNO activity. In 2012 China Telecom sat in the audience and announced their MVNO intentions a week later. In 2013, the new MVNO entrants were showcased at the event –including republic wireless, Ting, Voyager Mobile and Freedom Pop.

John Barrett, Director of Consumer Analytics, Parks Associates will be speaking on the panel "The Emerging Connected Home Market In Canada" on November 20, at 9:00-10:00 AM.

Parks Associates is supporting HomeConnect 2014.

After years of experimenting, the dream of simplifying and improving consumers’ lives at home is becoming a reality. Yet achieving and monetizing this ecosystem has been difficult. Companies need to tackle many challenges in order to access this new market, or they will be left behind. HomeConnect 2014, Conference & Exhibition, will focus on innovative technology and business solutionsfor the connected home consumer. This event will feature talks, panel discussions, market sessions, and an innovation stream that will address critical business issues.

Parks Associates is supporting the Telco Big Data Summit.

The Telco Big Data Summit will provide key insights into the challenges and benefits of exploiting Telco Data. As the volume, velocity and variety of data traffic travelling on operator networks rises at an exponential rate, telcos are facing a bigger challenge than ever with regards to capturing, storing, processing, analysing and extracting value from their data. The question of how to maximise the value of this data is a huge one, with a myriad of perspectives, priorities and solutions to consider. Including a wide range of case studies from operators around the globe capturing the latest innovations in the big data industry, this is an event not to be missed.

Parks Associates is hosting CONNECTIONS™ Europe.

CONNECTIONS™ Europe, produced by Parks Associates, is an executive conference focused on the connected home ecosystem and the Internet of Things as it relates to the connected consumer. The two-day executive summit, with research and data from Parks Associates industry analysts, examines the impact of connected devices and services, including entertainment, controls, digital media, security, and cloud services, and offers insight into new and innovative business strategies and partnerships, current and future technologies, and critical issues, including privacy and interoperability, and their effect on consumer engagement.

For more information and to register for this event, visit www.connectionseurope.com.

Parks Associates is supporting DEMO Fall 2014.

DEMO attracts insightful media, critical venture capitalists, respected technology business development professionals, connected corporate IT professionals, and the most-promising new technology companies in the world. Join the 15,000 people have attended DEMO over the past 23 years. 

Parks Associates is supporting OTTtv World Summit.

Now in its seventh year, the OTTtv World Summit is the major OTT focused event in the calendar. Continually attracting the biggest CXO names to its speaker line-up, OTT World Summit is the place to discuss and shape the future of the multiplatform entertainment industry.

Parks Associates is supporting CariCam.

CariCam is a high level networking summit that brings together key players from network operators and suppliers to discuss ways to drive forward solutions in the region. The summit combines educative content, assessing the state of the industry and identifying new areas of growth with an occasion for one to one interaction and networking. It is today the most recognized business event in the Caribbean and Central America region. The participants gained a keen sense of the dynamics of a Caribbean and Central America mobile marketplace through presentations, numerous questions and answers sessions, and more than a few social events.

Parks Associates is supporting the Broadband Traffic Management Congress.

The Broadband Traffic Management Congresss is firmly established as the industry’s leading network and service event. Welcoming global operators, OTT players and regulators, BBTM meets the increasing demand for high speed quality services through the creation of intelligent end-to-end traffic solutions. Showcasing the very latest challenges and innovative solutions in both core and radio access networks, BBTM presents key strategies for the integration of intelligence into your network.