New Parks Associates research shows the ability to protect one’s home while traveling as the top driver for security purchases, with nearly 60% of home security households claiming this ability as most important. Remote access capability was also very influential in motivating security purchases. Nearly 40% of home security households listed this as a key driver for their security ownership.

Parks Associates’ analysts will discuss smart home research and home security issues at the 20^th-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 24-26 in San Francisco. The event hosts over 650 executives from the connected entertainment, IoT, and smart home industries and is focused specifically on strategies to fully engage consumers in the connected home experience.

Parks Associates would like to thank the following sponsors for their support in organizing this year’s event:

• Icontrol Networks
• PlumChoice

Icontrol Networks is the name behind the most widely distributed interactive security and home automation platform in the industry.  Icontrol software solutions are deployed by service providers and home security companies of all sizes including ADT (ADT Pulse), Comcast (Xfinity Home), Time Warner Cable (IntelligentHome) plus many others.  Additionally, Icontrol offers the all-in-one Piper smart home security system for consumers.

Icontrol is further pioneering the next generation of connected living through its Icontrol Developer Program, the first community for application and device makers to partner on a common platform.

Icontrol Networks will sponsor the session “Service Providers and Device Makers: Smart Home Friends or Foes?” at 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24. Speakers for the session include WeatherBug Home, Cox, Honeywell Connected Home, and Time Warner Cable.

PlumChoice, the leader in specialized technical services for the Internet of Things, delivers highly differentiated customer experiences to consumers and small businesses. For more than a decade, the company has partnered with brands both large and small to provide a continuum of service that simplifies the dynamic, complex, heterogeneous technology environments for their customers. PlumChoice’s solutions span the buyer and customer lifecycle – from pre-purchase to installation, configuration, adoption and integration, to problem resolution and ongoing usage. Solutions include Connected Life, Cloud Application and Premium Technical sales, support and care services. PlumChoice enables brands to reduce returns and churn, increase adoption and experience value, drive revenue, control costs and create customer loyalty.

PlumChoice will sponsor the session “IoT: Protecting the Consumer Experience” at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24. Speakers for the session include Cirrent, Support.com, Arrayent, PlumChoice, and CSS Corp.

For more information on how to get involved in this or future CONNECTIONSconferences, contact sales@parksassociates.comor call 972-490-1113. To register, click here.