Peggy Smedley talks about the potential competition between Google and Apple that could be heating up the energy space, as Apple is currently working on an in-home energy management system to go up against Google’s PowerMeter software. Smedley talks about how this possible battle could actually be beneficial to consumers. She also gives an update on the development of the smart grid throughout the country.;

 

Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems, talks about how Intamac’s cloud-based platform is enabling consumers to connect multiple devices in the home over a broadband network and control those devices remotely via the Web. He also gives an overview on how the connected home market in Europe differs from that in the United States.;

 

Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems, and Lou Reda, vice president & general manager of consumer product development, D-Link, discuss the partnership between the two companies and how working together has differentiated them from the competition. Reda also gives an overview of D-Link’s Home Monitoring Starter Kit and some of the other things that we can expect to see from the companies moving forward.;

 

Smedley and Mike Carrozzo, chief editor, M2M magazine, discuss some of the unlikely places where M2M technology is being used and how it is increasing operational efficiency. They discuss how M2M technology is helping to monitor staff and inmates at a Japanese prison as well as how it has been installed into roads and bridges to monitor and identify weak areas in the infrastructure.