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M&A brings Consolidation & Focus to the Building Performance Software Business
December 12th, 2016What Physical Security Customers Want Today & Need in the Future
December 9th, 2016How The Artificially Intelligent Building Will Guide Your Experience
After a hectic day you finally arrive at the hospital to visit your nephew, Billy, who’s recovering from a broken arm after a skateboarding accident. Out of breath and a bit flustered you approach the reception where the desk bot says “Hello Mr. Smith, the Doctor is in with Billy at the moment so you […]
Data Centers: What is The True Energy Cost of Energy Efficiency?
Sensors and other forms of data collection stream information from almost every imaginable source to the cloud. There, data is stored, filtered, crunched and analyzed to create energy optimization and actionable energy intelligence, among other things, to accelerate us into a greener, cleaner world. However, the cloud is not a virtual space in the metaphorical […]
Webinar: Why don’t we have REAL IP to the Edge?
** Recording of this Webinar can be Found HERE ** Please Join us on Wednesday 14th December 16:00 GMT for our 12th FREE Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, Kindly Sponsored by Tridium. Why don’t we have REAL IP to the Edge in Building Management Systems? A Q&A Webinar with Tony Marshallsay, Chief Mechanical […]
Europe Wants To Lead The World On Energy Efficiency
As the incoming US leadership threatens to keep its campaign promises and withdraw from the COP21 Paris climate agreement, signed by a record-breaking 193 countries and counting. Across the Atlantic, the EU have decided that they not only want to adapt to this clean energy transition, they want to lead it. Last week, the European […]
What Physical Security Customers Want Today & Need in the Future
This is the first of a two part article that analyses what the customer of physical security equipment wants today and what they needs in the future. We have in the Part 1 set out the 2 major stages in the development of the business over the last 20 years and reviewed what customers will […]
The City as a Circuit Board: Smartness through Connectivity
Picture a modern city at night, viewed from directly above. Reminiscent of a circuit board with different electronic components (buildings) connected by conductive tracks (roads) to create one functioning entity from many smaller elements. Signals (people) travel along defined copper traces (roads) to deliver information and instructions to different parts of the circuit board. This […]
It will take a Culture Shift to Kill the Smart Card for Access Control
Despite advances in biometric access control, it will take a culture shift to kill the smart card, says Steve Howard, principal at Endeavor Blue LLC. “People are used to seeing the physical badge when you’re walking around,” he explains. “It’s so ingrained in people that it isn’t going away anytime soon and nothing can replace […]
Smart Trump? What The Next US President Means For Construction & Tech Sectors
“If we can reconceive of our government so that the interactions and the interplay between private sector, nonprofits, and government are opened up, and we use technology, data, social media in order to join forces around problems, then there’s no problem that we face in this country that is not solvable,” said incumbent US president […]