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Mapping the Strategic Direction of Siemens in Smart Buildings – Part 2
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March 4th, 2022
Verkada Hack “Exposes How Broadly We’re Being Surveilled & How Little is Put into Securing IoT”
A damning IoT security breach occurred this week as a hacker group gained access to video surveillance feeds, as well as company and customer data, of Silicon Valley security startup Verkada. The hackers gained access to over 150,000 cameras, including those in Tesla factories and warehouses, Cloudflare offices, Equinox gyms, hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, […]
Everybody Wants their Space in the Booming Occupancy Analytics Market
The use of occupancy analytics has been a rising trend for buildings in recent years, driving productivity by helping enterprises balance occupant health and comfort with occupant density. As we come to terms with the return to the office being a stop-start process, applying occupancy levels in line with public health guidelines, we begin to […]
Decline in Q1 VC Investment in Smart Buildings Offset by Increase in Transaction Values
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. The number of Q1-2020 funding rounds in the smart buildings space declined 27%, but there was an increase of 84% in transaction values compared to Q4-2019. Venture capital financing is undoubtedly being impacted by COVID-19 but it is too early to say by […]
“as a Service” Gaining Real Momentum in Access Control & Video Surveillance
Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) and Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) have long been touted as the next big thing in security. In 2018 they finally realised substantial growth and in the case of VSaaS, we believe the market broke through the $1Bn barrier. Some are forecasting demand will grow at a Compound […]