Suppliers and specifiers must understand smart building objectives and outline a project-specific strategy in order to help business owners and property managers maximize their investment, says Kendell Clark.

Two greenhouses are the latest to tap lights from Signify with brightness levels and frequencies optimized for the vegetable.

The sell-off of the company’s traditional North American service group is the latest organizational maneuver in Munich’s digital drive. More moves are expected.

Alexa for Business now offers a simplified setup process for shared Echo devices. Shared devices are usually setup using the Alexa for Business Desktop Setup tool. To enable customers to try out the service quickly, Alexa for Business now offers the ability for IT admins to also use the Alexa companion app to setup the devices. Once it is setup in the companion app, IT admins can import the devices as shared devices onto the Alexa for Business console.

AWS has published a service level agreement (SLA) for Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, which provides availability guarantees for Amazon Kinesis Data Streams.

AWS has published a service level agreement (SLA) for Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, which provides availability guarantees for Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose.

AWS has published a service level agreement (SLA) for Amazon Kinesis Video Streams, which provides availability guarantees for Amazon Kinesis Video Streams.

AWS Elemental MediaConvert has added a new feature, IMF (Interoperable Master Format) package ingest, and enhanced an existing feature, caption burn-in, with the addition of several languages. Using MediaConvert, you can now ingest packages with JPEG-2000 video, up to 10 bit UHD format, with IMSC1 text captions. You can pass through HDR (High Dynamic Range) metadata from a CPL (Composition Playlist) to outputs. By taking advantage of IMF, you can reduce asset storage and management costs, and simplify business-to-business distribution workflows for your file-based content. This release of MediaConvert also includes a new high-quality dithering engine, which accepts RGB source files up to 16 bits and is optimized for premium content workflows.

LEDs Magazine is pleased to announce the product finalists across 19 technology categories in the 2019 Sapphire Awards.

The C by GE residentially-targeted smart LED lighting portfolio was expanded at CES with the company adding full-color LED lamps along with smart switches and accessories.