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The Story Of The Humble Substation Is The Story Of Our Future Energy System
September 12th, 2016Cloud Connected Smart Elevators Enable Preemptive Maintenance Services
July 25th, 2016
IBM Wants to Create “Buildings Where People Want To Be, Not Just Need To Be”
ISS Group, a provider of facility services, has signed a commercial agreement with IBM to use the power of Watson IoT to transform the management of over 25,000 buildings around the world. Late last year IBM has announced new initiatives designed to bring together the power of its Watson machine learning with the Internet of Things (IoT) […]
Agility Beats Power In The Fight For Smart City Supremacy
Despite Brexit, the refuge crisis, increased terrorism, and economic strife in Greece, Europe is still better positioned to win supremacy in smart city innovation according to several experts in the field. Like two heavyweights before a title fight, the US talks a big talk and has more muscle to back it up but Europe has […]
2015 Was The Tipping Point For IP Access Control – Memoori Talks To Isonas
For years nothing much changed in the Access Control sector, until fairly recently when we have seen an evolution towards IP. Access Control is becoming a fundamental element of the modern smart building and the connected environment at large. The total world production value of security products at factory gate prices was $27.25 billion in […]
Sensity Systems Enters JV for Smart Cities in China
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and US Internet of Things (IoT) firm, Sensity Systems Inc., last week announced an agreement under which the two organisations will form a new joint venture in China to focus on the development of smart city solutions for China and sales worldwide. On the surface the deal links a […]
Dell & Intel Position Themselves at the Heart of the Start-Up Driven IoT Revolution
The new world of the Internet of Things (IoT) has many old world IT companies talking a lot of IoT without really adding much innovation to the data led, start-up driven revolution. However, Dell, along with their perennial partners Intel, are employing a fresh approach of enabling the innovation of start-ups within the IoT space. […]
New Partnerships Underline IBM’s Smart Building Ambitions
Last week, KONE, a global company in the elevator and escalator industry, entered into an agreement with tech giant IBM, where KONE will use IBM’s technology and experience to harness the potential of digitalisation and the Internet of Things (IoT) in smart buildings. KONE stated that it “will use IBM’s Watson IoT Cloud Platform to […]
Nest Thermostat Bug highlights the Vulnerability of Smart Homes
Last Decemeber, Nest, the smart homes firm owned by Google, was hit with a software glitch that has seen a number of devices turning themselves off and leaving owners in the cold. A botched software update caused the thermostat’s batteries to drain or repeatedly switch on and off which meant it failed to heat homes […]
Audio: How the Cloud is Transforming Identity Management & Access Control
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 12th Free Webinar in the 2015 Smart Building Series… “How the Cloud is Transforming Identity Management & Access Control.” A Webinar Q&A with Steve Van Till, President & CEO of Brivo. In this Webinar, we discuss some important […]
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