Internet of Things
Video Camera Business Loses Focus, Caught in the Headlights of Oncoming Chinese Manufacturers
September 15th, 2017Traditional Lighting Firms Seize The IoT Opportunity
September 14th, 2017
No Commercial Building Too Small For The Internet of Things Era
Smart building technology promises to revolutionize our built environment but as yet it really only applies to the biggest buildings, the 10% of commercial real estate where return on investment (ROI) is attractive enough. For the vast majority of buildings, the small and medium sized commercial real estate, this revolution is yet to take shape […]
Is the Light Industry Still in the Dark When it Comes to Cyber Security?
This May, the global news headlines announced that a penetrating chain of attacks had taken place. Over the course of just 24 hours, 45,000 cyber-attacks had taken place in 99 countries around the world. The ‘WannaCry’ ransomware attack hit multiple organisations hard, created over 200,000 victims, and even left vital operations having to be cancelled […]
Security By Design – The Only Way To Effectively Protect Smart Buildings From Cyber Attack
Cyber attacks are an unfortunate reality of our connected world, and as more of our smart buildings get online, it seems there is no stopping the increased threat to them from hackers. While we may be helpless in reducing the wide variety of attempts to bring down or hold to ransom our connected assets, we […]
Study Finds That Exxon Mislead the public on Climate Change, Concerning the Smart Tech Sector
A Harvard study released last Wednesday, August 23rd, has accused oil giant Exxon Mobil of misleading the public during the past 40 years, over the causes and implications of climate change. This new comprehensive study, alongside US president Donald Trump’s long history of disregarding human influence on climate change, casts doubt over US government and […]
Investment in IoT Platforms for Commercial Buildings is on the Rise
Investment in IoT platforms for commercial buildings has continued to rise unabated since 2015. With the recent flood of low cost connected building systems, advanced sensors and cloud-based data analytics software driven by machine learning, a diverse range of building management platforms aimed at energy efficiency and asset optimization are being launched. The companies described […]
Osram Broadens Portfolio With Smart Building Focused Acquisition of Digital Lumens
Lighting giant Osram has agreed to acquire smart building focused start-up Digital Lumens Inc, for an undisclosed fee. The move is the most recent in a string of similar deals that have seem promising start-ups assimilated by one of the sectors big players. The deal will allow Osram to expand its internet of things (IoT) […]
ONVIF Acceptance Rates High for Video Surveillance but Lower for Access Control
In 2014, ONVIF brought out the final release of Profile C, which enables interoperability between different manufactures devices of physical access control systems (PACS) and network-based video systems. This was an important step towards extending the ONVIF specifications into physical access control. Through the availability of the Profile C Test Tool manufacturers are able to […]
“The Internet of Things Requires An Entirely Different Approach To Security”
There seems little doubt about it anymore; the Internet of Things (IoT) age is upon us. Predictions for IoT growth and adoption, from the world’s biggest economic analysis agencies, range from huge to incredibly huge. Yet we are still to agree on a suitable formula to make the IoT secure from cyber attack, and if […]
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