Malcolm Stewart takes a look at how two of the major players in the home automation market square up in the battle for the best networking protocol. Could we be in for an old fashioned Betamax versus VHS style face-off?
The home automation sector is a wide open market that is valued at billions by analysts. But unless the technology becomes more user friendly – and fast – there’s a very real danger that it won’t see the kind of widespread market penetration that businesses are hoping for.