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"The smart home concept is expanding across Europe as consumers explore new energy management, security, and connected entertainment solutions in the IoT," said Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates. "Over 12% of broadband households in Western Europe will have an IP camera by 2018, with a CAGR of over 20% from 2013 to 2018. At CONNECTIONS™ Europe, we will explore the role of use cases such as connected security in driving adoption and monetization of the smart home for service providers, utilities, and device manufacturers."
The Smart Home concept may have expanded since the first Smart/Connected Home Conference in Amsterdam back in 2005, that was nearly cancelled due to lacking interest, so the 48 seats were not even completely filled. Ten years later Connections Europe had a good turn out. What I learned from Connections Europe 2015 is that there is expansion, but as far as practical solutions there is no uniformity, no standardisation and no interoperability, and no longevity, with last weeks reports on Google moving away from Nest, one of the posterchilds of the new Energy Monitoring=control=savings=smart push.
There are plenty of parts and modules for DIY or Industry vendors to tinker with, and plenty of hip companies pushing old concepts like the thermostat with app, the new thing being the app. Moving on to the 'webcam', but none that work together. Either you build your own system, or spend mega bucks with traditional control vendors that offer a controlled integrated environment even if that requires days of proprietary code programming.
There was hope or reliance vested upon operators, service providers, of connected entertainment and broadband, to a lesser extend on utilities, to push connected services, connected security services acting as a breachhammer into people's homes. Connected security self-monitoring in Europe and more traditional security with response monitoring services in the US.
But this will create vendor lock-in. Vertical integration might make things work together and offer a somewhat comprehensive offer meeting ones service needs, but without standards either formal or de-facto, one has to rely upon a service provider branching out, instead of having a choice and control. So if one is lucky, one might get what one wants, but there is no way to ensure this.
Of course motivating for the service provider that secures recurring revenue streams, but who trusts the cable co, or the telco, industries with a legacy of being the least service and customer orientated businesses, with his safety and security and control of and over his life...
One of the large operators at the connected home conference a decade ago by Informa told me 'we have no responsibility for the network inside the home, nor will we assume any', and ten years on the situation hasn't changed much, it has even gotten worse as the drop-off point retreated from the living room, next to the TV or the couch in case of the telco to some hidden spot next to the door.
So, I for one am interested to hear 'what innovative business strategies to engage European consumers, new crossover industry partnerships, and advancements in Wi-Fi and broadband network technologies are impacting adoption of connected technologies in Europe and worldwide', at the 11th-annual CONNECTIONS Europe: Smart Home, IoT, and the Connected Consumer, which will be held 2-3 November 2016 at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam.
The Smart Home concept may have expanded since the first Smart/Connected Home Conference in Amsterdam back in 2005, that was nearly cancelled due to lacking interest, so the 48 seats were not even completely filled. Ten years later Connections Europe had a good turn out. What I learned from Connections Europe 2015 is that there is expansion, but as far as practical solutions there is no uniformity, no standardisation and no interoperability, and no longevity, with last weeks reports on Google moving away from Nest, one of the posterchilds of the new Energy Monitoring=control=savings=smart push.
There are plenty of parts and modules for DIY or Industry vendors to tinker with, and plenty of hip companies pushing old concepts like the thermostat with app, the new thing being the app. Moving on to the 'webcam', but none that work together. Either you build your own system, or spend mega bucks with traditional control vendors that offer a controlled integrated environment even if that requires days of proprietary code programming.
There was hope or reliance vested upon operators, service providers, of connected entertainment and broadband, to a lesser extend on utilities, to push connected services, connected security services acting as a breachhammer into people's homes. Connected security self-monitoring in Europe and more traditional security with response monitoring services in the US.
But this will create vendor lock-in. Vertical integration might make things work together and offer a somewhat comprehensive offer meeting ones service needs, but without standards either formal or de-facto, one has to rely upon a service provider branching out, instead of having a choice and control. So if one is lucky, one might get what one wants, but there is no way to ensure this.
Of course motivating for the service provider that secures recurring revenue streams, but who trusts the cable co, or the telco, industries with a legacy of being the least service and customer orientated businesses, with his safety and security and control of and over his life...
One of the large operators at the connected home conference a decade ago by Informa told me 'we have no responsibility for the network inside the home, nor will we assume any', and ten years on the situation hasn't changed much, it has even gotten worse as the drop-off point retreated from the living room, next to the TV or the couch in case of the telco to some hidden spot next to the door.
So, I for one am interested to hear 'what innovative business strategies to engage European consumers, new crossover industry partnerships, and advancements in Wi-Fi and broadband network technologies are impacting adoption of connected technologies in Europe and worldwide', at the 11th-annual CONNECTIONS Europe: Smart Home, IoT, and the Connected Consumer, which will be held 2-3 November 2016 at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam.