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Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference is excited to announce Johnson Controls as a sponsor of the upcoming event in 2023. Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and multi-industrial leader serving a wide range of customers in more than 150 countries. Our Security Products team focuses on security for homes and businesses and enables smart home connectivity through the use of our secure PowerG technology. We help our customers have...

Join leading industry executives and analysts at Parks Associates’ interactive CONNECTIONS virtual session “ Tech Innovation and New Partnerships ”  on November 10 at 11:00 AM CT for insights addressing how new tech like AI and machine learning can drive business value through enabling enhanced capabilities over non-AI-powered solutions. Panels and speakers include: AI and Video Analytics: Driving More Value for the Smart Home Alex...

CEDIA Expo 2022 hosted companies in Dallas, Texas last week from the home entertainment industries introducing new products and solutions in smart home/security, connected entertainment/gaming, and video/audio networking. The three-day convention also featured long-anticipated announcements relating to Matter, a new connectivity standard that aims to revolutionize the connected home experience. Parks Associates latest consumer survey work of 10,000 internet households shows that now...

On September 14 th -16 th 2022,Nice North America held its Media Day event at the company headquarters in Carlsbad, California, just outside of San Diego. Nice Group is an Italian-based company, but the recent finalization of its Nortek Control acquisition has expanded the market presence of the Nice North America branch of the company, by providing a more extensive portfolio. In a press release on September 28 th , coinciding with the annual CEDIA Expo, the Deputy CEO...

Join Parks Associates’ Jennifer Kent , VP of Research and Chris White , Senior Analyst, for an interactive in-person session, on Thursday, September 29 at 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM CT at the 2022 CEDIA Expo at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, TX for insights on smart home technology. Panels and speakers include: Thursday, September 29 "The Role of Energy Management in the Future Home" Chris White , Senior...

Parks Associates research finds three in four internet households are concerned about their personal data security, with more than half saying they are very concerned. While consumers are very concerned about the security of their data, they are very fatalistic about this topic—almost two-thirds of consumers feel it is impossible to keep data completely secure. The proliferation of apps and connected devices creates many new avenues for data to leak out of a household, often just...

Connectivity in the home and the addition of connected devices continue to expand year-over-year, with consumers now owning an average of 16connected devices, with the majority coming from the mature connected CE product category and the remainder from smart home and connected health products. The increasing levels of connectivity in consumers’ lives provide easy targets for hackers and present security and privacy vulnerabilities for consumers.  The glossary of terms...

As data security needs for the connected home increase, opportunities exist across the ecosystem to cultivate partnerships with device and system manufacturers, broadband operators, and security solution providers. There is continued demand for new products and services spanning beyond just traditional PCs and mobile devices to include entertainment products, appliances and productivity tools, and a multitude of smart home devices. Securing these products against the mass of...