Big Data
Reconsidering the Design Automation of Cyber-Physical Systems
January 12th, 2017Fishing for Actionable Intelligence in our Rapidly Growing Data Lakes
January 11th, 2017
Have We Considered What The Smart City Might Actually Mean For Society?
“The smart city was the wrong idea pitched in the wrong way to the wrong people,” suggested Dan Hill, of urban innovators the Future Cities Catapult. “It never answered the question: ‘How is it tangibly, materially going to affect the way people live, work, and play?’” Hill refers to the shiny new technology that has […]
Software’s Growing Influence on the Physical Security Business
Software has been a relatively minor contributor to overall growth in the Physical Security industry but its importance has gradually increased over the last 10 years and in the last two it is has become a major driver. The main application of software has been to provide an operating platform for video surveillance and access […]
Delivering Building Performance Software that Meets Customer Requirements
Numerous detailed assessments of adoption drivers for Energy Management software solutions for buildings in the developed world have concluded that they must deliver the following: * Reduce Operational Costs * Ensure Regulatory Compliance * Reduce Pollution * Align with Corporate Sustainability Goals * Meet Consumer Interest in Sustainable Products Therefore energy management software solutions in […]
M&A brings Consolidation & Focus to the Building Performance Software Business
Our report on the Building Performance Software (BPS) business demonstrates that despite some 150 confirmed acquisitions in the last 6 years, the industry has at least 350 established suppliers delivering across 16 different market segments. These segments overlap and cause confusion when building operators are evaluating how they meet their value propositions. This is particularly […]
What Physical Security Customers Want Today & Need in the Future
This is the second of a two part article that analyses what the customer of physical security equipment wants today and what they needs in the future. In the first article we discussed the customers needs today operating within the 2 main development stages of physical security equipment that have taken place in the last […]
How 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 […]
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 […]
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