Articles
AI Employee Monitoring: Security Measure or Privacy Concern?
February 16th, 2017Would you like some Chips with that Sir?
February 15th, 2017Startups are Playing a Crucial Role in Smart Building Innovation!
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. Memoori’s brand new report entitled Startups and Their Impact on Smart Buildings 2017 highlights the critical contribution that Startups are making to the introduction of innovation in the Smart Buildings space. We define a startup as: a private company formed no earlier than 2008 […]
The Energy Sector Continues to Invest in Smart Building to Smart Grid Interface Software
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. Utilities are continuing to strengthen their decentralized energy capabilities as part of their ambition to expand their business models beyond the meter and become complete solution providers for energy management. In a previous article on Memoori titled “Utilities Invest in Energy Software & Services […]
Building Relationships Not Buildings
“Most people think architects design buildings and cities but what we really design are relationships”, said American architect and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, during her TED talk late last year. Cities and buildings are about people, and people come to cities for all kinds of exchange, she emphasized, alluding to trade, services and social reasons. […]
The Evolution of the Building Management System: Data and Connectivity
While building management systems (BMS) have become smart in recent years, they are certainly not new. In fact they have gradually evolved over the last 50+ years and into the 21st century systems we see today. BMS has always been boosted by the technological developments of the time, but today’s smart building technology is influencing […]
Audio: Making Big Data a Reality in Smart Buildings!
Here is the Audio Stream from our 2nd Free Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Project Haystack. Sincere apologies to those that tried to listen live. Unfortunately technical issues caused the connection to be lost; however we recorded our conversation later on. What does Big Data really mean for Buildings? This was […]
From Building Automation to IoT: The Long Winding Road towards Truly Intelligent Buildings
“The Internet of Things will help fundamentally change the way we design and operate buildings” said James McHale, Managing Director of Memoori, at the Smart Buildings Conference (SBC) 2017 on Monday in Amsterdam, Netherlands. McHale explained to delegates why and how the combined global market for the Internet of Things in Buildings (BIoT) will grow […]
The Transformation of the Building Performance Software Business
The building performance software industry has at least 350 established suppliers delivering across 6 main different market segments that can be further sub-divided into 16 segments. These segments overlap and cause confusion when the building operators are evaluating how they meet their value propositions. This is particularly critical now that the major real estate owners […]
2016 was a Mega Year for Security M&A but how will it Impact Business Structures?
The value of Merger and acquisition deals in the Physical Security Industry in 2016 went into the stratosphere on account of one deal. This deal of $16.5 billion between Johnson Controls and Tyco International will have a very significant impact on the wider Building Internet of Things (BIoT) business. Data we have collected from 2000 […]