IDC Energy Insights and Realcomm Conference Group Announce Strategic Alliance to Promote Smart Building Technologies

    FRAMINGHAM, MA, April 02, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- IDC Energy Insights and Realcomm Conference Group, LLC today announced a strategic partnership to help promote the benefits of smart building technologies for the commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate industry. The partnership enables both organizations to work more closely together to educate the industry on the latest technologies and cost-effective smart building investment opportunities and deployment strategies.

"We are pleased to partner with IDC Energy Insights. This collaboration is very timely as the implementation of next generation smart buildings technologies has jumped the adoption chasm and is becoming more mainstream," commented Jim Young, co-founder and CEO of Realcomm. "IDC and Realcomm are excited to be at the forefront of what has become a 'Technology Revolution' for our industry."

This partnership, in conjunction with IBcon - The Smart, Connected, High Performance, Intelligent Buildings Conference, provides a platform for information exchange and education on the topic of open architected, interoperable and integrated IP centric intelligent buildings.

"We are thrilled to partner with a recognized leader in technology, innovation and real estate operations to help raise visibility of the important and burgeoning smart buildings market," said Casey Talon, senior research analyst, IDC Energy Insights Smart Buildings Strategies research advisory service and member of the 2013 IBcon Advisory Council. "Through this alliance, we will increase our networking with executives who share the same goals we have: to further understand industry trends and promote the cross-cutting business benefits of a new suite of smart buildings technologies - solutions that drive improvements in operational efficiency and support strategic energy management and expansive corporate objectives."

The theme for the 2013 IBcon conference, Embracing the Real Estate Technology REvolution - Redefining Real Estate Operations through Technology, Automation & Innovation, symbolizes the tremendous speed technology is permeating every department and major process in today's real estate organization. This continued rate of adoption and redefinition of business processes will revolutionize the real estate operating model and dramatically redefine how commercial real estate will be owned, operated and used for the next 100 years.

For more information, visit www.ib-con.com.

About IDC Energy Insights
IDC Energy Insights assists energy businesses and IT leaders, as well as the suppliers who serve them, in making more effective technology decisions by providing accurate, timely, and insightful fact-based research and consulting services. Staffed by senior analysts with decades of industry experience, our global research analyzes and advises on business and technology issues facing the utility and oil and gas industries. International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology market. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology, media, research, and events company. For more information, please visit www.idc-ei.com, email [email protected], or call 508-935-4400. Visit the IDC Energy Insights Community at http://idc-insights-community.com/energy.

About Realcomm Conference Group, LLC
Realcomm Conference Group, LLC is the leading research and educational institution that produces annual conferences and expositions on technology, automated business solutions and intelligent buildings strategies for executives in commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate. Realcomm was founded in 1999 with the goal of bringing industry leaders together each year to discuss, demonstrate and debate the latest innovations that impact the industry. Today, in addition to the annual conferences, Realcomm conducts webinars, workshops and other strategic services to educate industry professionals about the latest business solutions and technologies to improve commercial real estate development, leasing, management and operations. For more information, visit: www.realcomm.com.

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