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North America Leads the Way for Cyber Security in Smart Commercial Buildings
May 30th, 2017Webinar: Securing the Internet of Things in Smart Buildings!
May 29th, 2017
Strategic Partnerships are Critical to the Development of Building Performance Software Companies
Memoori has tracked a number of strategic partnerships between several of the leading players of building performance software in recent times. These are proving to be critical in the development of new software products but partnerships have not always been popular in this business so what is driving it? Our report The Market for Building […]
Connected Physical Security Devices – The Trojan Horse for Cyber Attacks
Last year, we estimated that world expenditure on Physical Security products was $28Bn. Our latest report on Cyber Security shows that of some 10 building technology elements, physical security products were perceived as having the highest risk to cyber security threats. Causing the greatest level of concern here are video cameras, given the recent hacking […]
Shedding Light On Smart Building Consciousness
“If you want to know what’s going on in a building, there’s no better place to do that than to watch from the top down,” said Sanjiv Kaul, EVP, Marketing, Enlighted. The eight-year-old Sunnyvale, Califorina, company is at the forefront of a movement that puts lighting at the heart of the smart building, and Kaul’s […]
A Crisis Of Connectivity? Cyber Security In Smart Commercial Buildings
“The cyber security market for smart commercial buildings is largely immature and poorly defined,” according to our latest report – Cyber Security in Smart Commercial Buildings 2017 to 2021. The reasons for this, as the report explores, are not unlike that of other new markets striving for sustainability in a dynamic and rapidly evolving sector. […]
New Alliance To Standardize Lighting For The Internet Of Things
Lighting fixtures are an ideal carrier for Internet of Things (IoT) technology in smart buildings, providing ubiquitous location for granular data collection throughout the building while delivering electric power to the sensors. Yet today, only a small percentage of LED fixtures have smart sensors. This month, many leading lighting and LED driver manufacturers, IoT technology […]
Beyond Energy Management: Building Performance Optimization Services Take Centre Stage
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research We are seeing the convergence of Building Energy Management with Facilities Management and Asset Management, as software and services addressing building performance optimization take centre stage in the commercial and industrial buildings market. The boundaries between technology offerings are blurring as IoT and digital […]
Virtual Power Plants: Our Energy Future is Distributed, Efficient and Intelligent
Supply and demand resources can work together rather than against each other in the modern energy system. New technologies and greater intelligence are redefining the supply – demand relationship; increasing efficiency, enabling distributed generation and reducing overall consumption. At the forefront of this evolution is the Virtual Power Plant (VPP). VPPs take advantage of information […]
Only With A Coordinated Effort Will We Be Able To Manage The Cyber Security Threat To Smart Buildings
If the Three Little Pigs lived in a smart building, the big bad wolf would no doubt use cyber attacks. Rampant connectivity not only creates an indefensible number of entry points for attackers but can also provide access across building systems, meaning one small blow could bring the house down. The relative ease of mounting […]
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