Canadian smart cities and buildings firm Kontrol Technologies announced that its Kontrol BioCloud technology has delivered a real-time detection of the coronavirus from its completed pilot in the Middle East.
The successful testing was completed as part of Kontrol's Middle East pilot with a laboratory...
LoRaWAN IoT specialist Alliot Technologies has signed an agreement with Wattsense solution in the U.K. and Europe to deliver smart building technology to small and mid-sized buildings.
Wattsense is a technology company dedicated to improving Building Management Systems (BMS), allowing interoperability and IoT integration.
Alliot's Technical...
Wilson Electronics, a specialist in cellular signal amplifier technology, announced significant growth of its enterprise cellular amplifier line, WilsonPro.
Driven by 5G demand, WilsonPro says it saw more than 200% year-over-year growth in many major vertical markets, including the health care industry.
Bruce Lancaster, CEO of...
Otis Worldwide announced a new generation of digitally native elevators including the Otis Gen3 and Gen360 digital elevator platforms.
The Otis ONE IoT digital platform is native to both platforms, providing the connected intelligence that defines these elevators. By collecting and analyzing massive amounts of...
Google Cloud announced an expanded relationship with smart buildings specialist Johnson Controls that will involve the latter company running SAP's Enterprise Resource Planning Central Component (ECC) environment on Google Cloud.
Migrating its SAP ECC environment to the cloud has helped Johnson Controls modernize some of...
Harris County, in Texas, is deploying a next-generation security system in its buildings with the aim of making them more efficient and easier to operate.
The new Honeywell system replaces multiple, disparate systems by integrating access control, security cameras, alarms and monitoring across the county's...
Japanese firm Azbil Corporation announced that it has started developing new digital solutions for use with intelligent building management systems (IBMS), with support from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).
?In recent years, as modern cities are being transformed into smart cities, solutions are being...
Canadian firm mCloud Technologies has added grid-adaptive demand management to its AssetCare for Buildings solution.
The new offering uses AI in the cloud to manage the electric demand of a building in direct response to signals from local utility operators, the company said.
mCloud said it...
Planon, which provides real estate and facility management software, has announced the acquisition of Axonize, the Israel-based developer of a cloud-based IoT platform.
Planon noted that this acquisition strengthens the firm?s position in the smart building systems market.
The firm also said that Axonize complements Planon's...
JLL, a professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management, announced the release of JLL Azara, which is a corporate real estate data and insights platform.
The new platform was developed by JLL Technologies (JLLT), a business division of JLL that is...
Aruba, which is part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, announced that Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas has selected an end-to-end Aruba ESP-based network to deliver immersive experiences to guests at the 35-story, 777-room sports-themed property, as well as to satellite locations throughout Nevada,...
Austin-based AirBox Air Purifier (AirBox), which manufactures and markets commercial-grade portable plug-in air purifiers, has entered into a partnership with PureAware, a portable air purifier fleet management solution.
Through this partnership, AirBox will equip their Peak Series units with a small, embedded PureAware wireless monitor...
Digital Colony has completed its acquisition of DAS and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless for a total of $854 million.
The transaction also includes the assumption of $199 million of the latter’s net debt obligations.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Boingo stockholders will receive $14.00...
U.S. wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie has partnered with BEI Hotel, a newly renovated hotel in the heart of San Francisco, to bring enhanced fiber and 5G wireless connectivity to the property.
?Of all the high-tech amenities we provide at our hotel, quality wireless connectivity is...
Smart building specialist Honeywell announced the commercial launch of Honeywell Sine, a mobile solution to support organizations in their plans to return workers to buildings.
From managing varying occupancy levels to pre-screening visitors before arrival, Honeywell says the new solution can help facility managers and...
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is nearing a deal to acquire U.S. wireless solutions provider Mobilitie, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
According to the report, the potential transaction is expected to value Mobilitie at more than $1.3 billion.
CPPIB operates...
Aruba, which is part of? Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has announced an enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 6E solution set ? the 630 Series of campus access points (APs), starting with the AP-635.
Wi-Fi 6E refers to Wi-Fi devices that operate in the 6 GHz band, which was opened...
Smart buildings specialist Honeywell released findings of a computer modeling study that examined indoor air quality in hotel common areas, focusing specifically on filtration and purification methods used to help mitigate potential airborne contaminants.
The company noted that hotels are increasingly turning to technology to...
U.S. wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie has inked a deal with global event producer ASM Global as sports and entertainment venues worldwide begin to return to live events at full capacities.
?ASM Global creates memorable live events every night worldwide and we are committed to providing...
California-based Buildings IOT secured a $10 million investment from Keyframe Capital, the former said in a release.
The company provides building operators with solutions that increase building health and reduce utility costs, energy consumption, carbon emissions and cyber risk.
"Building stakeholders are scrambling to adjust to...
The projections for a robust retail segment this year are good. The National Retail Federation is forecasting retail sales in the U.S. could grow anywhere between 6.5 percent and 8.2 percent this year; and 50 million square feet of new retail space is anticipated...
As part of a White House roundtable on building efficiency, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm recently announced a number of actions to power more American homes and buildings with cleaner, smarter, and more affordable energy services with the aim of reducing the...
Wireless connectivity has never been as crucial to as many people as it is today. In a new world shaped by social distancing, wireless capabilities have transcended convenience and become the primary fabric of human interaction.
As recently as 2016, ABI Research reported that more...
Smart buildings specialist Johnson Controls has partnered with DigiCert, a provider of digital certificate services and PKI solutions, to provide customers with advanced connectivity for smart building technology.
The partnership enables the Johnson Controls OpenBlue digital solutions suite to utilize DigiCert's ONE PKI platform.
"This strategic...
