Honeywell, an industry leader in wireless and scanning technologies used in home, building, and industrial application, is set to unveil its next generation of smart building technology, at the 2015 Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) which opens tomorrow (December 6) in Dubai, UAE.

An exclusive annual event, IoTWF brings together the world’s best and brightest thinkers, practitioners, and innovators from business, government, and academia to accelerate the market adoption of the Internet of Things.

Honeywell is launching its key smart building solutions including the command and control suite, for the first time in the Middle East at three-day forum to be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

It will be demonstrating how this novel technology can make buildings smarter by combining intelligent automation, advanced analytics and visualisation to centrally organise and manage the functions of facilities such as residential or office towers, hotels, shopping malls, stadiums, hospitals or industrial sites.

By combining advanced user-experience design with Honeywell’s global expertise in enterprise integration, the command suite intelligently links building automation and the enterprise, and simplifies previously complex tasks, said a statement from Honeywell.

It can provide a holistic view of a connected building’s video feeds, access control and fire alarms, for example, and pull in relevant information from human resource applications.

Integrating data from these disparate systems could help security personnel better monitor building occupancy, and ensure all occupants exit the facility in the event of an evacuation, it stated.

At IoTWF 2015, Honeywell will also showcase its latest security solution designed to protect critical industrial infrastructure and the Industrial Internet of Things (iiOT). Industrial Cyber Security Risk Manager, the first digital dashboard designed to proactively monitor, measure and manage cyber security risk, helps protect control systems from malware and misuse.

The system helps prevent cyber attacks against critical infrastructure such as oil refineries and power plants, as well as other automated production sites wherever they may be located, saida senior official.

"Honeywell’s history of innovation in the technology sphere goes back over a century and today we are actively focused on leveraging our global research facilities to develop solutions that help make our customers more secure, connected, energy efficient, and productive," stated Norm Gilsdorf, the president, Honeywell High Growth Regions, Middle East, Russia and Central Asia.

"By harnessing the value created by the Internet of Things and the Industrial Internet of Things, we are well placed to play a pivotal role in the development of smart buildings, smart cities and smart industries in the Middle East, and look forward to playing a key role in the global evolution of smart technologies and connectivity," he added.-TradeArabia News Service