Siemens bringing IoT to bear for smart, safe offices
Salesforce and Siemens announced a strategic partnership to develop a new workplace technology suite that will support businesses globally to safely reopen and deliver the future experience for physical workplaces.
The partnership will combine Salesforce?s Work.com, powered...
I was supposed to go to Cannes, France in March, and then maybe in June, for the annual MIPIM event. Instead, I ended up engaging with the event virtually, trading the South of France for my one-bedroom apartment in Madison, WI. I realize that,...
KPMG and Planon have entered a partnership to extend cooperation to support organizations looking to digitize the process of leasing real estate and portfolio management.
Over the past two years, the firms have been working together on helping companies to comply with IFRS 16...
Schneider Electric and and Cisco have formed a technology partnership designed to help drive major advances in the smart building field.
The two companies have developed, tested and validated designs that help connect building management systems to an Internet Protocol (IP) network with a secure...
Distributed antenna system and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has been selected by the Hawaii Tourism Authority to design, build, operate and maintain a neutral host cellular and public safety DAS network for the Hawaii Convention Center (HCC).
In a release, the company said that the...
ACnet?International, KNX Association, OCF, Thread Group and the Zigbee Alliance have joined forces in an effort to better align commercial buildings with users' connectivity needs and to improve the integration of smart building products.
These organizations behind the leading technology standards in the field of...
Fiplex Communications, which specializes in mission-critical solutions for indoor public-safety communications, announced the launch and general availability of Fiplex FLEX, a flexible and scalable in-building wireless platform.
The firm said that FLEX addresses performance and complexity challenges inherent to complying with stringent critical communications code...
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) have completed two joint energy efficiency projects.
In total, the projects are saving the university 66,000 therms of energy every year. Both projects were part of California's joint Energy Efficiency Partnership between state universities and investor-owned utilities. Over the...
IBM has unveiled Watson Works, a set of products that embeds?Watson?artificial intelligence (AI) models and applications to help companies navigate many aspects of the return-to-workplace challenge following lockdowns put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.
IBM noted that Watson Works provides data-driven insights...
U.S. fiber infrastructure provider FiberLight announced that its network has been chosen by?Slice Wireless Solutions?to deliver public W-iFi and Distributed Antenna System (DAS) wireless capabilities for the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall).
Slice Wireless, which provides Wi-Fi solutions and network installations for SMBs,...
IoT company Eleven-x and?Pinchin, one of Canada?s largest building science, environmental and health & safety consulting firms, have inked a partnership to deploy innovative new building and indoor environment monitoring.
The partners said that the offering will be part of a comprehensive solution to help...
IoT specialist BehrTech said that?Andorix, an expert in smart building readiness and infrastructure solutions, has leveraged MYTHINGS?to enable multiple IoT solutions in commercial buildings managed by?QuadReal Property Group,?which is a global real estate investment, operating and development company.
The smart buildings will be enabled with...
California-based building automation developer J2 Innovations has launched the FIN microBMS, a building management system for the management and support of small to mid-sized buildings across multiple sites.
The entry-level FIN-based system is a plug-and-play solution for efficient building management, the firm said. FIN is a...
ExteNet Systems announced the deployment of ?its advanced mobility network at?1515 Market Street?in Philadelphia.
The 20-story Class A office building totaling 502,236 sq. ft.?is located in the heart of Philadelphia?s commercial office district and sits above the city?s main transportation hub. The building?s amenities include...
The 5G use cases span a number of different industry sectors
After speaking with over 1,000 IT decision-makers at U.S. and U.K. enterprises, Nokia released a new study called “Mapping demand: The 5G opportunity in enterprise for communications service providers,” which revealed the top five...
Honeywell and?SAP announced that they have partnered to create a joint cloud-based solution based on Honeywell Forge, the company?s enterprise performance management offering, and the SAP Cloud Platform that will combine operational and business data to support better decision-making and drive greater efficiencies.
The companies...
Polte, which focuses on Cloud Location over Cellular (C-LoC) technology, has launched Polte Proximity, a solution that delivers secure social distancing and contact tracing to support organizations returning to work safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company noted that the new solution does not require...
MatSing, which manufactures high-capacity RF lens antennas, announced that it has entered into a partnership with MobileNet Services, a specialist in the design of wireless infrastructures for lens antennas in stadiums.
"We have successfully deployed multiple stadium projects with MobileNet, and they are by far...
Chinese company Hikvision has launched a "touch-free" temperature screening terminals for businesses dealing with challenges associated to the effects of COVID-19.
As businesses are reopening and employees are returning to work, managing protections for workers, customers and visitors with the lingering effects of COVID-19 poses...
Carrier?introduced its Healthy Buildings Program, which it described as an expanded suite of advanced solutions to help deliver healthy, safe, efficient and productive indoor environments across key verticals including commercial buildings, healthcare, hospitality, education and retail.
Carrier is a global provider of innovative heating, ventilating...
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth technology, and the DiiA, the global DALI alliance of companies from the lighting and sensor industries, announced a collaboration designed to accelerate the adoption of IoT-enabled commercial lighting systems.
The collaboration will enable...
Smart buildings specialist Igor announced the commercial availability of Nexos Intelligent Disinfection, a solution that combines ultraviolet (UV-C) lighting with Internet of Things (IoT) controls to enable widespread, automated disinfection of surfaces.
According to Igor founder and CTO?Dwight Stewart, the patent-pending solution was "inspired by the...
U.S.-based firm Transition Networks, provider of intelligent edge connectivity solutions, claimed that its managed hardened Power Over Ethernet ++ (PoE++) switch is the industry?s first plenum-rated, UL 2043 and UL 2108 certified PoE++ switch for PoE smart lighting systems.
Plenum space refers to the area...
Hong Kong telecom services provider HKT and Worldwide Executive Limited (WEC), which is a professional services provider for property managers, are collaborating to deliver what they claim to be Hong Kong?s largest IoT-powered PropTech deployment for JLL, a real estate professional services firm.
Under the...
