Siemens Building Technologies
Strategic Partnerships are Critical to the Development of Building Performance Software Companies
May 29th, 2017Building Technology Suppliers Strengthen Digital Innovation through Accelerator and Incubation Hubs
March 28th, 2017The Transformation of the Building Performance Software Business
The building performance software industry has at least 350 established suppliers delivering across 6 main different market segments that can be further sub-divided into 16 segments. These segments overlap and cause confusion when the building operators are evaluating how they meet their value propositions. This is particularly critical now that the major real estate owners […]
Smart Buildings are a Key Element of the Digitization Transforming our Economies
Digitization is driving the transformation of our modern economies. That is the view of many experts who see the potential gains from the masses of data now streaming in from all manner of connected objects. Needless to say, digitization from computers, the Internet and smartphones have and will continue to make a huge impact on […]
Tech Giants Showcase Smart Technologies In Their Own Buildings
As a smart building technology company there really is no excuse not to have smart headquarters for your own business. In fact, many leading firms have been using their own facilities as test beds for their technology and even as a showcase to demonstrate how their technology can improve employee comfort and productivity; as well […]
New Partnerships Underline IBM’s Smart Building Ambitions
Last week, KONE, a global company in the elevator and escalator industry, entered into an agreement with tech giant IBM, where KONE will use IBM’s technology and experience to harness the potential of digitalisation and the Internet of Things (IoT) in smart buildings. KONE stated that it “will use IBM’s Watson IoT Cloud Platform to […]
Strategic Alliances and Investments in the Smart Buildings Landscape
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. Partnerships and investments can play an increasingly important role in implementing strategic goals, particularly in providing access to the range of innovative technologies being developed for the smart buildings marketplace. While acquisitions are also being regularly undertaken by the building technology players as an […]
Building Internet of Things Growth is Being Restricted by the Supply Chain
In a previous article on IoT in buildings “Partnering is the Key to Success for Emerging Building Internet of Things Players” discussed why the Building Automation Systems (BAS) suppliers were becoming a little less enthusiastic about the morphing of their business to the Building Internet of Things (BIoT). Sharing a much bigger pie with the […]
Big Data is Critical to Delivering the Internet of Things in Buildings
Big Data is the most critical element in delivering a fully automated control and management system to commercial & industrial smart buildings. It is the software that makes it possible to fine tune and automate without the intervention of humans. Solutions must satisfy building owners buying propositions; which is that their investment must reduce the […]
In 2014, Growth through Acquisition in Video Surveillance Cooled Off – Will the Axis Deal Change this now?
The announcement last month that Canon will buy Axis Communications has created much comment about the significance of the deal and how it may change the competitive landscape; setting off a new wave of consolidation in the Security industry. To establish the importance of this deal you need to go back over at least the […]