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CEO Richard Newberry at 2019 Realcomm|IBcon, KMC Controls are Open, Scalable, and Secure. Early Collaboration with Intel and Dell Pays Off!

July 8, 2019 by Ken Smyers Leave a Comment

KMC Controls is a Sensor to Server Solution!

Great interview with KMC Controls‘ CEO, Richard Newberry, from ground zero at the 2019 Realcomm|IBcon Conference. KMC Controls is primed for the accelerated adoption of IT-Based Buildings Control Systems. With Open, Scalable, and Secure controllers and BAS options, KMC offers a ready solution for every type of building space.

KMC is your one-stop turnkey solution for building control. We specialize in open, secure and scalable building automations, teaming up with leading technology providers to create innovative products that help customers increase operating efficiency, optimize energy usage, maximize comfort, and improve safety.

Habib Modabber, Director Business Development, at Realcomm|IBcon 2019, Explains Bosch Building Technologies’ Digital Twin Concept

July 7, 2019 by Ken Smyers 1 Comment

Bosch, working with Microsoft Azure, deploys their Digital Twin concept that connects all siloed subsystems of a building into a single user interface that creates the ultimate user experience. Working through Climatec, Bosch’s buildings solutions integrator for the U.S., Bosch Building Technologies has exciting options for any commercial space.

Climatec is a leader in the application of advanced building technologies, delivering workplace comfort and energy efficiency.

We are the Integrator Business of Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH. As your reliable partner, we implement connected and integrated solutions to increase safety, comfort and efficiency of your buildings. Your business and buildings benefit from comprehensive expertise, global experience and state-of-the-art technologies – all from one single source and close to you.

Lots of New Things Happening at Lynxspring! New President, New Products, New Solutions! Check it Out!

July 5, 2019 by Ken Smyers Leave a Comment

New President and CFO Melissa Dziurawiec is excited about Lynxspring's Future!

At the 2019 Realcomm|IBcon ControlTrends had the opportunity to meet up with Terry Swope, CEO and Founder and Melissa Dziurawiec, President and CFO, who tell us about some of the new things happening at Lynxspring. The new 514 Controller brings more Niagara to the edge, where you can also bring your own software!

Jim Young Wraps up 2019 Realcomm|IBcon with ControlTrends — The Most Successful Conference Ever!

June 27, 2019 by Ken Smyers Leave a Comment

Jim Young's summary thoughts on the 2019 Realcomm|IBcon Conference by Eric Stromquist

Although we still have many videos capturing all the great smart building controls technologies and trends, I decided to post our final interview of the show, now!

Jim Young is the Founder of Realcomm Conference Group that produces Realcomm, IBcon and CoRE Tech, the world’s leading conferences on technology, automated business solutions, intelligent buildings and energy efficiency for the commercial and corporate real estate industry.

We have been attending Jim's Realcomm|IBcon show for the last eight years

In short, Jim is the man with the plan, and as near as we can tell, he has a crystal ball too! We have been attending Jim’s Realcomm|IBcon show for the last eight years, and he is been right on with his predictions regarding Smart, Connected Buildings.

To make sure you don’t miss out on any of the videos from this year’s show (and we have a ton more to post)… MAKE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL.

ioTum +Thoughtwire Webinar: Streamline Ops and Security Across Asset Portfolio

June 20, 2019 by Ken Smyers Leave a Comment

Join this webinar and learn how ioTium and ThoughtWire’s solutions can enable you to connect and automate your building, technology and energy systems to transform the way you manage your facility. By connecting to these systems, streamlining your operations, you can reduce operating costs, improve occupancy services and minimize security risks.

SAVE YOUR SPOT!

READ THE PRESS RELEASE

We’re excited to announce that ThoughtWire is joining the ioTium partner ecosystem. “We’re excited to be part of ioTium’s partner ecosystem, which brings together the leading organizations in the industry,” said Mike Monteith, CEO, ThoughtWire. “Together, we are pushing past the boundaries of traditional building environments to collect data that will create secure, intuitive, and intelligent spaces.”

READ THE PRESS RELEASE

GET THE E-BOOK

Smart buildings face serious security risks at multiple levels: the building automation system, the cloud connection, and the remote management interface. For example, each building has multiple sub-systems from a slew of manufacturers (HVAC, Lighting, Access Control, Co2 Monitoring, etc). Download this e-book to understand why security is a critical and crucial part for building automation systems and learn where the security risks lie in your network and what to do about them.

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Live Footage of the Smart Buildings Integrator Summit at IBcon 2019

June 19, 2019 by Eric Stromquist 1 Comment

With over four hours of great dialogue from the smartest minds in Smart Building Controls, we were hard pressed to cover the Master Systems Integrator Summit at the 2019 IBcon Event.

We did live stream a couple of the sessions.

Unedited. Raw. They capture the depth of understanding and usefulness of these smart building trends.

In this video, Brain Turner and Scott Cochrane join conversations around the emergence and intersection of IT, OT, and IOT in Smart Buildings.

Well done. Stay tuned for more video coverage of IBcon 2019.

Robots Running Smart Buildings? RYCON Driving Building Performance — Leading Innovation on Display at Realcomm

June 18, 2019 by Ken Smyers Leave a Comment

CASEY WITKOWICZ, Founder, President and CEO of RYCOM Corporation shares his passion for innovation.

RYCOM is an organization of passionate people who turn complicated business problems into simplified technology solutions.

WE’RE NOT JUST A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY – WE COULD BE YOUR BIGGEST COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.

At RYCOM, we know that technology is more than just bits and bytes – it is the result of the business drivers that influence it. We harness these insights and create solutions that are engineered to help you achieve your business goals today and in the future.

Smart Buildings Integrator Summit — Huge Focus on the Master Systems Integrator

June 13, 2019 by Eric Stromquist 1 Comment

And Realcomm|IBcon 2019 begins...

Ken and I spent the yesterday listening to the some of the most intelligent minds in Smart Building Controls business. These are the minds that are shaping the future of Smart Buildings. And, yesterday was just the Pre-Con Event!

We are now at the main sessions of the 2019 Realcomm/IBcon Conference in Nashville, TN.

We are covering this event for our global ControlTrends Community — shooting as many videos as we can, interviewing the savviest controls people we can find, and live-streaming as long as we have battery life!

This is one of the videos we live-streamed yesterday. Conversation included how owners are profiling Smart Building Controls Master System Integrators, and how they are learning to specify the MSI role before the project is bid to protect their Smart Buildings interests. It is a must watch for anyone wanting to be successful in today’s evolving building automation market.

As we post this, we are unpacking the camera gear and heading back into the show to live-stream more great content.

If you want to see more of these in real time, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

Mike Marston and Johan Schakenraad Launch Day1 of the EasyIO World Conference — Driving the Future with IT-Based Building Automation

May 21, 2019 by Ken Smyers 1 Comment

Day 1 opened with Mike Marston and Johan Schackenraad taking center stage highlighting the business philosophies that have led to EasyIO’s remarkable growth. Disruption, Daring, Challenging the Status Quo, Adhering to Values, and most of all, Innovation.

With a growing presence in 51 countries, EasyIO is setting new IT-Based controller standards and driving new customer expectations.

The keynote take-away: It is all about IT-Based Building Automation and EasyIO has Changed the Rules. Watch and listen how!

ControlTrends Award for Richard Reid, Arup, Consulting Engineer of the Year!

John Petze: HAYSTACK 4.0 IS COMING! What it is and Why it Matters…

May 9, 2019 by Ken Smyers 1 Comment

The understanding of the need for semantic modeling of device and equipment data has matured significantly in the last decade and the requirements and techniques for applying semantic modeling to equipment data are advancing rapidly. As we have learned, semantic modeling is critical for humans to work with and understand the ever-increasing amount of data coming from their systems, but the process of manually applying that semantic model is not scalable. We need our tools to simplify and automate how the semantic model is applied.

Haystack 4 builds on the 8 years of experience in applying Haystack across thousands of buildings worldwide, the input from practitioners in the community throughout that time, as well the collaborators that have participated in the activities of Haystack Working Group 551 over the past year. The way you configure tags today using Haystack will not change, but as you will see, the way the tags get modeled within Haystack systems will enable the tools you use to become smarter so you spend less time manually configuring tags and more time getting value out of the raw data coming from your IoT devices.

Extensive documentation will be available on this work and it will be a key focus of the Haystack Connect 2019 event, with a full day track dedicated to a detailed review of Haystack 4. Our goal with this document is to offer a high-level preview of the major advances that Haystack 4 brings to the challenge of semantic modelling of the devices and equipment systems that permeate the built environment.