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Looking to the future , both Govang and Gravelle see the capacity for smart buildings to increase efficiency , security and comfort as a key driver of the digital evolution of urban environments .
“ The market is evolving towards 5G and IoT — IoT being both massive IoT for large scale applications , and critical IoT for latency and other sensitive , niche applications ,” says Gravelle .
And as with any major paradigm shift , this evolution has rendered old practices obsolete . “ Change is certainly the one thing that is constant ,” says Govang . “ Gone are the days when technology and security were a nice-to-have extra option . Technology has become the modern critical infrastructure .”
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