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Smart Buildings 2025 Wrapped! The Rise of Outcomes-as-a-Service
As 2025 comes to a close, several important developments have shaped the commercial building technology landscape. The smart buildings market has made tangible progress this year, with lower hardware costs, increasing regulatory requirements, and evolving business models driving adoption forward. In this subscriber-only video and slide deck, we break down some of the key trends […]
Access Control 2025: From Security Silo to Software-Defined Ecosystem
This live presentation discusses our new research on the global access control market 2025 to 2030. It explores how access control is evolving from standalone door security into a software-defined platform at the center of smart building operations, with cloud architectures, mobile credentials, and artificial intelligence reshaping how organizations secure facilities, manage identities, and optimize workplace experiences. Defining […]
Verkada’s New Funding: 30k Customers Power $5.8Bn Valuation
This Research Note reviews the 3rd December 2025 investment by CapitalG, the Alphabet (Google) venture capital arm, in Verkada, a startup provider of video security systems for businesses and schools. We comment on the progress of the firm, highlighting its plug-and-play cloud-native model, and provide our view on its development to date, including its funding […]
Access Control Economics 2025: The Battle for Recurring Revenue
The access control market’s transition from capital-intensive hardware projects to software-driven, subscription-based delivery models is redistributing revenue and margin across the entire value chain, reshaping who makes money, when they make it, and for how long. In this research note, based on the in-depth analysis in our new report, The Physical Access Control Business 2025 […]
Access Control 2025: The Backbone of Smart Building Digital Identity?
Physical access control systems (PACS) are becoming an authoritative source for occupancy data, workplace analytics, and real-time building orchestration. At the same time, a strategic contest is emerging between traditional security vendors and the new wave of workplace, IoT, and enterprise platforms, all competing to “own” the identity graph that increasingly determines how buildings operate, […]
Access Control Market 2025: Shifting to Software-Defined Ecosystems
The physical access control (PACS) market is continuing its transformation from a hardware-centric business focused on locks, card readers, and control panels to a software-driven ecosystem. Cloud platforms, mobile credentials, and artificial intelligence are redefining how organizations manage security, workplace operations, and building intelligence. This transformation represents both significant opportunities and competitive threats across the […]
Siemens Expands Energy Twin Tech with Setmetrics Asset Acquisition
This Research Note explores what’s behind the November 2025 announcement that Siemens has acquired key technology assets of Australian startup, Setmetrics Pty Ltd. We highlight the technology transfer to Brightly Software, following a partnership in Siemens’ Xcelerator ecosystem, before confirming the voluntary liquidation of Setmetrics as an independent entity. Transaction Details Siemens adds key technology […]
Sauter Group Analysis: €843 Million Revenue & Major 2025 Developments
In this Research Note, we examine the Sauter Group, a Basel, Switzerland-based provider of building automation solutions and services. We highlight the Group’s profile, 2024 financial highlights, Vision Center 2025 upgrade, and recent deployments in Germany. Sauter Group 2024 Profile Founded in 1910, Fr. Sauter AG is privately owned by the founding families (FABREL AG […]
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