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Parks Associates presents new analysis highlights at European Home Control Summit

Copenhagen / Frankfurt/Main, 10. March 2008 – Today, Z-Wave appear that Parks Associates, the internationally accustomed bazaar analysis and consulting close will present new analysis allegation at the accessible European Home Control Summit, to be captivated April 8-9, in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Bill Ablondi, top able and Director of Home Systems Research at Parks Associates, will present “Home Control: Trends and Opportunities,” and abode assorted controls in the home, limited home ecology and chump interest, and the change of the accepted abolish control. These and added key questions, bazaar trends, additional associated technology platforms will be discussed at the European Home Control Summit.

“The time for manufacturers of home accessories and ascendancy systems to crop advantage of contempo abstruse advance in wireless controls is now,” says Bill Ablondi. “Consumers are added adequate with agenda technology, industry giants are analytic for the ‘Next Big Thing’, and communications protocols with low accomplishing costs and top believability accept become reality.”

Home networks as “the backbone” for home ascendancy systems
Parks Associates forecasts that the amount of common households with residential gateways facilitating broadband sharing, limited administration and account provisioning, and/or value-added casework will abound to 72 actor by anniversary 2012. Europe’s added aggressive broadband and pay television bazaar makes it a prime bazaar for home networking.

According to Parks Associates, home networks are assertive to become the adventuresomeness of affiliated home systems. In accession to the administration of audio and video agreeable as able-bodied as administration broadband access, printers and accumulator devices, RF based ascendancy networks such as Z-Wave that can axle multi-year array operation of accessories will be a agency for communicating with a array of systems in the home – including activity management, security, lighting and ball systems.

“We abide bullish on the advance of the wireless home ascendancy bazaar and appearance the efforts of associates of the Z-Wave Alliance as accomplished examples of marrying abstruse advancements with audible needs of the consumer”, states Bill Ablondi. “Awareness and accepting of the capabilities of Z-Wave accept been growing over the accomplished year as apparent in the after-effects of our surveys that adviser the home systems affiliation and accession channels.”

Additional capacity at the European Home Control Summit Conference:
- Home ascendancy in Europe – an OEM perspective
- The trend to Unified Home Control™
- “Green homes” – Public programs to conserve activity via home ascendancy
- Control and administration of activity consumption
- The acute home in your abridged – befalling for account provider
- Comfort and accessibility – how does home ascendancy advance our lives?
- Safety and aegis – area of apperception as a disciplinarian for chump adoption
- The Z-Wave ecosystem – allowances for OEMs and consumers alike

… and abounding more. You will acquisition the complete agenda – alternating with the allotment page – at: www.Z-WaveAlliance.org/hcs3

The accident will be topped off by an accompanying “Home Control“-specialized exhibition. “Global Players“ – alternating with avant-garde mid-sized European companies – will present interoperable solutions and articles from all “Home Control“ areas, such as Remote Home Monitoring, Safety & Security, Energy Saving, Home Entertainment, and Digital HealthCare.

About Parks Associates:
Parks Associates is an internationally accustomed bazaar analysis and consulting aggregation specializing in arising chump technology articles and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates analysis basic for companies alignment from Fortune 500 to baby start-ups through bazaar reports, primary studies, chump research, custom research, workshops, controlling conferences, and anniversary account subscriptions. The company's ability includes new media, agenda ball and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services, agenda health, adaptable applications and services, chump electronics, and home ascendancy systems and security. Each year, Parks Associates co-hosts controlling anticipation administration conferences: CONNECTIONS™ and CONNECTIONS™ Europe in affiliation with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®). In addition, Parks Associates produces the online advertisement Industry Insights in affiliation with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.

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About Z-Wave
Z-Wave® is the aboriginal technology to accompany affordable, reliable and easy-to-use wireless ascendancy to every aspect of circadian activity – the home, chump electronics, healthcare, and activity use, to name a few. Z-Wave is an award-winning, accurate and interoperable wireless cobweb networking technology that allows a advanced arrangement of accessories in and about the home to acquaint including lighting, appliances, HVAC, ball centers, and aegis systems. Z-Wave brings abounding allowances to accustomed activity including limited home monitoring, home healthcare, assurance and security, and activity conservation. Z-Wave certified articles are currently accessible from arch chump brands in added than 225 products. Z-Wave is the almsman of the 2006 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award in the wireless category, the CNET “Best of CES Award” in the enabling technologies category, alternating with PC World’s 2006 World Class Award, which recognizes the 100 best technologies and articles of the year. For added advice about Z-Wave amuse appointment www.z-wave.com

Z-Wave® is a registered barter mark of Zensys, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States and added countries.