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February 5th, 2015Today’s Smart Buildings are Not Good Enough; Building Internet of Things is the Solution
January 29th, 2015New 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 […]
The Transition to LED Lighting may Trigger a Cataclysmic Change in the Building Automation Industry
Andy McMillan, President of BacNet International shares his thoughts on the future of the building automation industry. What is Automation Armageddon all about? The transition to LED lighting may trigger a cataclysmic change in the way the building automation industry works. Historically, building controls applications have been HVAC-centric since that was the element of the […]
Is Microsoft Poised to Disrupt Physical Access Control?
The effect of technologies such as the Cloud and the trend of integrating physical Access Control with Identity Management, have been well documented. What is less clear, is how the business will evolve and which companies will gain or lose market share. Our figures show the physical security product business in 2012 was worth about […]
The Intruder Alarm Business in 2013
Research from Memoori shows that total value of world production of security products was $20.57 billion (at factory gate prices). Of this, intruder alarms at $5.77 billion took a 27.5% share.