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The Evolution of the Smart City: Top-down to Bottom-up
December 15th, 2015Facility Management Software Trends: Integration, Acquisitions and Partnerships
October 26th, 2015Amazon Web Services Launches Internet of Things Platform
At its annual re:Invent developer conference last week, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new internet of things (IoT) platform that helps devices connect to cloud applications and send massive amounts of data to be analysed for future actions. AWS IoT is a managed cloud platform that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with […]
Big Data Helps GSA Improve Energy Efficiency in Federal Buildings
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is essentially the federal government’s landlord, with 360 million square feet of buildings under management, and an appropriately staggering energy bill. That’s made it the key federal organisation for building energy efficiency technology across the nation. GSA is implementing a smart building strategy and working aggressively to modernise existing […]
White House Announces $160 Million New Smart Cities Initiative
This week, the US government has announced a new Smart Cities Initiative that will invest over $160 million in federal research and leverage more than 25 new technology collaborations to help local communities tackle key challenges such as reducing traffic congestion, fighting crime, fostering economic growth, managing the effects of a changing climate, and improving […]
How Advanced are Video Analytics Now?
The general consensus in the Physical Security and Video Surveillance industry is that the benefits of Analytics were previously oversold, no doubt leaving a sour taste in the mouth of some buyers. So as an industry we are entitled to keep asking how advanced Video Analytics are now? The simple truth is that intelligent computer […]
Smart Buildings Acceleration Act Tackles Federal Building Efficiency
US Senator Maria Cantwell has introduced legislation to make federal buildings smarter. The Smart Building Acceleration Act includes many Internet of Things (IoT) devices that will be used to create energy efficiency in buildings. The federal government is the largest building owner in the US with more than 400,000 properties. Sen. Cantwell believes that the […]
North America Leads the Way in the Market for Big Data in Smart Buildings
In 2014 Big Data and Cloud Based Software and Services was the smallest of the 3 Building Internet of Things (BIoT) sub-segments at only $5.2Bn, a share of 24%. Our report “Big Data for Smart Buildings: Market Prospects 2015 to 2020” shows growth in this area being the most pronounced, driven by falling technology costs, […]
Big Data is Critical to Delivering the Internet of Things in Buildings
Big Data is the most critical element in delivering a fully automated control and management system to commercial & industrial smart buildings. It is the software that makes it possible to fine tune and automate without the intervention of humans. Solutions must satisfy building owners buying propositions; which is that their investment must reduce the […]
IBM and Semtech launch LoRaWAN for The Internet of Things
“I firmly believe that there is not a single industry that won’t benefit from IoT” said Vernon Turner, senior vice president of research and IoT executive lead at International Data Corp. Today, it is hard to find any technology news these days without a link to the Internet of Things (IoT). This all-encompassing technological concept […]
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