Smart Cities
Webinar: What Customers REALLY Want from a Smart Building!
January 16th, 2023Midea Commercial Building Technologies Business Examined
January 10th, 2023How 5G will Change Video Surveillance & How it Won’t!
Few technologies have been hyped as much as 5G. Even before the rollout of 4G, the hype began to build around its successor and projecting the transformative change that 5G would bring to almost every industry. In the physical security sector, 5G is being hailed as a game-changer for video surveillance and other security applications. […]
Webinar: What Building Owners Need to Know About Cyber Security Insurance!
Please join us on Tuesday 6th December at 1700 Paris | 1600 London | 1100 New York | 0800 San Francisco for our 7th FREE Webinar in the 2022 Smart Buildings Series. We will be joined by Tina Jolliffe from Consort Insurance to discuss exactly what commercial building owners & operators need to know to make sure […]
Siemens Buildings Business & 2022 Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine the Buildings business of Siemens, which operates within the Smart Infrastructure (SI) division, based on their Q4 press conference, earnings release, investor presentations of 17th November 2022 and building technology-related activities throughout the year. SI revenue growth is being led by strength in the Electrical Products business, which reported […]
Smart Buildings & Cities Demand an Electric Power Revolution!
The adoption of smart buildings and cities continues to grow around the world to increase energy efficiency and human-centric benefits while reducing our negative impact on the environment. However, as smart technology continues to proliferate it has become clear that our current electrical system was not designed for this modern world. From IoT devices to […]
Mapping the Strategic Direction of Honeywell in the Smart Buildings Space – Part 1
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of Honeywell in the smart commercial buildings space. We have mapped M&A, divestments, strategic partnerships and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the company, by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period. This article, Part 1 of a 2-part analysis, is intended as […]
SenseTime’s Artificial Intelligence Business Examined
In this research note we examine the ups and downs of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) giant, SenseTime, during their turbulent first year as a publicly traded company. Founded in 2014 by computer scientists, SenseTime specializes in AI-powered software that analyzes images, including faces, and competes directly with Megvii Technology, backed by the Alibaba Group, which […]
Charting Echelon’s Meandering Journey to EnOcean
In February 1988, in Palo Alto, California, a startup company was founded by Armas Clifford “Mike” Markkula Jr. the grandson of a Finnish immigrant to the US. That company, Echelon Technology, would go on to develop the LON protocol, and help pioneer the evolution of open standard networking platforms, making a big contribution to the IoT […]
Webinar: The Value of Smartness
Please join us on Thursday 20th October at 1700 Paris | 1600 London | 1100 New York | 0800 San Francisco for our 6th FREE Webinar in the 2022 Smart Buildings Series. We will be joined by Deloitte to Discus How the Value of a Building Operating System goes well beyond the reduction of CAPEX and OPEX. […]