Recent Parks Associates research shows 70% of U.S. security dealers currently install some type of interactive smart home device or system within their residential offerings or plan to do so within the next 12 months. Nearly 75% of security dealers offer interactivity with their devices, which can be controlled through smartphones, tablets, and computers. In 2015, nearly 40% of installs had both system interactivity and enhanced smart home features, an increase from 31% in 2014.
Parks Associates’ analysts will discuss the dynamics of the smart home and home security markets in multiple sessions at the 20th-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:
Palo Alto based ROC-Connect provides and supports full end-to-end solutions for connected 
home players. Based on our state-of-the-art IOT-platform and application framework we rapidly create comprehensive and consistent smart home brands, with excellent user experiences, high technical standards, and operate them on reliable services. We help our clients to design and execute their business model, select and design their products and services, and support them in all phases of their market entry and operations.
Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPRT) is the leading provider of cloud-based software and services to deliver next-generation technical support. Support.com helps leading brands in software, 
electronics, communications, retail, Internet of Things (IoT) and other connected technology industries deepen their customer relationships. Customers want technology that works the way it’s intended. By using Support.com software and services, companies can deliver a fantastic customer experience, leading to happier customers, greater brand loyalty and growing revenues.
The ULE Alliance is an international association, which promotes the worldwide allocation and market adoption of the ULE technology, the leading control network ecosystem for home and 
building use. The ULE Alliance is based in Bern, Switzerland with founding and promoter members: DECT Forum, Dialog Semiconductor, DSP Group, Gigaset and Vtech, and contributor member companies: Arcadyan, AVM, Cisco, Crow, DeutscheTelekom, Lantiq, Panasonic, RTX and Sercomm.
The WiZR Computer Vision Platform enables rapid deployment of Cloud-based video analytics applications. Features such as human detection, people counting and object tracking can be 
purchased à la carte or bundled together, then deployed through any number of cameras to address market objectives in the security, hospitality and retail industries--to name a few. WiZR partners with camera manufacturers, security companies and third party developers to provide video analytics applications to their respective customers.
The ZigBee Alliance offers the open, global wireless standards that enable everyday objects to 
work together and help you control your world. ZigBee standards are the leading standards for monitoring and control used in consumer, commercial and industrial markets around the world. The Alliance is an open, non-profit ecosystem of more than 400 organizations developing and promoting standards defining the Internet of Things for use in homes and businesses.
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.
