The building was once the domain of the operational technology (OT) industry until things started getting smart. As buildings began to generate more and more data, the information technology (IT) industry leveraged their expertise to take its share of the evolving market. Today, OT firms race to develop the data capabilities that will allow them to seize a share of growth, while IT finds its limits as major companies battle with the operational complexities of the real world. There is a third element to the smart building, however, and a big industry standing behind it. Between operating buildings (OT) and managing the massive amounts of data being generated (IT) there is connectivity, the communications infrastructure that glues it all together. The IT sector spurred a wide range of ICT (information communications technology) solutions that enable the transfer of data throughout a facility and to/from the cloud and drive the evolution of smart buildings. Communications is […]