IoT
Where will Physical Security Software Benefit Most from Big Data & Cloud Computing?
December 2nd, 2014EnOcean Creates New Avenues into the Smart Home Market
December 1st, 2014The Changing Competitive Landscape Requires Security Manufacturers to Redefine Business Models
During the last 3 years the competitive landscape in the Physical Security market has undergone significant change as prices have fallen and margins tightened. This is the result of the growing maturity of IP Networking products where innovation has become incremental and product differentiation has been more difficult to achieve. At the same time changes […]
Daintree Networks Takes Building Energy Management Software Into The Cloud
According to a press release yesterday, Daintree Networks is making their ControlScope software available as a subscription-based cloud application, in an approach they are calling Building Energy Management Software as a Service (BEMaaS) Companies will be able to buy monitoring and optimization services that allow them to stay on top of changes in their building […]
Access Control Upstages Video Surveillance in the Quest for Driving Growth
Poor trading conditions right across the developed world in recent years have caused physical security equipment buyers to hold back on replacing old systems unless they can be sure that the new systems improve the effectiveness of security, reduces operating cost and delivers an improved and satisfactory ROI on their investment. There is only one […]
The Internet of Things Ensures Continuity of Growth & Stability in the Physical Security Business
This year the world’s Physical Security Industry (Access Control / Video Surveillance / Intruder Alarms) has completed 5 years of continuous growth, coming out of the economic tsunami of 2008 it’s now structurally and financially stronger. Going forward, it will play a major role in the Internet of Things (IoT). Security is synonymous with all […]
Will Building Owners & Operators get a Return on their Internet of Things Investments?
The terminology “The Internet of Things” (IoT) was coined by MIT’s Kevin Ashton around 20 years ago but only more recently has it become a subject of immense interest to the building services industry and their customers; the owners and operators of smart buildings. So where does the Building Service Industry fit within the wider […]
The Global Market for the Internet of Things in Smart Buildings will Rise to over $85Bn by 2020
Memoori’s new research report is an objective assessment of the market for Internet of Things Technologies, Networks and Services in Buildings 2014 to 2020. http://memoori.com/portfolio/internet-things-smart-buildings-2014-2020 Overall connectivity penetration rates across all building systems are currently only around 16%. This connectivity penetration rate will of course rise steadily over the coming years, and with it the […]
Echelon Goes “All In” on Internet of Things (IoT), but will the Strategy Work?
With the announcement last week that Echelon has completed the sale of its Smart Grid Division, the company are now “All In” on the Industrial Internet of Things. This move to focus their efforts is in tune with others in Silicon Valley, such as the recently announced Paypal spinoff from eBay, driven through by Carl […]
Cooking Up “Protocol Soup” for the Building Internet of Things (BIoT)
Most of the column inches dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) inevitably focus on consumer products. However last weeks’ acquisition of IoT pioneer Neul by Chinese mobile giant Huawei has shifted focus a little bit towards M2M / Industrial solutions. Huawei paid a reported $25m for Neul, who are a key contributor to the […]
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