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3. Communication and partnership between Real Estate, The bottom line is: You have to determine what a smart
IT and security leadership teams must be established. building means to you and your company. With so many
different technologies available, and ways to architect and
4. Determine your data security requirements and select secure them, the best plan helps you drive forward in a
a cybersecurity framework. unified manner, rather than piloting disparate technologies.
There’s a lot to consider, but it’s simpler than it sounds
5. Develop a technology specification to help you define when you begin with “the end in mind.”
selection criteria of features, security, protocols, inte-
gration, point naming standards and potential data As the Director of IoT, HQ for Real Estate and
lake strategies. Facilities at Oracle, Francisco Ruiz is responsible
for partnering with global teams to help design,
6. Be involved in the commissioning process, which is secure and guide the implementation of enterprise
critical in achieving accurate data produced by IoT. IoT Energy Solutions. Prior to Oracle, he consulted
various Real Estate teams utilizing IoT for continuous improve-
7. Create standard operating procedures that will help ment and sustainable business operations including Adobe, GSA,
support the development of playbooks. eBay, PayPal and NASA. He’s a Realcomm Advisor, Real Estate
Cyber Consortium Leadership Board Member, Certified Measure-
I recommend incorporating these considerations into your ment and Verification Professional, Certified Tridium Niagara
planning, processes and solution selection before you begin Professional and BOMI High Performance Buildings certified,
to pilot more advanced topics like analytics, fault detection which supports his continuous pursuit of the most energy
and AI. Establishing the fundamentals and sound practices efficient and sustainable technologies.
leads to a successful foundation to aid your IoT journey.

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