Internet of Things
The Evolution of BIoT… Will it be Top Down or Bottom Up?
February 22nd, 2016Smart Building Innovators Lead in Global Cleantech
February 19th, 2016
The Long Road Ahead For Smart Home Apps
Of the 4.5 million people identified as IoT developers in 2015, 1.4 million were focused on smart home apps a recent report by VisionMobile says. The report identifies seven distinct IoT app development themes; smart home, retail, industrial, wearables, smart city, medical and the connected car. It shows the smart home as the most popular […]
IBM Hackers Highlight Cyber Security Vulnerabilities in Smart Buildings
Ethical hackers from IBM’s X-Force tested a smart buildings automation system and encountered numerous serious security issues. The researchers identified several security holes that provide hackers with a backdoor into corporate networks through the office’s climate control systems. This recent discovery highlights the dangers of unsecure connected devices within the Internet of Things (IoT) and […]
Smarter Sensors will mean Smarter & Faster Decisions
The Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data isn’t just about more data, it is about smarter, faster decisions. Smarter measurements and faster decisions can result from wise use of smarter sensors, which allow us to better manage the collection, processing, and analysis of data in order to make quicker, more informed decisions. “As smart […]
The Internet of People, Process, Data & Things – Everything
While 2016 has been dubbed the year of IoT, professor Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering http://www.jcse.org.za/, believes that despite the hype surrounding the IoT, including big data, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI), this year the Internet of Everything (IoE) will take centre stage. The “Internet of Everything” is seen as […]
“There is No Better Place to provide Building Automation from than Access Control”
This month Memoori spoke with Adam Stroud, Paxton Access Chief Executive, about the companies ambitions and the role of Access Control in a smart, connected building. Adam is responsible for overseeing the direction and strategy for all companies in the Paxton Group; Paxton Access Ltd, Gendis Ltd, Paxton Access Inc. and Paxton GmbH. After intensifying […]
Shouldn’t We All Have Smart Homes By Now?
So it’s 2016 and we all live in Smart Homes – perfectly energy efficient residences that have learned our behavioural patterns and cater for our every need – or at least we’re supposed to be by now aren’t we? Much more likely is that you, like the vast majority of us in the “smart world”, […]
Sensors, Sensors, Everywhere…
Forget about costs and practicalities for a minute, and consider what would the world be like if we had environmental sensors everywhere? When taking the Internet of Things (IoT) concept to its greatest extent, sensors could link to our climate control systems, our transport systems, our healthcare systems – adapting to our preferences, improving our […]
Smart Cities can be the Platform for All Smart Things
We will have smart cities before we have smart homes, that is the view of AT&T as they launched their Smart Cities Framework alongside international technology show CES in Las Vegas earlier this month. The telecom giant announced that it is partnering with a who’s who of Big Data (Cisco, Deloitte, Ericsson, GE, IBM, Intel, […]
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