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Smart Building + Smart Grid + Storage = The Internet of Energy
February 11th, 2015Canon’s Strategy for Video Surveillance Unfolds as they Acquire Axis Communications
February 10th, 2015What Part with Wearable Technology Play in Identity Management?
Separating Internet of Things (IoT) Hype from Reality is getting increasing difficult as wearables and implants push the boundaries of how and why we should manage identity. The BBC published a rather lazy article last week entitled “Office puts chips under staff’s skin” concerning RFID chip hand implants. A company in Sweden, succeeded in drumming […]
Ericsson & Landis+Gyr partner on Smart Grids in the Middle East
Ericsson has partnered with Landis+Gyr to empower smart metering and smart grid projects in the Middle East. In the details of the partnership, Ericsson and Landis+Gyr will support utilities across the region with solutions that deliver key data required to cultivate active relationships with end-consumers, said an Ericsson company statement. The objective is to create […]
Citigroup Touts Energy Storage to Hasten the Demise of Fossil Fuels
Global investment banking group, Citi, says wide deployment of battery storage will hasten the demise of fossil fuels and any utilities that remain focused on centralised generation. Citigroup expects a rapid fall in battery manufacturing costs and estimates a $400 billion energy storage market by 2030. Citigroup claims that the battery phenomenon will be even […]
Today’s Smart Buildings are Not Good Enough; Building Internet of Things is the Solution
Like it or not we have now entered the third wave of Information Technology which will be even more profound than the previous two; which have shaped world over the last 50 years. Building Internet of Things (BIoT), smart, connected products in buildings offer a totally new set of choices of how we capture and […]
Audio: The Future of Video Surveillance & its Place in the Internet of Things
Below is the Audio Stream from our 1st Free Webinar in the 2015 Smart Building Series… The Future of Video Surveillance & its Place in the Internet of Things – Q&A with Martin Gren, Co-Founder of Axis Communications and developer of the 1st IP Video Camera. In it we discussed Martin’s ideas and views on […]
Is an Energy Storage Unicorn Greenwashing the US Energy Industry?
They’re called “unicorns” — companies that have soared to a $1 billion valuation or higher, based on private fundraising alone. The billion-dollar tech start-up was once the stuff of myth, but now they seem to be everywhere, backed by a bull market and a new generation of disruptive technology, like energy storage. Silicon Valley based […]
Internet of Things will Reshape the Security Industry and Redefine Business Models
The game changer in the Physical Security Industry is still IP driven not just across Video but now into Access Control and Intruder Alarms. The Physical Security industry is now fast moving to an all IP driven business which has vastly improved and extended the value propositions for its customers. Security companies that have grasped […]
California Sparks the Energy Storage Revolution
For years we have been hearing about energy storage and how it will revolutionise the power sector. The key piece of the power puzzle, which will bring together smart building, smart grids, and renewable energy, into a fully functional and self-reliant system. Year after year we anticipate that revolution but it still hasn’t really taken […]
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