Country Profile: Republic of Kosovo
By Skender Shala, Miniproject. Several years ago, after the conflict in 1999, there was a shortage of residential buildings in the main cities of Kosovo. This caused a boom in the construction industry, which now accounts for nearly 10% of all registered companies. Around the same percentage of all employed people are also involved in […]
Futuresource Consulting Expects the Audio industry to Capitalise on New Role at the Centre of the Smart Home
Voice recognition technology is shaking up the CE industry, broadening the horizons of speaker vendors and reinventing the audio device as the gatekeeper of voice, smart home and machine learning. “There is no doubt that the audio industry will play a starring role in the rise of the connected home,” says Rasika D’Souza, Senior Market […]
Cherry Industrial Solutions Becomes ZF – the New Switch und Sensor Brand
Rebranding completed at Electronica 2016 ZF Friedrichshafen AG used the Electronica show from November 8th to 11th 2016 to complete the rebranding of the long established switch and sensors manufacturer CHERRY Industrial Solutions to ZF brand. From 1st January 2017, all products sold via the Industrial Solutions product line will be branded ZF. By utilizing […]
Futuresource Consulting Finds Smart Home is Next Strategic Battleground for CE Sector
But Consumer Confusion is Widespread Smart home automation, smart appliance ownership, and smart home surveillance could be primed and ready for growth, though progress is being hindered by widespread confusion, according to a comprehensive new consumer research report from Futuresource Consulting. The study, which interviewed more than 4,000 people across the UK, France, Germany and […]
Memoori Expects Smart Building Device Connections to be Worth US$11.2 Billion in 2021
Smart Commercial Buildings Show their Importance to the IoT Smart Building device connections are expected to grow from $2.7bn in 2015 to $11.2bn in 2021, according to our new report The Internet of Things in Smart Commercial Buildings 2016 to 2021. This prediction demonstrates the burgeoning strength of the smart building market within the internet […]
Memoori Research Expects the Global Market for IoT in Commercial Buildings to Grow to US$75.5 Billion by 2021
Memoori’s new research report is an objective assessment of the market for Internet of Things Technologies, Networks and Services in Commercial Buildings from 2016 to 2021. The report focuses on market sizing analysis and a comprehensive assessment of the competitive landscape. It also provides crucial insights and detailed analysis of the technology enablers, drivers and […]
Futuresource Consulting Expects Voice Control to Feature in Smart Home Applications
Futuresource Consulting highlights the importance that voice will play in next generation CE products. In July 2015, Amazon launched its first audio device, called Echo, which has since become the bestselling wireless speaker in the US and is expected to sell around 3.9 million units by the end of this year (cumulative since launch), earning […]
Country Update: KNX in Australia
By Clayton Brown, Ivory Egg. Australia is a vast continent with great distances between each of the major cities. This means that each region has to rely heavily on its own economy. As the crow flies, the distance between Sydney and Perth is around 3300km, more than 800km further than that between London and Moscow. […]
Interview: Michael Seeland, Jung
Having opened a new office for Jung in Wandsworth, South London, Michael Seeland, General Manager of Jung UK, is ready to address the project market in a big way. Seeland trained as a technician electrician in Austria, and has held various posts ranging from service engineering to project design of passive houses. He also is […]
Navigant Research Expects Commercial Building Automation Product and Services Revenue to Exceed US$102 Billion in 2025
Major building automation systems vendors are introducing new versions of their core offerings as well as complementary intelligent building solutions, report finds A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for commercial building automation systems (BASs) in five key technology segments, offering an analysis of market issues, with forecasts for revenue, through 2025. […]