Willow and Microsoft partnered recently on a series of nationwide executive briefings in Dallas, New York City and Redmond. We hosted panels with industry experts joining us from organizations including Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Walmart, Northern Arizona University, Georgia Southern University, Children’s Health, Brookfield Properties and UT Southwestern Medical Center to tell their stories … Continued

Fast onboarding and deployment unlocks immediate value, accelerating customer success and driving faster returns on investment. At Willow, our Deployment & Activation (D&A) team engage early, lighting up spatial, static and live data in the knowledge graph as a secure Single Tenant instance is stood up. The environment is tailored to generate insights and automate actions, … Continued

In modern digital environments, uptime isn’t just a nice to have. When connectors or sensors fail silently, it’s not only data streams that stop. Insights stall, operations slow, and teams scramble to diagnose the problem. App Status changes that by giving you real time visibility into connector and sensor health so you can spot issues … Continued

Gartner’s Digital Markets Buyer Trends Survey reveals that 25% of organizations increased spending on facility management SaaS by 16–30% year-over-year, but many failed to realize ROI due to poor implementation and lack of user adoption. Keith LaRose’s recent LinkedIn post further illustrates these perils, and it had many of us reflecting on our learnings at Willow. We … Continued

AI is a broad space with a spectrum of techniques to support a diverse set of use cases, each requiring different forms of intelligence and computational strategies. Chain of thought conversations and content generation are powered by GenAI. Machine learning models forecast equipment failures and energy demand using historical and real-time data, while optimization and … Continued

The challenge In today’s complex building environments, operational excellence depends on two things: having great teams and tools with deep domain expertise and the ability to adapt quickly. But many organizations are facing a dual challenge: their most experienced operators are retiring, and their building systems are becoming more data-rich and dynamic than ever. Our solution  … Continued

If Part 1 on our discussion on unifying IT and OT laid out the ‘why’, this installment is your guide to the ‘how’.  We’ll be breaking down the key systems, stakeholders, and technical frameworks required to build a unified, contextualized data estate that powers operational intelligence, step by step. Step 1: Identify and Align Core Stakeholders  … Continued

Every modern building is powered by data. It tells you how much energy you’re using, how equipment is running, and when something needs fixing. But all that data only helps if you can control who sees it and who can make changes.  At Willow, we help building owners and managers do this with clear, role-based … Continued

The most advanced buildings in the world aren’t the ones with the most sensors. They’re the ones that can take their data and connect it all together to show you the big picture. Your data is talking, but who’s listening to it?  If you’re leading operations, facilities, or sustainability in a large enterprise, you already know … Continued

Effective Capital Planning and execution relies on fast data-driven decision making. However, managing and analyzing vast amounts of facility data can be a challenge. Imagine believing you have a firm grasp on the performance of your campus facilities, staff, and contractors, only to realize that the reality is far more complex. With countless data points … Continued

In the world of building digitization, we’re standing at the intersection of legacy documentation and cutting-edge AI. Whether it’s architectural plans, HVAC schematics, commissioning handover documents, or electrical single-line diagrams, every building tells a story. The challenge? These stories are often buried in disparate, static documents. That’s where AI-powered subgraph generation presents an opportunity to … Continued

Why speed and precision both matter In the built world, more often than ever, building operators are relying on facility management platforms like Willow to monitor their critical systems and prompt them to act when needed to prevent downtime. In this context, every second counts. However, most platforms execute logic with a delay that could … Continued