Zones

CEO: Firoz Lalji

Zones, a Cisco partner that specializes in vertical industries such as manufacturing and transportation, showed off its IoT expertise through a building automation project with client Transwestern and Metropolis Investment.

Auburn, Wash.-based Zones worked with the privately-held real estate firm to install Cisco routers and switches, Cisco Aironet wireless access points and wireless control systems, and Cisco's video surveillance manager and physical access control manager technology into the building.

The IoT solutions enabled the client to monitor and manage air conditioning, lighting, and other building systems from wireless tablets – so they can adjust the schedule to automatically turn off lights.