Facility Management
Maintaining Our Buildings During the Global Pandemic
March 25th, 2021GIS Goes Indoors to Bring a New Level of Visual Data Intelligence to Buildings
March 22nd, 2021
The Emerging Blockchain Across the Entire Lifecycle of Buildings
Blockchain is one of those technological innovations that promise to revolutionize anything it touches. While cryptocurrencies do appear to be surviving the test of time, the actual use of blockchain in the buildings industry has so far been struggling to match the hype that surrounds it. Blockchain is essentially a decentralized database that chronologically and […]
Small Commercial Buildings Are a Big Opportunity for Technology Growth
Our image of large cities tends to be dominated by skyscrapers and large office complexes, but the reality is that these big buildings only make up a tiny fraction of total commercial building stock. In fact, 94% of the commercial building in the US are made up of properties with under 50,000 square feet of […]
Strategic Acquisitions of Startups in the Smart Buildings Space
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. According to our recently published Startups Report, M&A continues to be a significant growth strategy for many incumbents providing solutions and services in the smart buildings space, as they seek to augment their portfolio offerings. Startup companies are becoming increasingly attractive targets for […]
New Normal, Same Problems – The Continued Need for Better IoT Governance
“Historically, IT and OT roles were driven by clearly distinct business requirements. The IT role focused on information flows, while facilities managers were more focused on the physical functioning of a building. The two departments would typically operate in functional silo’s with little strategic alignment or influence over each other’s projects and initiatives,” stresses our […]
Exploring the Global ‘Cyber Pandemic’ & Practical Solutions for Unprepared Enterprises
“Cybercriminals thrive on chaos. The chaos induced by the COVID-19 pandemic on societal behavior at all levels is creating conditions that are ripe for cybercriminals and other malicious actors to exploit,” explains our latest report. “While some of the biggest risks will be faced by the healthcare industry, whose services and systems and technologies are […]
Commercial Buildings are at the Center of our “Return to New Normal” Strategy
China is starting to return to some kind of normality. In Italy, Spain, and a host of other countries that were hit early or lightly, they have introduced their de-escalation plans and have begun to ease lockdown measures. It will still take a while, but we can now begin to consider when we might return […]
Everybody Wants to Save the Planet But Who Wants to Clean the Floor?
“Nothing inspires cleanliness more than an unexpected guest,” said lifestyle author, Radhika Mundra, long before the arrival of coronavirus and the subsequent cleaning crusade that swept across the world. There is a growing sense that the world has changed, that things will be different after we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, “a new normal” the […]
Space Utilization for Commercial Real Estate Continues to Drive the Occupancy Analytics Market
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. At the World Economic Forum event in Davos in Jan 2020, Christian Ulbrich, CEO of JLL spoke with Business Insider remarking that space utilization technology was likely to have a particularly high impact for the company by lowering costs and creating better employee […]
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