In a world of Windows and VMware we sometimes forget there is a lot of automation going on in the building / facilities area too. And I am not just talking coffee machines with an ip address or a mesh up with Google Maps 
For example Cisco has announced the “connected real estate” some while ago. Your IT infrastructure roadmap should contain at least one or two chapters on this topic.
If you cannot imagine what I mean with the automation of facilities, here are some examples:
- Tourniquets with card readers with presence integration (lights go out when you are the last person to leave the building)
- Narrowcasting screens with RSS tickers from a SharePoint team site
- Wireless access points with little connectivity, because of constant room refurbishment
- Joined service desk tooling IT and facilities
- Placement of power and network (instead we always stumble over cable on the floor)
- Payment terminals in your canteen
- Remote physical security services
- etcetera, etcetera…
So the demand of ip adresses is certainly growing strong. As is your knowledge of something else than Windows 
– Paul Slijkhuis
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