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05/01/2026

Analyst Insights from CONNECTIONS 2019

From May 21-23, over 600 executives from around the country (and world) gathered in San Francisco for the 23rd-annual Parks Associates CONNECTIONS™ conference. The executive research conference includ...

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05/01/2026

Content Remains the Ultimate Deciding Factor for Consumers

From a consumer perspective, the idea of video entertainment is simple: watch something that is engaging and interesting. While several differentiating factors impact consumer selection, such as ease...

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05/01/2026

Impact of Google & Amazon in the Smart Home Remains to Be Seen: Insights from HGI

Frank den Hartog, Senior Innovator, TNO; TWG Chairman, HGI, HGI/TNO, answers the following questions for the 2015 CONNECTIONS Europe Conference, the annual executive IoT conference hosted by Parks Ass...

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01/20/2023

Consumer Readiness Hangs In the Balance

For years, discussion at the annual Parks Forum has centered on the consolidation of the utilities, telco and home networking markets.  Even though it hasn't happened on the integration side as quickl...

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Smart Home

05/01/2026

Retrofitting in Access Control: Key Considerations

For many owners and operators looking at making proptech and smart building investments, access control is the first area they examine – and for good reason, as modern access control solutions are a w...

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05/01/2026

Success Stories in Energy Management- Consumer Purchase Intentions are Growing

For energy providers, the convergence of smart energy and smart home opportunities is a story of frenemy stakeholders. Myriad service providers and device manufacturers hope to protect and grow their...

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Home Security Reimagined: Intelligence over Hardware

Smart Home

05/01/2026

Home Security Reimagined: Intelligence over Hardware

For decades, home security has meant expensive control panels, motion sensors, and hardware installations. Today, that model is being upended by software-driven solutions that deliver smarter, more fl...

security

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Smart Home

05/01/2026

Understanding Smart Home and Home Security - Parks Associates Perspectives

For decades Parks Associates has tracked adoption of home systems and security systems. Recently we changed the way we asked about security solutions given the major entrance of DIY solutions changing...

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05/01/2026

Consumer Trends for Technology Adoption in the U.S.

For consumers around the world, the Internet of Things opens the door to a new and convenient connected lifestyle. IoT encompasses a broad range of home-based devices and services, including smart hom...

OTT

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Press Releases

05/01/2026

OTT Platform Availability: Expectations vs. Reality

For any OTT service, including AVOD (advertising video on demand) players like Tubi TV or vMVPD offerings like Sling TV, platform availability is critical in both luring and retaining subscribers. Giv...

cloud services

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Press Releases

05/01/2026

Cloud exchanges are transforming the as-a-Service data center sector

For a significant proportion of leaders in the data center services community ‘cloud’ continues to be a disruption to their business models rather than an opportunity. This year’s DCD as-a-Service con...

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Health

05/01/2026

Fitness Device Use Highest Among Owners with Active Gym Memberships

Fitness device use is most frequent among owners with active gym memberships with no cancellation plans Over one in three fitness tracker and/or smart watch owners have an active gym membership and...

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Health

05/01/2026

Fitbit and Qualcomm Life’s UnitedHealthcare partnership may signal a healthy corporate wellness market in 2017

Fitbit’s stock had a terrible year in 2016 even though the company posted double-digit growth in both revenues and device sales. That is how tough to be in hardware business these days. Fitbit has...

Apple

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Health

05/01/2026

Fitbit’s Blaze Launch Clouded by Class-Action Lawsuit

Fitbit launched its “Apple Watch killer”—the Blaze Smart Watch—on the first day of the CES week. On the same day, the leader in the fitness wearable market was hit by a class-action lawsuit from consu...

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Smart Home

05/01/2026

AI and Sensor-based Tech for Better Home Security

False alarms are a source of frustration for home security owners regardless of the type of alarm, and most have paid a fine as a result. With 62% of home security owners able to recall a false alarm...

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