Unified platforms are more than just a trend: As advances in AI enable new real-life IoT applications within and beyond video security, access control and building automation, systems are becoming vastly more capable and complex, and the unification of “everything” on a single pane of glass is becoming an operational necessity.
Nabil Cheqroun, vice president and general manager, Honeywell Building Automation in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META), summarized the trend in
our exclusive interview at Intersec: “Regardless of whether it’s building operation, maintenance or occupancy, it’s all on one unified platform now.”
Take, for example, the experience of arriving at work in the morning, passing by the security camera at the entrance of the building and using an access control terminal to get to your office on one of the higher floors.
“In the future, the camera will ‘see’ you and automatically check your credentials,” Cheqroun says. “You don’t have to scan your card or look at a separate facial recognition camera integrated into an access control terminal. The experience will be much smoother.”
Honeywell offers several interconnected platforms that square the most important circle that security and IoT have to square in 2026: Tailor-made solutions for specific, narrow needs, for example in fire security, and all-encompassing solutions that integrate security, safety, IoT-based sustainability, cybersecurity and more.
Below are some solutions that are central to Honeywell’s approach to unification:
Pro-Watch Integrated Security Suite
The Pro-Watch Integrated Security Suite is a unified platform combining video, access control, and analytics to enhance situational awareness, streamline operations, and support scalable, multi-site security management. It addresses the needs of operators who prefer the full integration of security systems data over siloed systems.
Honeywell Connected Life Safety Services
Honeywell Connected Life Safety Services is a cloud-based fire and life safety management platform that enables remote monitoring, improved compliance, portfolio-wide visibility, and more efficient service delivery. Cloud-based life safety services are gaining momentum as building owners seek remote visibility and more efficient portfolio-wide management.
Honeywell Buildings Sustainability Manager powered by Honeywell Forge
Honeywell Buildings Sustainability Manager uses AI-driven insights to optimize energy consumption, improve indoor air quality, and support carbon-reduction and ESG goals across building portfolios. This solution is seeing strong adoption as customers seek to align safety, performance, and sustainability outcomes on a single platform.
Honeywell Data Center Manager
Honeywell Data Center Manager is a vendor-agnostic platform integrating IT and OT data to enhance uptime, reduce human error, improve cybersecurity posture, and support resilient data-center operations. Demand is growing as data-center operators prioritize resilience, efficiency, and cybersecurity alongside availability.
Honeywell City Suite
The Honeywell City Suite is an AI-enabled platform providing unified visibility and control across city systems, including public safety, utilities, and urban infrastructure. It supports city-scale decisionmaking by integrating operational, safety, and public infrastructure data.
Advanced cybersecurity solutions
Honeywell delivers cybersecurity audits and targeted security controls designed to protect connected buildings and critical infrastructure from evolving cyber threats, integrating seamlessly across systems. This approach addresses the growing need for cybersecurity-by-design as connected environments expand.
As one of the biggest players in the security and IoT space, Honeywell has long offered solutions covering diverse needs. The push for unification is nothing new either.
“At Honeywell, we started the journey toward a unified platform a few quarters ago, and we've been growing fast on the back of that,” Cheqroun says.
Honeywell has identified several growth verticals in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa that will benefit from the company’s unified solutions:
- Transportation, especially rail, with ongoing projects in the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and beyond.
- Hospitality, amid a hotel building boom across the region, with increasing demand for enhanced efficiency and optimized operational costs.
- Data centers, amid a global boom driven by AI applications
- Healthcare, with a large number of new facilities at various planning stages across the region.
“This region is incredibly AI savvy,” Cheqroun says. “There’s massive investment from the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.”