Building automation has a powerful role to play in virtually any workplace that relies on industrial controls for smoothly running operations. However, the confluence of regulatory compliance requirements, changing business models and customer expectations makes the healthcare industry a prime candidate for intelligent building automation solutions. As with many intelligent building scenarios, automation related to […]
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The role of cloud in intelligent buildings
As intelligent buildings continue to emerge as a major pillar of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the use of public and hybrid cloud technology will hold the key to offering the economics and elasticity necessary for critical compute and storage resources required for a variety of industrial control systems At a basic level, the advantages of […]
Siemens expands presence in the building automation market via new acquisition
Siemens said the acquisition of Califonia-based J2 Innovations will allow the firm to grow its business in this segment German firm Siemens confirmed that it is acquiring California-based J2 Innovations, a software framework provider for building automation and the internet of things. J2 has been operating in the IoT software business over the last ten […]