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Published inMar 2023
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Harry G. Smeenk
Harry G. Smeenk
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Harry G. Smeenk

Harry Smeenk is a technology strategist and thought leader in smart buildings, IoT, edge data centers, and networks. He is an executive leader in the design, development, deployment, and integration of smart building IoT networks with Tapa Inc, and Smart Buildings Online LLC. He drove worldwide cross-industry technology roadmaps, best practices, and standards for the Telecom Industry Association. He conceptualized and developed the industry's first smart building rating program. As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the North Texas Enterprise Center he helped launch and accelerate startups including 3 of his own. He has an MBA degree from the University of North Carolina and a BS degree in Business Management from St. John Fisher College.
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Three layers of computing

We have established that IoT sensors collect data, and that data is transmitted using a communication protocol to a computing platform of some sort to be analyzed, viewed, and acted upon. There are different methods to achieve the computing process based on the amount of data, the speed and time required, and the financial resources available. This computing activity may take place locally within a building on or close to the source, in the cloud, or through a combination of the two.

Building management systems, building automation systems, security systems, fire alarm systems, and other building systems have traditionally been used to build computing platforms, albeit as separate and disconnected systems. Basically, each of these systems has a computing platform of its own, either within the device itself, on a dedicated server, or on a personal computer. More recently, buildings have added cloud computing in an attempt to connect these building systems...

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Published in: Mar 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804619865

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Harry G. Smeenk

Harry Smeenk is a technology strategist and thought leader in smart buildings, IoT, edge data centers, and networks. He is an executive leader in the design, development, deployment, and integration of smart building IoT networks with Tapa Inc, and Smart Buildings Online LLC. He drove worldwide cross-industry technology roadmaps, best practices, and standards for the Telecom Industry Association. He conceptualized and developed the industry's first smart building rating program. As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the North Texas Enterprise Center he helped launch and accelerate startups including 3 of his own. He has an MBA degree from the University of North Carolina and a BS degree in Business Management from St. John Fisher College.
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