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CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Home Conference and
Showcase wraps with an eye toward future challenges in the Digital Living
Markets
Burlingame, Calif. — CONNECTIONS™: The
Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in
partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, took place May
11-13, 2005, in Burlingame, Calif., and provided a comprehensive analysis
of current and future "Digital Living" technologies to 700 executives and
over 150 companies.
The CONNECTIONS™ speakers focused on the critical issues impacting the
development of technologies and services for the digital home industries.
Topic tracks
included digital entertainment and multimedia applications; home
networking and residential gateways; consumer mobility and device/content
portability; applications, services, and consumer value; and home
management: controls, security, and health.
Throughout the event, research and analysis from Parks Associates
provided insights into the future of these markets. According to Parks
Associates, by 2009, more than 40 million U.S. households will have a data
network, and more than 20 million of these data networks will originate
from an ISP.
Many challenges still exist as these markets evolve, and the many
industry leaders and executives in attendance addressed these issues
throughout CONNECTIONS™. For example, data network OEM vendors and
retailers report up to 20% return rates on home networking equipment.
Furthermore, wireless networks are still grappling with security issues
that hamper their functionality and wider deployment. In general, the
industry must face and resolve the unique challenges in moving the data
network beyond shared broadband to greater functionality. To do so, home
networks must have sufficient coverage and quality-of-service (QoS) to
support next-generation services and applications such as voice and
multimedia distribution.
“The companies supporting home networking and the digital lifestyle
have much success upon which to build for the next stages of connectivity
and content,” said
Kurt Scherf,
vice president and principal analyst for Parks Associates. “We are so
pleased that CONNECTIONS™ has become a venue at which this future planning
begins to take shape.”
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase is
hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates with support
from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) and is the
premier executive event focused on the market developments and
growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
This unique research-driven executive conference
and showcase, hosting close to 1,000 attendees each year,
delivers insight and recommendations for new business models and
opportunities in digital media/content, connected consumer
electronics, broadband and value-added services, and home
systems.
For information about CONNECTIONS™,
contact
sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113. For information on speaking,
sponsoring, or attending, please visit
www.connectionsconference.com.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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