Building Internet of Things
IBM & Threatcare Discover 17 Zero-day Vulnerabilities in Smart Cities
August 16th, 2018SaaS for CRE – Like Having a FitBit for Your Building
August 9th, 2018Elevating Smart Buildings to the Next Level with Predictive Maintenance
At the 1853 World’s Fair, in New York’s Crystal Palace, 40-year-old Elisha Otis stood upon a platform 10 meters in the air and ordered axemen to cut the only rope that was suspending it. In front of an amazed crowd the rope was severed, but the platform only fell a few inches before it came […]
Smart Buildings at the Center of a Fundamental Shift in Healthcare
The IoT appears to be part of a fundamental shift in healthcare, one that takes us from the traditional volume-based model to a new value-based approach. By embracing the IoT, smarter hospitals can optimize buildings for patient comfort, while also increasing staff efficiency and effectiveness. Recent developments demonstrate that healthcare facilities are at the forefront […]
Smart Buildings: Connected Technology in a Disconnected Industry
The smart building is, in essence, a set of interconnected building systems. The industry that surrounds those smart buildings, however, is epitomized by its disconnectedness. This irony is more than just an amusing fact. It highlights a serious issue in the smart building sector, one that holds back growth and limits the understanding of the […]
Learning from Nature to Develop Advanced Workplace, Building & Urban Networks
We still have so much to learn from the natural world. In fact, it seems like many technological breakthroughs seek to mimic natural systems that have been functioning for thousands, if not millions, of years. Solar panels convert sunlight into energy like photosynthesis in the leaves of plants, honeycomb designs are increasingly seen in artitecture […]
Audio: Building a Smarter Office: IoT, The Network & The Future of Work
Here is the Audio Stream & Video from our 7th Free Webinar in the 2018 Smart Buildings Series. Building a Smarter Office: IoT, The Network & The Future of Work. Memoori Talked to Alan Ni from Aruba about how real estate & IT are now focused on building the next generation of smarter workplaces. Don’t […]
Technology and The Five Pillars of Asset Management
Contributed by: Logan Soya, CEO and founder Aquicore Real estate asset management hasn’t changed much since the advent of “owner managers” in the mid-19th century. At the end of the day, asset managers still partition buildings to rent space, and tenants still want the certain qualities for their spaces – comfort, convenience and affordability – […]
Small & Medium Sized Commercial Buildings are Well Behind the Curve for IoT Adoption
The vast majority of commercial buildings are yet to fully exploit the potential of intelligent control systems, let alone attempt to integrate multiple business and building systems together into the building Internet of Things (BIoT). That’s according to our latest research report The Internet of Things in Smart Commercial Buildings 2018 to 2022, which identifies […]
Siemens Continues its Californian IoT Shopping Spree with Acquisition of Comfy
Siemens Building Technologies Division has completed another significant deal in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, this time with the acquisition of Comfy (previously known as Building Robotics). The Oakland, CA, based start-up is known for their building controls mobile app. The deal is the third smart building startup acquired during the German engineering conglomerate’s […]