Internet of Things
Big Data Out, Internet of Things In: Gartner’s Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies
August 31st, 2015Why the Building Internet of Things Will Enable Smart Buildings
August 21st, 2015Wireless Technologies Battle for Internet of Things Supremacy
Today’s industrial revolution is the Internet of Things. If a company’s new electronic product isn’t connected and their business model doesn’t include a services component then they are losing relevancy and mindshare of their customers and falling behind their competition. By 2017, Gartner anticipates that 50% of IoT solutions will come from start-up companies less […]
Alarm.com Rivals Nest with Smart Thermostat
Smart home technology company Alarm.com reported their highly anticipated financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015. Above most analyst estimates, total revenue increased by 23% to $51.9 million for the second quarter of 2015 compared to $42.1 million for the second quarter of 2014. “We maintained solid revenue growth and profitability in […]
Internet of Things for the Insurance Industry: Privacy vs Rewards
Forward thinking insurance firms are realising that they can increase their profitability metrics and better their risk modelling by investing in the Internet of Things (IoT). Earlier this year Verizon released its State of the Market: The Internet of Things 2015 report; a comprehensive look at how enterprises adopt and implement connected strategies in different […]
Smart Buildings and Businesses Vulnerable to “Shadow IT”
The workplace is changing in our ever more connected world. Mobile devices, the cloud, bring your own device (BYOD) and the Internet of things (IoT) have introduced a whole new style of computing, and are forcing businesses big and small to rethink what security needs to look like in order to protect the growing numbers […]
The Key Market Drivers for the Building Internet of Things Business
The key drivers causing Building Automation (BAS) to morph into the Building Internet of Things (BIoT) fall into 3 main categories – business drivers, technology drivers and energy efficiency drivers. In the first category the driver that will have the most impact in the long term is data integration into business systems. Organizations are increasingly […]
Is the Building Internet of Things Across the Chasm?
This article was written by Therese Sullivan from http://buildingcontext.me/. To me it feels like the market for software and services supporting data-driven commercial building operations a.k.a. the Building Internet of Things (BIoT) — is moving into a higher gear. So to think through the shifting momentum, I took out my Crossing the Chasm Colorforms and […]
Why the Internet of Things Changes Physical Security
This article, written by Per Bjorkdahl, Chairman of the ONVIF Steering Committee explains why the security industry needs to take special care in ensuring that the introduction of IoT into the physical security industry meets the highest security standards. To do this and ensure that the most appropriate communication standard is adopted requires ONVIF to […]
Building Automation Start-Up Ecovent closes $6.9 million Series A funding
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) start-up, Ecovent, announced this week that it has closed a $6.9 million Series A funding round led by Emerson Climate Technologies, and includes participation from Tamarisc and Blue Fog Capital. The Boston based firm produces intelligent home zoning systems designed to deliver room-by-room climate control. The company, established through a […]
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