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Your digital home | March 31, 2009
Are you watching TV on your laptop, listening to iTunes through outdoor speakers and viewing family photos on the rec room's plasma screen? If not, you might be by 2011
By Peter Wolchak
A full one-third of U.S. households will be fully integrated digital homes by 2011, according to research firm Accenture. This means, according to Montreal-based digital home-services provider Radialpoint, that the demand for integrated services in the areas of security, data sharing, storage and onsite/virtual customer support will rise sharply over 2009. The company makes the following digital-home predictions:
1 Networking and wireless technology improvements will deliver new and diverse Internet-enabled devices for the digital home, in turn creating increased demand for integrated services to help manage and secure the systems.
2 Simplicity will be the key to success, with providers offering managed digital-home services that include installation, management and support for multiple devices. Service providers and third-party vendors will increasingly offer onsite support options to customers and will invest in dedicated virtual support teams.
3 But, of course, writers of viruses and other malware will target your home. Service providers will fight back with specialized solutions but don’t be too surprised if your new Internet-enabled fridge develops a bad cold.
4 Data will fly around your home like never before. Computers and multiple Internet-enabled devices will create an increased need for online data storage and Web-based back-up services.
5 To manage all that data and those devices, central control consoles called digital dashboards will begin to appear this year.
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By Peter WolchakA full one-third of U.S. households will be fully integrated digital homes by 2011, according to research firm Accenture. This means, according to Montreal-based digital home-services provider Radialpoint, that the demand for integrated services in the areas of security, data sharing, storage and onsite/virtual customer support will rise sharply over 2009. The company makes the following digital-home predictions:
1 Networking and wireless technology improvements will deliver new and diverse Internet-enabled devices for the digital home, in turn creating increased demand for integrated services to help manage and secure the systems.
2 Simplicity will be the key to success, with providers offering managed digital-home services that include installation, management and support for multiple devices. Service providers and third-party vendors will increasingly offer onsite support options to customers and will invest in dedicated virtual support teams.
3 But, of course, writers of viruses and other malware will target your home. Service providers will fight back with specialized solutions but don’t be too surprised if your new Internet-enabled fridge develops a bad cold.
4 Data will fly around your home like never before. Computers and multiple Internet-enabled devices will create an increased need for online data storage and Web-based back-up services.
5 To manage all that data and those devices, central control consoles called digital dashboards will begin to appear this year.
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