Moving OT Systems to a Dedicated Private Cloud: Your Private Cloud Services Checklist There’s a strong case to be made for isolating Operational Technology (OT) from the IT network, by migrating it to a secure, dedicated private cloud environment. By moving OT to a...
What Windows 10 End of Life Means for BAS Teams Windows 10 will reach its end-of-life (EOL) date this week. If your building automation system runs on Windows 10 its time to update. Microsoft will not provide security or feature updates. Newly discovered...
Building automation system cybersecurity can’t wait October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It’s a good time to ask: “Is my BAS cybersecure?” Hackers set their sights on the BAS for a variety of reasons. Some want to find a backdoor into IT computing...
The right expert makes a big difference. This is true in brain surgery. And in rocket science. And it’s also true for your building automation system (BAS) and building performance. BAS management is growing more complex. And building performance is increasingly...
The efficiency and effectiveness of your building performance relies on two key players: your Information Technology (IT) team, and your facilities department responsible for Operational Technology (OT). And while these two groups ultimately share the same goals—to...
The IT/OT Tug-of-War IT/OT convergence in building management often creates tension and the cause is a dusty server used to provide control and management of building systems. It’s connected to the network but outside of IT’s understanding, and therefore, it is...
