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Strategic Alliances Focusing on the Building Internet of Things Gain Prominence
April 21st, 2017Smart, Smarter, CyberSmart: Protecting the New Generation of Buildings
March 7th, 2017
Would you like some Chips with that Sir?
The brain of the video surveillance camera is the chipsets that integrate the functionality of complex megapixel cameras. Traditional chipset providers, such as Ambarella and Hisilicon, are able to deliver their customers megapixel and sophisticated camera functionality in silicon today. The world’s major producers Intel and Qualcomm are also now taking notice as they see […]
The Future of Smart Buildings is Ultimately All About the People Inside
From access to lighting, to heating or cooling, to parking and asset management the Internet of Things (IoT) is infiltrating our buildings, trying to make them smarter. But who should buildings really be designed? We still don’t know if these invasive, all-powerful systems will be accepted by building occupants themselves. “No matter what the benefits […]
Have You Ever Considered How Diverse The Smart City Sector Is?
Have you ever considered how diverse the smart city sector is? Think about the variety of companies from different industries it brings together, along with government agencies, academics, social enterprises, urbanists and community leaders. Is there anything quite like that in the modern world? Smart Cities could be called the Urban IoT and by definition […]
What Physical Security Customers Want Today & Need in the Future
This is the second of a two part article that analyses what the customer of physical security equipment wants today and what they needs in the future. In the first article we discussed the customers needs today operating within the 2 main development stages of physical security equipment that have taken place in the last […]
The Commoditization of Video Surveillance Cameras
The Video Surveillance manufacturing business with the exception of a minor blip in 2009 has delivered consistent profitable growth over the last decade. This is a great achievement considering the difficult trading conditions brought about by the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008. Fortunately latent demand was there to be exploited by an industry that […]
HIKVision Partners with Movidius Bringing Neural Networks to Video Surveillance
There are huge “gains to be made when it comes to neural networks and intelligent camera systems”, declared Hu Yangzhong, CEO of Chinese firm Hikvision, last week. Hikvision has struck a deal with US machine vision firm Movidius to bring greater levels of machine learning to their video surveillance cameras. Through the deal, Hikvision’s next […]
Confused World of IoT Alliances Showing Signs of Maturing
“The Industry Alliances and Consortia universe is still a bit of a mess,” states our new report The Internet of Things in Smart Commercial Buildings 2016 to 2021. The in-depth report explores the emerging sector for connected devices in a commercial real estate market that is quickly becoming a major driving force in the internet […]
Building Automation is Affordable for Smaller Buildings. They Just Don’t Know it Yet.
A building automation system (BAS) acts like the central nervous system for a smart building. Through the installation of sensors, software, a network and a cloud-based data store, BAS allows building owners and tenants to monitor, maintain and manage the mechanical, electrical and electromechanical functions within a structure. However, high cost has meant that only […]
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