Technology and Trends

Facility management software (FMS) can help improve a property’s appeal, condition, performance, and earning potential.

Fleet management software benefits businesses that not only use vehicles, but also equipment, personal protective equipment, and supplies.

VoIP systems can offer your business a range of advanced features and benefits over a landline phone system. But if you decide that a VoIP system is best, how can you ensure that the system provider is too? By asking these eight questions, you can better determine the right VoIP provider for your company.

Resilient flooring, polished concrete, and ceramic tile are among the most common types of hard floors found in nonresidential buildings. Facility managers need to consider whether each type of flooring's strengths, weaknesses, and upkeep requirements make sense for their buildings.

The same technology that custodial businesses rely on to do their jobs more effectively also enables criminals to steal critical data.

Digital communication networks have become a crucial aspect of modern, well-functioning facilities. To maintain network uptime, make monitoring the network infrastructure your top priority.

As facilities continue to prioritize cleaning and disinfecting, more facility managers are considering adding ultraviolet (UV) light disinfection to their cleaning protocols.

Spraying drones can more effectively and efficiently clean higher, extremely hard-to-reach places, while saving money and eliminating risks to workers.

Consider implementing a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) as one of your best options for improved facility and equipment maintenance.

In this first of a series of Straight Talk! episodes on indoor air quality (IAQ), ISSA Media Director Jeff Cross talks with Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner, Senior Director of GBAC, and Doug Hoffman, the executive director of NORMI, to discuss IAQ ionization technology.

Managers can use software technology to improve hard facility management services, enhancing the quality of life for building occupants.

The benefits to business from robotic cleaning lie less in the machinery and more in the intellectual property from the huge volumes of data they create.