DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS
IoT deployments will increase
IoT applications are proliferating rapidly as companies try to better manage facilities and their occupants in the new normal ; IT and OT teams must also understand how to co-ordinate their activities in the transformed building environment .
For example , to ensure building security and regulatory compliance , OT teams need the ability to manage the network , including Wi-Fi , PoE and IoT protocols such as Zigbee and LTE-M . Additionally ,
Ed Solis , VP Americas Enterprise Infrastructure Sales , CommScope they need to understand how much bandwidth is available on the network , what is consuming it and how plans will affect users , both on-site and remotely .
Strategies for smarter and healthier offices
To minimise the number of people in shared spaces , new technologies will be required to help control the building ’ s capacity , activating automatic alerts when the number exceeds a permitted limit . Some companies are even setting up contactless employee booths for access controls using thermal cameras to monitor body temperature , posing new challenges for established networks .
Many companies will seize this opportunity to accelerate the adoption of technologies designed for Smart Buildings , such as HVAC systems and lighting controls or elevator surveillance . IT and OT will need to ensure that these new technologies integrate with healthcare programmes and provide visibility into building operations to help reduce costs .
Although the adoption of these technologies and applications is being driven by the pandemic , they were all being widely adopted in office buildings before last year because they help organisations improve the employee experience , control management costs of buildings and to respond to business and social trends .
Networks are under constant pressure to evolve along with new technologies and
THIS DEMAND WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO GROW , WITH THE NUMBER OF CONNECTED DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS .
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