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WeWork Sells Office Space, We Company Sells an Entrepreneurial Culture
WeWork sits on the ledge between being an overvalued real estate player, and being one of the key driving forces for an innovation-focused movement that is redefining the way companies and workers operate. However, recent deals may mark a turning point, allowing the firm to develop resilience while also supporting its primary vision. Critics say […]
2018 was a Record Year for Investment in Smart Building Innovation
2018 has proved to be a record year for investment in the global building technology sector, with over $2.4 billion invested in startup companies. This clearly demonstrates increased confidence by investors in the sector and indicates the positive response companies are receiving for their products and services in the market. Our brand new report identifies […]
Apps Will be as Important to Smart Cities as they are to Smartphones
“The primary challenge to building a smart city has nothing to do with pouring concrete and erecting steel beams. It’s knowing better the city’s flows to optimize the city for its inhabitants. It’s turning all of the data that comes streaming in from myriad sources into actionable information,” says Laetitia Gazel Anthoine, founder and CEO […]
“Companies Don’t Disrupt, Cities Don’t Disrupt, People Disrupt” – The Real Power Of The Smart City
For years Memoori has been promoting the benefits of human-focused smart cities in opposition to those who think smart cities are just about implementing technology and digital infrastructure. We have not been alone in this mindset but we’ve recently seen a big step for the approach when multiple political and technology leaders at the Smart […]
Building Technology Suppliers Strengthen Digital Innovation through Accelerator and Incubation Hubs
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. The announcement by UTC on 20 March 2017 of a $300 million investment in a Digital Accelerator based in Brooklyn, New York is another example of the trend by building technology suppliers to step up their digital innovation efforts. The accelerator will serve as […]
Venture Capital & Private Equity Drives Smart Building Startups Forward
“The reason [why great companies sometimes fail] is that good management itself was the root cause. Managers played the game the way it’s supposed to be played. The very decision-making and resource allocation processes that are key to the success of established companies are the very processes that reject disruptive technologies.” So says one of […]
Key Innovations in Security will be Driven by Technology and Compliance
We recently sat down with Adlan Hussain, Global Head of Marketing at CNL Software, to discuss Innovation in Security and CNL’s intention to continue to lead developments in PSIM software. 1. Where will the major innovations in Security come from in the next 5 years? br> Let us start by stating the speed of innovation […]
Innovation in Security will be Driven by Sensor Ubiquity, Smarter Devices & Cloud Technology
Continuing our series of articles on Innovation we talked to Steve Russell, CEO of Prism Skylabs, about how they intend to disrupt the Security Market in 2013 and what he thinks will be the major innovations over the next 5 years. Q. Where will the major innovations in the security industry come from in the […]