IoT building penetration up despite Covid, says F&S

Although the effect of the pandemic was severe in traditional markets such as HVAC, lighting and building automation, technology-based software markets flourished, according to market watcher Frost & Sullivan. [...]

Johnson Controls and DigiCert connect on smart buildings

Johnson Controls is to leverage Utah-based DigiCert’s IoT Device Manager to provide secure connectivity to its OpenBlue smart building platform. Johnson Controls has partnered with DigiCert, a provider of [...]

CSA shows standards Matter

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), formerly known as the Zigbee Alliance, has announced Matter, an interoperable, secure connectivity standard for smart homes based on Project Chip. The proliferation of [...]

Siemens and Telefónica enable smart buildings in Spain

Siemens and Telefónica Tech are offering a package in Spain that provides services for smart buildings. This collaboration should let both companies present a joint value proposition that includes [...]

Infosys smart office helps New Yorkers return to work

Indian digital services company Infosys is working with New York-based RXR Realty to develop a smart office platform running on Microsoft Azure to enable a safe return to work. [...]

Buildots AI accesses construction site data

Israeli AI construction tech start-up Buildots has released a mobile control room to give project managers access to critical information on the go. Profit margins in construction are some [...]

Smart HVAC start-up Dabbel raises €3.6m

German property-technology start-up Dabbel has raised €3.6m in a financing round. Founded in 2018, Dabbel has developed cloud-based AI software that plugs into the building management systems (BMS) of [...]

ADI digitally transforms Burnley stadium

English Premier League club Burnley is turning Turf Moor into one of the most digitally advanced stadiums in European football using technology from local firm ADI. ADI’s proprietary LED [...]

QA Cafe tester checks smart home products

New Hampshire-based QA Cafe, a provider of network test and analysis tools, has released an automated tester to improve feature and protocol interoperability of IoT and smart home products. [...]

J2 upgrades Fin smart building software

California-based Siemens subsidiary J2 Innovations has upgraded its software platform for smart buildings, smart equipment and IoT applications. The dashboard builder app gives OEMs, facility managers and end-users the [...]

Montreal picks Oseda software to manage construction

Montreal has selected Aïdi construction project management software from local company Oseda to manage all its projects for the next seven years. This should help ensure that budgets and [...]

Dali Alliance specification covers wireless and IP networks

The Dali Alliance has launched Dali+, a specification that covers Dali lighting control over wireless and IP-based networks. Dali+ builds on the existing Dali lighting-control features in wired Dali-2 [...]