Threat to smart cities a ‘warning klaxon’ for property

SmartScore will provide clarity, definition and measurement for the growing smart building industry with an initial 70 buildings in seven countries committed to certification.

Access control systems have existed for half a century but innovation has been a much more recent trend. A report by Group337 sheds light on what the industry is doing right, and which products are genuinely cutting edge.

The highly acquisitive software provider has purchased workplace safety and security firm WhosOnLocation.

Openpath, a leader in touchless, modern access control and workplace safety automation, today announces a new video management system partnership integration with Cisco Meraki.

How would you spend $63m? Openpath’s founders are “on a tear” says James Segil, using their sizeable budget last year to add cloud-managed access control to 24m sq ft of space. Segil explains how they achieved that figure.

It’s simple, really. Open your space, with your face. Well, at least that’s the dream of these two companies; innDex, an emerging leader in construction site digitisation and automation; and Touchbyte, a pioneer in facial recognition technology.

Paragon, one of the UK’s largest independent building and project management consultancies, has agreed a strategic partnership with proptech connectivity expert NODE.

At the end of last week, the European Court of Justice struck down the US Privacy Shield, which let companies transfer data to the US, and although it focused on EU-US data transfers, the ruling is already causing widespread aftershocks for international personal data transfers from within the wider European Economic Area.