Smart Buildings

Convergence & Integration – Part 1 Proving the Business Case

Allan McHale, Director of Memoori reviews the business case for convergence and integration in buildings and explains why this will change the business model and have a significant impact on merger acquisition and alliance. This is a complex subject because it involves so many different stakeholders in the supply chain with some being protective of the status quo and seeing integration as a possible threat. The technology is not well understood by all and is not bound by common standards and the business requires collaboration between organisations that have previously never had a need to work together. We have in order to give proper treatment to the subject broken it down into two parts. Part 1 below develops a set of tools to explain the linkages between building control infrastructures and communications and IT and then evaluates the benefits in order to establish if it can meet the customers value propositions. We then review three […]

Stay ahead of the pack

with the latest independent smart building research and thought leadership.

Have an account? Login

Subscribe Now from just $400 per year per user for Access to Quality Independent Smart Building Research & Analysis!

What Exactly Do you Get?

  • Access to Website Articles and Notes. Unlimited Access to the Library of over 2000 Articles Spanning 10 Years.
  • 10% discount on ALL Memoori Research reports for Subscribers!
  • Industry-leading Analysis Every Week, Direct to your Inbox.
  • AND Cancel at any time
Subscribe Now

Most Popular Articles

SmartVatten 2025
Smart Buildings

Smartvatten Strengthens European Position with 2025 LeakLook Acquisition

This Research Note examines Smartvatten, a Finnish specialist in water efficiency technology and expertise in Northern Europe. It updates our previous article in March 2024, covering Smartvatten’s solutions, key developments in 2024, sustainability partnerships and the September 2025 acquisition of LeakLook, a Finnish specialist in IoT-driven water monitoring for real estate. Smartvatten Profile Established in […]

Johnson Controls Tyco Merger
Smart Buildings

Johnson Controls + Tyco: Nearly 10 Years on from the $16.5B Mega Merger

Nearly 10 years after the merger between Johnson Controls and Tyco in 2016, the $16.5 billion deal stands as one of the most significant consolidation moves in the building technologies sector. Today, with the benefit of hindsight and financial data, we can evaluate whether this mega-merger achieved its ambitious objectives. The 2016 merger created a […]

Subscribe to the Newsletter & get all our Articles & Research Delivered Straight to your Inbox.