MDT technologies has a New Look

A new look for familiar quality      Completely new, yet still recognisable. On 1/3/2022, the KNX manufacturer MDT technologies is presenting its new branding. A modern appearance, which clearly reflects the fact that the company specialises in KNX, has been unveiled. The highlight of the new website is a 3D configurator for the KNX Push Buttons, […]

Verdantix Benchmark Reveals Four Leaders In IoT Platforms For Smart Buildings

Four firms – JCI, Schneider Electric, Siemens and Spacewell – currently lead the market for Internet of Things (IoT) platforms for Smart Buildings but face strong competition from new entrants and innovative start-ups. Using its proprietary Green Quadrant methodology, independent research firm Verdantix assessed the capabilities of the 17 most prominent IoT platforms for Smart Buildings on […]

Leading the Market: KNX ranks top in independent survey

Yasmin Hashmi looks at the findings of a recent independent survey by smart home magazine, HiddenWires, which shows that KNX comes out top in terms of awareness and adoption. The pandemic, whilst having a negative impact on many popular industries such as travel and live entertainment, has seen a growth in the residential market as […]

Integration of Disparate Systems in Commercial Buildings: IP-BLiS promotes common best practices

As building control technology converges with IT, the market interest group, IP-BLiS, is recommending the consistent use of Internet Protocol (IP) across the entire network. Yasmin Hashmi looks at the rationale behind this and discusses the common best practices proposed by IP-BLiS for providing secure, multi-standard, IP-based harmonised networks. Until recently, different technologies used in […]

Outlook for 2022: KNX Powers On

Yasmin Hashmi summarises interviews with the KNX Association and a selection of its members to see why KNX is so popular around the world, and what its direction of travel will be during 2022. Whatever the challenge, be it a pandemic or catastrophic climate change, KNX is up to the job. The resourceful KNX community […]

First Certified IoT Platform to Combine OCF and Thread Capabilities Offers Significant Step Towards Achieving the Vision of IP-BLIS

Pioneers strong security offering for low power, large area IP-based mesh networks OCF welcomes the certification of the first ever standards-based, low power IoT platform to combine the end-to-end security benefits of Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) technology and the low power and wide-area coverage advantages of Thread. Its availability creates an unprecedented opportunity for the […]

Omdia Expects Purpose-Driven Smart Homes to Drive Market Size of US$178 Billion in 2025

Despite a turbulent 2020, the smart home market is poised for exceptional growth as the industry aims to bring intelligence to ‘not-so-smart’ smart homes, according to research group Omdia. The expansion beyond traditional retail channels and traditional use cases such as security will be achieved through partnerships and new technologies, ranging from Matter to Wi-Fi/radar […]