Maybe you've heard of this new thing: the “independent data layer.” But, what is it? How does it work? And why the heck should you care? Think of all the things you do today in buildings. Or maybe all ...

Every telecom system is bursting with information about subscribers, services and devices—not to mention the telco's network equipment and operational status. This data is both sensitive and necessary ...

For more than 20 years we have been using Layer 3 connectivity powered by dynamic routing protocols to route traffic between data centers, but adoption of virtualization and geo-clustering ...

As regulatory agencies catch up with the information age, thoughtful data historization is becoming more vital to the normal operation of any good-practice facility. Pharmaceutical companies now hoard ...

We are long past the point where we need to formalize a dedicated data tier that decouples a building's automation or management system from the downstream applications that rely on its data. December ...