Today, buildings – be they commercial complexes, healthcare and research facilities, factories or residential premises – are an integral part of our digital lives. Technologists and businesses are busy at work designing and deploying innovative, human-centric technologies to make buildings smart so that they can not only communicate with other digital equipment and systems, but also receive and respond to digital signals embedded in or originating from human-held digital devices.

Universities, organisations, small businesses and the government can be complex in their operations. Making them smarter is no easy task, particularly if they are weighed down by legacy systems, policies and practices. Implementing digital infrastructure brings with it its own challenges, but there is optimism all around with more computer processing power, 5G technology, cloud infrastructure, faster telecom and internet connections.

From the users’ perspective, with an ever-increasing dependence on and consumption of digital products and services, conversion of analog into digital systems by entities such as businesses, trade and commerce, academic and government institutions, defence and healthcare services, law and the judiciary, production facilities of all kinds, entertainment and creative enterprises, and even households are becoming commonplace.

In other words, a more agile environment for connected devices and spaces! Fortunately, technology is a great enabler. It is not only integrating hardware and software systems via the internet and the cloud, using concepts and innovations such as the Internet of Things (IoT), it is enabling connections between digital devices like smartphones and household appliances, vehicles, homes and even entire buildings. And, of course, between devices and their users!

We work in tandem with such technological advances in business and society. Our teams in Birmingham, UK and globally are geared to handle current and emerging applications that connect stand-alone and distributed devices and smart spaces with users, be they individuals, institutions, infrastructure, businesses or government agencies. In doing so, we help your organisation and you to stay innovative, agile, future-focused and competitive.