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Dallas Cyber Attack Sounds The Alarm For All Smart Cities
April 18th, 2017Commercial Real Estate Firms Strengthen Their Smart Building Capabilities
April 13th, 2017
“The Problem is the Disconnect Between Building Construction and Operation”
“If you look at the fundamental problem in the industry, there is really a disconnect between [building] construction and operation,” stated James Lee during a Memoori webinar last week. “Financial interest of developers, engineers and contractors are not really in alignment with long-term owners and occupants,” he continued. Lee believes this lack of transparency in […]
The Need for “Realness” in our Smart Cities and Buildings
“In a digital age in which everything is available everywhere all the time, where every experience can be delivered electronically and every technology of communication has been puréed into the same universal flow of infinitely reproducible 0s and 1s, the hottest growth is in the market for things: finite, imperfect, irreducibly physical. Rather like human […]
Demand for Physical Security Products is Buoyant but Margins are Reducing Growth
Memoori’s analysis of the world market for Physical Security products in the first quarter of 2017 shows that demand is buoyant but sadly margins are at an all time low particularly for video surveillance. Growth measured by revenue looks like it will struggle to reach an annual growth of 6% based on results for the […]
The Shifting Channels of Distribution for Building Performance Software
Building performance software suppliers are taking advantage of many different routes to market, which go beyond the traditional systems integrator approach. A multi-channel approach is evident for large and medium-sized new build projects whilst third party routes through System Integrators are favoured for retrofit projects. However as IoT Technology further penetrates Building Automation services the […]
New Forms of Energy Demand A New Form of Energy System
“What if the sun isn’t shining and the wind stops blowing?” critics of renewable energy often say along with, “fluctuations in supply mean renewables can never be our base-load power source.” However, our power system has been designed around coal, gas and nuclear generation for decades and if we really want to make a shift […]
Virtual and Augmented Reality For Smart Buildings
Virtual and augmented reality has long been considered a disruptive technology across industry and consumer markets, always on the verge of changing the way we live, work and play. The Gartner Hype Cycle places VR and AR past the peak of inflated expectations and deep in the trough of disillusionment but excitement, at least, remains. […]
Audio: Creating Transparency From Building Analytics
Here is the Audio Stream from our 4th Free Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Project Haystack. Creating Transparency From Building Analytics. This was an in-depth Q&A Webinar with James Lee CEO & President of Cimetrics. We discus Jim’s recent article “Analytics Creates Transparency” and his thoughts on why he thinks analytics […]
Forget Smartphones, Nokia Wants To Build Smart Cities
Nokia was once king of the mobile phone, a household name and a constant presence in our lives. Back when cell phones were just cell phones, and when smart was just another word for clever… Ok, admittedly that wasn’t very long ago and Nokia is still fresh in our memories but despite its failure in […]
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