Facility Management
The Emerging Blockchain Across the Entire Lifecycle of Buildings
March 18th, 2021Small Commercial Buildings Are a Big Opportunity for Technology Growth
February 18th, 2021
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 […]
Smart Building Cybersecurity is a Process, Not a Project or a Product
“The boundaries of your digital empire are limitless. What was once a finite and defendable space is now a boundless territory — a vast, sprawling footprint of devices, apps, appliances, servers, networks, clouds, and users,” says Bill Conner, president and CEO of cybersecurity solution provider SonicWall, on the changing landscape of cybersecurity in buildings. “For […]
Record Levels of M&A in the Smart Building Space Indicate a Tipping Point has been Reached
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Over the last three years, Memoori has tracked 594 acquisitions across the smart buildings space, described in detail in our new report on M&A and Investments in Smart Buildings H2-2019. Record levels of M&A in the last 2 years are confirming a shift […]
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