Siemens Building Technologies News

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched Connect Box, an open and easy-to-use IoT solution designed to manage small to medium-sized buildings. User-friendly approach The latest addition to the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, Connect Box is a user-friendly approach for monitoring building performance, with the potential to optimise energy efficiency by up to 30 percent and to substantially improve indoor air quality in small to medium-sized buildings such as schools, retail shops, apartments o...

At this year’s ISH trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany, Siemens will showcase its cloud-based platforms, IoT-enabled products and solutions that make buildings smarter, leveraging the potential that digitalisation offers.  Exhibiting under the motto ‘Your fast lane to smart buildings’, the company is focusing on turning buildings into smart ecosystems that respond to the business goals of building owners and operators for improved building performance, as well as to tenants&...

Siemens Digital Industries Software introduces Questa™ Verification IQ software – a groundbreaking solution that helps logic verification teams overcome a host of challenges associated with the dramatic rise in design complexity of sophisticated, next-generation integrated circuits (ICs). Team-based, cloud-enabled, data-driven and powered by artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Questa Verification IQ helps to accelerate verification closure, streamline traceability, optimise res...

At the Smart Production Solutions (SPS) 2022 fair in Nuremberg, Germany, taking place from November 8 to November 10, 2022, Siemens will be presenting technical innovations and practical examples for greater sustainability in production. Easier, more open, more flexible and more sustainable production and planning processes – all of this is achieved through end-to-end automation and digitisation to become a digital enterprise. Siemens Xcelerator digital business platform This past June,...

Siemens is launching its new Industrial Edge Management System, an optimised licence management solution, and new devices and apps at the SPS trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, from November 8 to 10, 2022. As part of the company’s continuous development of its Industrial Edge capabilities, these solutions bring Operational technology (OT) and IT closer together in industrial production, enabling a seamless flow of data from the field level to the cloud. Industrial Edge Management System (...

Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced that it has added scalable, on-demand, high performance simulation capabilities to Siemens Xcelerator as a Service (XaaS) with the launch of Simcenter™ Cloud HPC software. As part of the ongoing collaboration between Siemens and Amazon Web Services (AWS), the new service is hosted on AWS, optimised for Simcenter solver technologies, and managed by Siemens. Siemens and AWS partnership This service can help reduce the costs traditionally a...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Volta Trucks, the full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, and services provider announced a strategic partnership to deliver and scale eMobility charging infrastructure to simplify the transition to fleet electrification. Zero-emission urban transportation The companies signed a letter of intent outlining the cooperation. They will jointly seek to deliver turnkey solutions for fleets to transition to zero-emission urban transportation through an end-to-e...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has unveiled the latest version of Desigo CC, its integrated building management platform for the digitalisation of buildings of any size. With the software update, Desigo CC V6 offers native cloud connectivity, and an improved user experience and is among the first building management platforms worldwide to fulfill the BACnet B-XAWS profile for cross-domain advanced workstations and BACnet Secure Connect. Native cloud connectivity to Building X Desigo CC connects...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the frontrunner in digital buildings, has completed the acquisition of Brightly Software (Brightly), a renowned U.S.-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions. The acquisition elevates Siemens Smart Infrastructure to a leading position in the software market for buildings and built infrastructure. It adds Brightly’s well-established cloud-based capabilities across key sectors – education, public infra...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Siemens) has launched Building X, a new smart building suite that is open, interoperable and fully cloud-based. The Building X suite is the first next generation offering that is built on the design principles of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform launched to accelerate digital transformation and value creation across industry, transportation, grids and buildings. Building X, smart building suite It acts as a single source of truth to eliminate...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the front-runner in digital buildings, has signed an agreement to acquire Brightly Software, a leading U.S.-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions. The acquisition elevates SI to a foremost position in the software market for buildings and built infrastructure. The purchase price is USD 1.575 billion, plus an earn-out. Cloud-based capabilities The acquisition will add Brightly’s well-established cloud-...

As part of its 10-year strategic plan, ‘Transformation Morgan 2030: Leading the Future,’ Baltimore-based Morgan State University (MSU) has partnered with Siemens on its journey to becoming a smart and connected campus of the future. Modernisation upgrades Improvements currently underway include implementing a series of modernisation upgrades to the university’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), security, and fire and life safety systems with a focus on energy...

Siemens has introduced a set of new features and collaboration tools to its workplace technology solution Comfy, which will play a key role for businesses returning employees to the office, and simplify the shift to hybrid work. The new features are designed to address known employee concerns around hybrid working, such as a lack of social contact, difficulty with building and maintaining a network and a lack of collaboration opportunities. The new collaboration tools are part of Comfy’s...

The company (who requested anonymity) required a solution of reliable RFID badge readers that could securely and directly connect to numerous assembly line PLCs, with no other software interfaces required. This company is among the world’s largest medium- and heavy-duty trucks manufacturers, with well-known brands. One of the ways the company manages quality on its assembly lines is through employee RFID badges that capture who was at a given station, when an engine was built. The employ...

Siemens has deployed integrated data centre management software at the largest and most energy-efficient data centre in the Baltic region. The Building Management Software (BMS), the Energy and Power Management Software (EPMS), and the White Space Cooling Optimization (WSCO) help Greenergy Data Centres to lower energy usage, ensure thermal protection and manage the reliable operation of the critical infrastructure. Integrated building management platform The new 14,500 m2 data centre in...

Siemens is bringing its latest IoT breakthroughs to the IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona: helping businesses simplify and accelerate their digital transformation and transition to greater sustainability at scale, the focused technology company will show a total of 27 practical reference cases. At the same time, the company is empowering its customers to achieve their desired business outcomes including sustainable growth, increased efficiency, and faster time-to-market by comb...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) is pleased to announce the first members of its Utilities Advisory Board Steering Committee. SIA created the Utilities Advisory Board to offer insight and education to security practitioners, members of the security industry and other stakeholders about emerging security trends, regulatory compliance issues, and recommended practices for protecting utility infrastructure. Steering committee members The steering committee members, listed below, represent...

During the 51st General Assembly of Euralarm, the European association representing the fire safety and security industry, the members have chosen Jon Könz as new President of Euralarm. He succeeds Martin Harvey, who was President for the past three and half years. Before being elected President, Jon Könz was Chair of the Services Section of Euralarm. He is Head of Industry Affairs, at Siemens Smart Infrastructure. Euralarm’s 2021 General Assembly The 2021 General Assembly was...

Azena is announcing that it will host ESCON 2021, a free to all ecosystem conference for smart security stakeholders, on 2 December from 3-6 pm CET. Broadcast live from the BMW Welt, Munich’s iconic landmark, ESCON will bring together leaders in the AI video analytics space to discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence and IoT technologies in the security and safety industry. Actionable operational intelligence “The potential of AI, IoT and video analytics and the influence on t...

The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) announces it has approved the Secure Credential Interoperability (SCI) 1.0 specification. The PSIA has been working with a broad group of industry pioneers in the access control industry to come up with this specification, which is likely to have a significant influence on the future of secure mobile credentials. Mohammad Soleimani, the Chief Technology Officer of Kastle Systems and the Chairman of the SCI Work Group, introduced this concep...

Integration of Siveillance Access from Siemens Smart Infrastructure Suite with Aperio battery-powered access control from ASSA ABLOY puts security at the core of any smart building. These buildings become trusted environments for those who work there or visit, offering reputational benefits to their occupants. They are more resilient and cost efficient to manage. “Interoperability across management functions is critical to making buildings smarter and to powering the next generation of bu...

With a combination of duty of care, valuable equipment and personal data, the education sector presents one of security’s biggest challenges. Choosing the right access control solution is critical. Could going wireless be an option? The ideal access control solution for a school, college or university should provide control without complexity — and make security management more streamlined and user-friendly in the process. It should save every institution both time and money. Secur...

ISC West, in collaboration with premier sponsor Security Industry Association (SIA), has recently unveiled a robust lineup of event details for the upcoming ISC West 2021 event. Taking place July 19-21 at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Las Vegas, ISC West proceeds into May with positive momentum and an optimistic outlook, as developments regarding vaccine distribution, Las Vegas re-openings, and trade event approvals have continued to move in an encouraging direction. Public safety...

Uwe Raschke (63) and Dr. Michael Bolle (59) will be leaving the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH on June 30, 2021, following decades of successful work for the company. Uwe Raschke will be retiring, while Dr. Michael Bolle is stepping down in order to pursue opportunities in the high-tech and startup sectors. The shareholders and the supervisory board are grateful for their many years of dedicated service. “Uwe Raschke has made a number of vital contributions both within and outsi...

Aeroturn LLC, a globally renowned turnstile manufacturer that offers 100% Made in the USA turnstiles, has announced that it has been selected to deploy its turnstiles by one of the nation’s largest family housing finance leader.  Contactless biometric technology Currently, the multiple building campus consists of five buildings and is in the middle of a major security upgrade that includes the latest contactless biometric technology. The finance lender was looking for a turnstile ma...

Everbridge Inc., the global provider in critical event management (CEM), announced that Siemens, one of the world’s producers of energy efficient technologies and #62 on the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, will adopt the Everbridge CEM Platform to help protect Siemens’ workforce and operations against critical events of all kinds, from the COVID-19 pandemic and political unrest to sudden economic changes and more. The two companies have also formed a technology alliance in which Siemens wi...

Salesforce and Siemens announced a strategic partnership to develop a new workplace technology suite that will support businesses globally to safely reopen and deliver the future experience for physical workplaces. The partnership will combine Salesforce’s Work.com, powered by Customer 360, and Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure solutions, including Comfy and Enlighted, to orchestrate the processes, people and things that are essential to creating safe, connected workplaces for the future...

Recognising that travel will be limited for most industry professionals for the coming months, the Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) has decided to bring the PLAI Experience to people. On May 20, the PSIA will host a Virtual PLAI Experience that will demonstrate the value of its Physical Logical Access Interoperability (PLAI) specification to the market. Cloud-based PLAI agent Eight partner companies in access control and biometrics will showcase a cloud-based PLAI agent conne...

Moxa announced that it has joined the OpenChainProject, an initiative by the Linux Foundation to streamline open source compliance. By enrolling as a Platinum member, Moxa becomes the first Taiwan-based company to join the OpenChain's Governing Board, expanding the project's reach globally and across multiple industrial sectors. Formed in 2016, the OpenChain Project aims to build trust in open source by making open source license compliance simpler and more consistent across supplies chains. Th...

The German company, Siemens, one of the companies in Europe, purchases the Safeture Enterprise platform for its employees with a focus on business travellers. The initial order value is estimated to 767 thousand EUR over the next three years. Safeture is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company based in Lund, Sweden. The company offers a complete cloud-based platform, Safeture Enterprise, designed to manage employee security and safety and risk/crisis management and is used globally by more than...