Is open the best way forward for the smart home industry?

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to comment on the latest trends and challenges facing the industry. In this post, Thomas Rockman, Deutsche Telekom’s VP of Connected Home discusses the merits and drawbacks of leaning heavily on open technology for the smart home industry.
There is a raging debate about which way the smart home industry should go…. the days of proprietary preference in smart home systems may be numbered as businesses also push for open systems,