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News Release from: Parks Associates
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 March 2006
ZigBee Alliance adds weight to
conference
The Zigbee Alliance has signed up as a Diamond Sponsor for Connections 2006.
The Zigbee Alliance has signed up as a Diamond Sponsor for Connections 2006, which will take place at the Santa Clara Convention Centre from 2nd to 4th May 2006 Connections: the digital home conference and showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with CEA, is the largest executive conference and showcase dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and mobile environments
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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According to Parks Associates, the total market for home control systems reached approximately $2.3 billion in 2005.
Furthermore, revenues will grow 8-9% per year over the next four years, reaching more than $3 billion by 2009.
"The home controls market is coming of age and is accelerated by efforts like the ZigBee Alliance", said Tricia Parks, CEO of Parks Associates.
"One inhibitor to the growth of digital home control has been available suitable and avant garde technology at prices that most consumers can manage".
"ZigBee requirements help mitigate this issue".
The ZigBee Alliance is also hosting a special session: "Wireless sensors and control networks: enabling new opportunities", on the second afternoon of the conference.
This session will offer discussions of basic network requirements and applications for ZigBee wireless technology.
Meeting ZigBee requirements will allow manufacturers to provide flexibility, mobility, and ease-of-use in a wide range of everyday devices.
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