Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Networked Entertainment Electronics
• Home Servers and Shared Storage
• Digital-Rights Management, Access Controls, and Related Technologies
• Sensors and Actuators
• User Interfaces
• Productivity and Home-Office Devices
• Last-Mile Networks and Access Devices
• Remote Access to the Home
• Service-Provider Resources
• P2P Technology Resources
• Standards and Types of Connections
  • Prevailing Standards
  • Mesh Networks
• Resource-Discovery Protocols

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Required Resources
• Regulatory Factors

Areas to Monitor

• Conditions That Vary Greatly across Scenarios
  • Applications for Enthusiasts
  • Big Data
  • Broadband Evolutions
  • Business Models and Application Stores
  • Copyrights
  • Cybersecurity
  • Home Health Care
  • Household Robots (Wild Card)
  • Post Purchase Monetization
  • Price and Value of "Green"
  • Remote Working
  • Standards
  • Strategic Strongholds
  • Supersmart Homes (Wild Card)

Implications of Commercialization

• Do-It-Yourself Home-Automation Environment
• Over-the-Top Streaming Environment
• Pay-TV Service Environment
• Studio-Centric Service Environment

Opportunities

• Applications
  • Sharing Files, Printers, and Broadband Connections
  • Networked Video Games
  • Virtual Reality
  • Network-Based Synchronization
  • Mobile Integration
  • Cameras and Baby Monitors
  • Multiroom Systems and Multimedia Routing
  • Home Servers
  • Home Security
  • Climate Control and Energy Management
  • E-Commerce and Automated Shopping
  • Other Networked Appliances
  • Elder Care
  • Home Health and Fitness Monitoring
  • Robotics and Mechatronics
  • Personal Manufacturing
  • Targeted Advertising and Merchandising
• Business Models
  • Alliances and Partnerships
  • Amazon's Business Ecosystem
  • Strategic Network Endpoints
  • Do-It-Yourself Value Network

Updates

Viewpoints Features

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