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December 6th, 2016Thread Protocol Moves Onto Commercial Buildings, Leaving Nest At Home
November 8th, 2016
Nest Goes Open Source With Its Thread Networking Protocol
Nest is going open source. The Alphabet-Google smart home company has just confirmed that it is rolling out ‘OpenThread’, an open source reference code implementation of the Thread networking protocol created in 2014. Last Wednesday, Nest published the source code for its implementation of the new OpenThread protocol on Github under a three-clause BSD license, […]
Cost Vs Benefit Vs Security: The Industrial Internet of Things
The industrial internet of things (IIoT) is grappling with an uncomfortable trade off; enhanced ease-of-use and productivity or security. In many industrial scenarios, if connectivity can improve efficiency by just a small percentage, billions of dollars could be saved. However, where there is connectivity there is a cyber-security risk. In the IIoT, where all manner […]
Is the Nest Weave Protocol Google’s Answer to Apple HomeKit?
Google’s smart home acquisition Nest, has opened up its communication protocol Nest Weave to developers. Meaning third-party hardware makers will now access to many of the technologies previously reserved for Nest’s own products. Under plans announced last week, any developer can apply to have access to the protocol, for free. “We’re opening up to developer […]
Lighting Control is a Key Enabler for Enterprise IoT but needs Open Standards
The Internet of Things (IoT) is ushering in a whole new era of connected devices; from wireless thermostats, security systems to smart phones and smart watches, monitoring and control of remote devices has reached the mainstream consumer market. However, enterprise IoT applications are more complex. Smart building control solutions, one of the core applications for […]
Partnering is the Key to Success for Emerging Building Internet of Things Players
Having just completed a series of 3 techno / commercial studies on the Building Internet of Things (BIoT) the objective to turn smart buildings into fully automated ones requiring little or no human intervention has the full support of building owners. The technology to overcome the deficiencies of the present semi-automated Building Automation Services (BAS) […]
Is Cyber Security in Smart Buildings being taken Seriously Enough in the IoT Age?
In a Memoori Webinar in March, Laconicly’s Billy Rios spoke extensively on the topic of cyber security in the rapidly evolving smart building sector. Last week the cyber security firm released a white paper highlighting building automation systems (BAS) vulnerability to cyber attacks. On January 14th, 2015, Laconicly discovered a total of 64,003 IP addresses […]
Cooking Up “Protocol Soup” for the Building Internet of Things (BIoT)
Most of the column inches dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) inevitably focus on consumer products. However last weeks’ acquisition of IoT pioneer Neul by Chinese mobile giant Huawei has shifted focus a little bit towards M2M / Industrial solutions. Huawei paid a reported $25m for Neul, who are a key contributor to the […]
Venture Capital Funding is Gaining Traction in the Smart Grid Industry
This time last year our blog ran the title “Will Smart Grid Outperform its Clean Tech Cousins and Become the Jewel in the Crown?” We cited a number of reasons why the financial community found it the rather unattractive dull member of the Clean Tech family but noted that more investors were giving it a […]
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