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 […]