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January 25th, 2022Webinar: How Do Smart Restrooms Make Buildings Healthier?
January 24th, 2022Influx of Capital from Private Equity Powers Hybrid Workplace Growth
Capital from Private Equity (PE) firms is powering the growth of workplace management software companies, as they redefine and augment their product offerings. Demand is accelerating for digital hybrid workplace concepts which have gained momentum during the pandemic as businesses balance working from home and the return to the office. COVID-19 has reshaped the way businesses think about their […]
Customers Find Security in the Cloud During COVID
There has been a steady transition towards cloud-based as-a-service business models for smart building services over the past decade. This gradual shift began to challenge long-established business models, relationships, and channels of distribution and was met with some resistance from certain segments of the industry. These cloud-based as-a-service business models require that manufacturers and systems […]
A Real Estate Crisis in the World’s Biggest Potential Smart Building Market
China’s real estate sector is in crisis. In an effort to curb excessive borrowing by property developers and control runaway real estate price increases, the Chinese government began to crack down on developer debt in 2020. The market then suffered a downturn in 2021 due to the increased financial restrictions, while commercial sales and investment […]
Recording: Open Interfaces for Smart Buildings with ONVIF
Here is the Video Recording from our 1st Free Webinar of the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. Don’t forget you can now Subscribe to ALL our Webinars on YouTube! Open Interfaces for Smart Buildings with ONVIF. Memoori was joined by Leo Levit, ONVIF Steering Committee Chairman for the 1st Webinar in our 2022 Smart Building Series. […]
Robust Market for Smart Buildings M&A in 2021
A record number of acquisitions (286) in the smart buildings space in 2021 accounted for a 31% increase on 218 deals in 2020 and a 10% increase on the previous record of 259 transactions in 2019. There was a robust market for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among both security product manufacturers and systems integrators last year, […]
Delivery Culture & The Smart Building
Package delivery statistics for 2020/21 make interesting reading. Volume has surged during the pandemic. Managing that incoming flow of deliveries is fast becoming a challenge for building managers and staff seeking to maintain safety, security, hygiene, and a productive work environment. It is at that final step of a complex international logistics network where a range […]
Webinar: Open Interfaces for Smart Buildings with ONVIF
** Recording of this Webinar can now be found HERE ** Please join us on Tuesday 18th January at 1700 CET | 1600 GMT | 1100 EDT | 0800 PDT for our 1st FREE Webinar in the 2022 Smart Buildings Series. Open Interfaces for Smart Buildings with ONVIF. Memoori will be joined by Leo Levit, ONVIF Steering […]
Smart Building Data Silos are Not Sustainable for the Market or the Environment
Picking just the low-hanging fruits of green efficiency is not enough to make real progress in the fight against climate change. The phasing out of incandescent lighting for LED technology was relatively easy considering the lifespan of light bulbs is measured in months. The ongoing transition to electric mobility is a greater challenge with vehicles […]