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Elevating Smart Buildings to the Next Level with Predictive Maintenance
August 1st, 2018Could Safety be the Gateway for Smart Technology into the Construction Site?
July 24th, 2018
AI & Cloud Services Making Video Surveillance Increasingly Smart & Affordable
Advanced video surveillance systems have historically been too expensive for small to medium sized installations in the commercial and residential markets. Only highly secure homes and buildings have had access to state-of-the-art video surveillance due to the high capital outlay but, as in so many other technology spaces recently, there is a growing move to […]
Siemens Building Technologies Acquires BIoT Start-Up Enlighted
Europe’s largest industrial manufacturing company, Siemens, has agreed to acquire the Silicon Valley Internet of Things (IoT) solutions start-up Enlighted. Financial details have not been disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018. Founded by Premal Ashar and Tanuj Mohan, Enlighted have raised more than $80 million in funding […]
Building a Closer Relationship Between Construction & IT for Smarter Buildings
Smart buildings are where construction meets information technology, so when a leading construction firm join forces with a global IT superpower expectations will run high. The recent agreement between PCL Construction and Microsoft promises to fuel joint innovation and development of smart building implementations. “PCL is an early adopter in the smart buildings space,” states […]
VSaaS & ACaaS Gain Further Momentum Through Video Analytics Offerings
Video Surveillance-as-a-Service (VSaaS) and Access-Control-as-a-Service (ACaaS) have continued their strong growth into 2018 as AI Analytics are now being introduced with greater effectiveness. Demand for Analytics will be more pronounced in VSaaS, and this is the focus of our following article. The main drivers up to 2017 have been initiated by the supply side spending […]
Predictive Maintenance for Facility Management is Now at a Disruptive Price Point
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. A wide range of HVAC equipment and service providers are competing for a slice of the IoT enabled business from commercial real estate owners and operators. The proliferation of machine learning and IoT platforms aimed at energy management, remote diagnostics and preventative […]
Blockchain Series: Fostering Trust in our Smart Cities
“The city is what it is because our citizens are what they are,” said Plato, the Ancient Greek philosopher, almost 2,500 years ago. Today, cities are still shaped by their citizens but as our urban society becomes increasingly digital, who or what the citizens are is becoming less clear. Stolen identities, data beaches, voter fraud, […]
Penn State Applies Microsegmentation for Openness & Security of Building Automation
Penn State needs no introduction as an academic institution. Founded in 1855 it has maintained a strong reputation in the US college system. From a facilities management perspective, however, some might not know that the institution is fast becoming a role model for what can be achieved with the internet of things (IoT) in a […]
Smart Building Startups Are Becoming More Attractive to Strategic Investors
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. In 2017, funding for startups focused on the commercial and industrial smart buildings market reached its second highest annual level since 2008 as investments amounted to $1.11 billion, according to our recent analysis, updating Memoori’s 2017 Startups Report. Although this is a […]
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