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Identifying Power Usage and Taking Action
Helping utilities engage the customer to be more proactive about energy management is what Roderick Morris of Opower discusses in this interview at Parks Associates’ 2013 Smart Energy Summit. Opower works with utilities of sizes to help consumers improve the efficiency of energy usage. Morris provides insight into techniques for helping people be more efficient,…
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A Global Reach of People and Machines
The on-again rumor that Verizon Communications is attempting to purchase Vodafone’s 45% stake in Verizon Wireless is front page news in today’s Wall Street Journal. With the purported difference of $30B between what Verizon is offering and what Vodafone wants, it is unclear whether this time a deal will be reached. What may not be…
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A Steady Mobile Payments Wave
The NFC (Near Field Communications, not National Football Conference) wave for payments is on the horizon. As Parks Associates’ Jennifer Kent suggests in the above video interview, progress on mobile payments is steady. An initiative to convert payment terminals to include NFC capability (EMV) by 2015 will be a big driver for mobile payments at…
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Bridging Devices and Data in the Home
Technicolor’s Bernard Kiriakos describes the open source platform, Qeo intended to bridge the various devices within the home, bringing together data that would otherwise be in separate silos and allowing developers to find new insights and take actions that make for a more intelligent domicile. The long-term objective for Qeo, which was announced at CES2013, is…
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Beyond the Connected Home & Towards the Connected Life
The extension of communications service providers’ business beyond the network demarcation point and into the home is in full swing, as evidenced by the recent introduction of connected home services from the major operators. In this interview, Kevin Petersen of AT&T provides an overview of their offering that goes beyond the home and encompasses what…
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The Jury Is Out As To Who Will Bring It Together
“In some respects, the jury is still out,” said Frank LaBarbera, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Affinegy. LaBarbara was talking about the notion that there might not more than one entity, whether it is service provider, retailer or manufacturer, who brings together all the disparate devices in the home. In the above…
