Igor in the News: Network World
September 27, 2018
Forget 'Smart Homes,' the New Goal is 'Autonomous Buildings'
By Fredric Paul, Editor in Chief for New Relic, Inc.
IoT platform vendor Igor dreams of buildings that automatically adapt their behavior to the preferences of every occupant.
In 2018, the concept of a smart building is no longer surprising. With the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), so-called smart buildings and homes are everywhere, providing various degrees of intelligent management and control of various building systems, including lighting, HVAC, communications, and security. In most cases, however, those “smart” capabilities are still relatively limited, don’t always work together, and require a significant amount of human attention to function.
Dwight Stewart, founder and CTO of 5-year-old Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) vendor Igor, dreams of something much bigger and better. He sees the firm’s new Nexos smart building platform as the first step toward his vision of truly autonomous buildings...