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Gorilla Technology Video Surveillance Business & 2022 Financials Examined
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SPACS: The 800-pound Gorilla in the PropTech Room
In the same week in July, two more special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) mergers in the smart building security space wrestled with this alternative IPO approach. First, Crown Proptech Acquisitions failed in their attempted merger with access control firm Brivo after the deadline passed before they were able to raise the funds required. Then, 5 […]
Johnson Controls Invests in Artisight, an IoT Platform Provider for Smart Hospitals
JCI Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Johnson Controls, led a $2 million investment in Artisight on 30th April 2022, according to PitchBook. Based in Glenview, Illinois, USA, formerly known as Whiteboard Coordinator, Artisight positions itself as a provider of “the operating system for smart hospitals”. The Artisight name reflects the company’s goal of providing a digital sixth sense — […]
Early Innovators at the Forefront of Digital Twin Technology for Commercial Buildings
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Digital Twins, virtual models of a process, product or service that allow for data analysis and system monitoring via simulations, are playing an increasing role in IoT and digital transformation in buildings. Projects today span multiple building sectors, including commercial real estate, retail, […]
Smarter Workplace Expectations Drive Future Proof Building Strategies
“The way people interact with their built environment is going through a period of fundamental change. The conventional use of space and the purpose and utility of buildings is being challenged. As more workers look to telecommute, relocate, and work, live, and play together, the lines between traditional classifications of building types such as “office”, […]
The Collision of IT & OT is Shaping the Future of Buildings in the IoT Age
The Internet of Things for Buildings (BIoT) is simply so vast that it would be better described as an ecosystem than a business sector. An ecosystem is a community of elements, which interact with each other and their physical environment to create balance and functionality in a system. Where one business could potentially serve and […]
VSaaS & ACaaS Move into the Mainstream
VSaaS (Video Surveillance as a Service) and ACaaS (Access Control as a Service) services realized substantial growth in 2016 and now look set to finally achieve the much vaunted predictions made in previous years about their potential to become multi-billion markets. The global market size for VSaaS in 2013 was approximately $300m but since then […]
The Future of Smart Buildings is Ultimately All About the People Inside
From access to lighting, to heating or cooling, to parking and asset management the Internet of Things (IoT) is infiltrating our buildings, trying to make them smarter. But who should buildings really be designed? We still don’t know if these invasive, all-powerful systems will be accepted by building occupants themselves. “No matter what the benefits […]
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. […]