“There are further opportunities in expanding the scope and aspirations of building related Big Data assets beyond the purview of just operational and energy management,” states our latest report Towards Data-Driven Buildings: Big Data For Smart Buildings 2018 to 2023. “Too often, buildings are seen as simply a cost that needs to be minimized as opposed to an asset to increase in value and a path to increase bottom-line revenue,” it continues. More often than not, building data is not being formally linked to wider organizational data strategies. This leads to ununified platforms, where building systems data is managed on dedicated platforms that are de-coupled from wider enterprise systems. Thereby reducing the potential for integrated application development and limiting value creations around smart building development. The convergence of Information Technology (IT) and Operations Technology (OT) data is now being increasingly seen as a roadblock for the progress of smart building adoption. Intelligence firm, Gartner predicted […]