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Smart Buildings Follow The Light to Health & Wellbeing
June 15th, 2017Will We Lose Net Neutrality & What Impact Will That Have On The Internet of Things?
June 13th, 2017
Futureproofing Smart Buildings & The Virtualization Of The Edge – Memoori Talks To IoTium
“Don’t ever question if you will be hacked. You will be hacked,” proclaims IoTium CEO, Ron Victor, during Memoori’s Webinar last week, before describing a test anyone can try. “Open up a server on AWS and just watch. Within two hours, 55,000 people will try and hack into that box for some reason, just because […]
Our Energy Future Is Not Just Green And Renewable – It Is Also Urban And Smart
Even moderate UN projections suggest that if current population and consumption trends continue, by the 2030s, we will need the equivalent resources of two Earths to support us – or maybe just one smart one. The current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 according […]
Audio: Securing the Internet of Things in Smart Buildings!
Here is the Audio Stream from our 6th Free Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Project Haystack. Securing the Internet of Things in Smart Buildings. A Q&A Webinar with Ron Victor, CEO of IoTium. We discussed how can we Ensure Connected Devices are Protected from Cyber Attacks? How are IoTium deploying a […]
Cyber Security Skills Gap + Greater Connectivity = Danger
“The cyber security workforce simply cannot scale in line with additional device connectivity, as budgets for cyber are not unlimited,” states the latest report from Memoori: Cyber Security in Smart Commercial Buildings 2017 to 2021. “Businesses will increasingly seek to develop adaptive, scalable solutions to match their changing network landscape,” the report suggests. Cyber security […]
Enabling Productivity and Collaboration in Commercial Smart Buildings
“Workplace strategy needs to be about more than just driving down costs and maximizing the utilization of assets: it must be about enabling productivity and collaboration” stated Mike Gedye, Executive Director at leading commercial property and real estate services adviser CBRE. Speaking at the Smart Buildings 17 event in London at the end of May, […]
Smart Buildings, #SpaceAsAService & the Human Deficit
This article was written by Digital Transformation Strategist Antony Slumbers / @antonyslumbers How many times have you heard Property people say that “Property is a people business’? Dozens, hundreds of times I imagine. Now, how many times have you heard them say that “Smart buildings are about people”? Never I suspect. No one in property […]
Could BIM Be Vulnerable To WannaCry Style Ransomware Attacks?
Last month’s WannaCry cyber attack has underlined yet more vulnerabilities being created in our digital systems. The ransomware attack is considered the biggest of its kind, and the greater sophistication of the software used suggests this type of attack could soon target multi-million dollar projects, like those in the building industry. In what seems crude […]
“If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Improve It”: The Path to Better Buildings
“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it,” said American businessman, author, and improvement guru, Dr. H. James Harrington. Harrington has more than […]
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