Cloud
Big Data is Critical to Delivering the Internet of Things in Buildings
March 30th, 2015The Global Market for Big Data in Smart Buildings will reach $29 Billion by 2020
March 25th, 2015Microsoft & Iconics Partner on Washington Smart Buildings Project
King County in Washington State, US, is launching a 2-year pilot project of the Smart Buildings Energy Tracking System (SBETS); new software that helps reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. Using software developed by Microsoft partner Iconics and MacDonald Miller Facility Solutions; SBETS is based on Microsoft’s cloud and business intelligence platforms. The pilot project […]
Ericsson & Landis+Gyr partner on Smart Grids in the Middle East
Ericsson has partnered with Landis+Gyr to empower smart metering and smart grid projects in the Middle East. In the details of the partnership, Ericsson and Landis+Gyr will support utilities across the region with solutions that deliver key data required to cultivate active relationships with end-consumers, said an Ericsson company statement. The objective is to create […]
Today’s Smart Buildings are Not Good Enough; Building Internet of Things is the Solution
Like it or not we have now entered the third wave of Information Technology which will be even more profound than the previous two; which have shaped world over the last 50 years. Building Internet of Things (BIoT), smart, connected products in buildings offer a totally new set of choices of how we capture and […]
New Players Fight for a Stake in the Building Internet of Things Market
As our recently published report shows – http://memoori.com/portfolio/internet-things-smart-buildings-2014-2020/ – smart, connected products offer exponentially expanding opportunities for new and improved functionality; as they cut across traditional product boundaries and add further capabilities. The changing nature of products is also disrupting value chains, forcing companies to rethink how they organise to meet new challenges and take […]
Where will Physical Security Software Benefit Most from Big Data & Cloud Computing?
Software across the Physical Security Industry is fragmented and this makes joined up solutions expensive and difficult to justify on the basis of ROI. The introduction of IoT & Big Data would enable a much more effective solution both improving the quality of security and add on services. Software in the Physical Security Business has […]
The Changing Competitive Landscape Requires Security Manufacturers to Redefine Business Models
During the last 3 years the competitive landscape in the Physical Security market has undergone significant change as prices have fallen and margins tightened. This is the result of the growing maturity of IP Networking products where innovation has become incremental and product differentiation has been more difficult to achieve. At the same time changes […]
Daintree Networks Takes Building Energy Management Software Into The Cloud
According to a press release yesterday, Daintree Networks is making their ControlScope software available as a subscription-based cloud application, in an approach they are calling Building Energy Management Software as a Service (BEMaaS) Companies will be able to buy monitoring and optimization services that allow them to stay on top of changes in their building […]
The Impact of LED Lighting on the BEMS Industry
There is a discussion now taking place in the Smart Building business that the transition to LED lighting may trigger a change in the way the BEMS industry works. The rationale goes that historically, building controls applications have been HVAC-centric since that was the element of the building where controls could add significant value. In […]
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