“Just five years ago, the amount of data collected in buildings globally was 1.2 zettabytes. For perspective, consider that in 2009 the entire World Wide Web was estimated to contain close to just half a zettabyte.” states a new report from Memoori The Internet of Things in Smart Commercial Buildings 2016 to 2021. Smart Cities and Smart Buildings already make up a large proportion of the connected devices in the world today, and this trend will only grow. Smart homes currently hold a greater number of installed devices, but commercial real estate is expected to take over by 2021. “By 2021 we predict that a higher growth rate in the Commercial Real Estate market of 31.5% CAGR will see this sector grow to represent 34% of overall smart building devices, with over 3.6 billion devices installed by 2021,” says our report. Turning to which devices are most commonly connected, the rates for several devices types […]