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White House Announces $160 Million New Smart Cities Initiative
September 18th, 2015Strong Opposition to Obama’s Climate Action Plan not a Concern for Smart Buildings
September 16th, 2015Audio: Using Machine Learning to Make Video Surveillance Smarter
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 9th Free Webinar in the 2015 Smart Building Series… Making Video Surveillance Smarter: Machine Learning & beyond. Q&A with Carter Maslan, Founder & CEO of Camio. In this Webinar, Carter Maslan discus in depth… How Maching Learning Software […]
How Advanced are Video Analytics Now?
The general consensus in the Physical Security and Video Surveillance industry is that the benefits of Analytics were previously oversold, no doubt leaving a sour taste in the mouth of some buyers. So as an industry we are entitled to keep asking how advanced Video Analytics are now? The simple truth is that intelligent computer […]
Amsterdam Targets Smart Buildings in its Ambitious 2040 Energy Strategy
Due to continued urbanisation and responsibility for impending environmental deadlines, many European cites are creating long-term targets for smart city development. Amsterdam City Council expects as many as 150,000 inhabitants to migrate into the city before 2040. This prediction has pressured urban planners to reassess Amsterdam’s economic, physical and social structure in order to best […]
Webinar: Using Machine Learning to Make Video Surveillance Smarter
** Recording of this Webinar can be Found HERE ** Please Join us on Tuesday 15th September for our 9th FREE Webinar in the 2015 Smart Building Series… Using Machine Learning to Make Video Surveillance Smarter. Q&A with Carter Maslan, Founder & CEO of Camio. Discussing the Future of Video Surveillance & how Camio are […]
Building Efficiency Creates Opportunity to Match US Shale Gas Revolution
Shale gas is not a wonder solution to solve all energy concerns in Europe. This is what a recently published document of EASAC (European Academies Science Advisory Council) has stated. The stance taken matches the beliefs of many researchers around the European Union (EU), all of them warning about the uncertainties that may be caused […]
Big Data Out, Internet of Things In: Gartner’s Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies
This month Gartner released the 2015 Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies, which helps enterprises identify which emerging computing technologies, services and disciplines to invest in. “It expresses why we’re hearing hype in the industry about some area, it helps you understand where the noise is happening”, says Gartner vice-president and analyst Betsy Burton. “But it’s […]
The Chinese Economy Splutters & World Stock Markets Dive – What Does This Mean For the Security Industry?
Everyone agrees that the Chinese economy is slowing down and the World Bank statistics showed GDP growth of 7.4% in 2014 and predicted in August that it will fall to just over 7% this year. If this figure proves to be accurate it is still 3.5 times more than the average GDP growth of many […]
LichtBlick: Smart Buildings to Form Decentralised Power Plants of the Future
Just a year or two ago, LichtBlick, a Hamburg based supplier of environmentally friendly sources of electricity, was seen as a niche player in the energy sector, hardly known to the country’s conventional energy suppliers. Recently, however, representatives from large power groups such as E.On, RWE and EnBW have been flocking the company’s headquarters to […]
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