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Mauro Joppert is the owner of Coisa de Carioca, a food kiosk set in the beaches of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. His business was recently revamped as part of an urban revitalization project, which also allowed him to start taking credit card payments...
Resources - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity
Members of the Johns Creek, Georgia police department talk about the mobile public safety app in this video from Council Associate Partner SunGard Public Sector. ONESolution Freedom extends core Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Records Management...
Resources - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
Below is a condensed version of the presentation "City-Scale Sustainability and Economic Development" by Joel Cherkis of Microsoft and Dave Roberts of OSIsoft at the 2013 OSIsoft EMEA Users Conference in Paris. You can also click here for the full...
Resources - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
This video provides a view of Barcelona through the eyes of Lluis Sanz Marco, Director of Information, and Albert Isern, CEO of Bismart Business Intelligence, a Barcelona-based Microsoft partner. They discuss how using technology from Council Lead...
Resources - 08/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
Joel Cherkis discusses Microsoft's people-oriented approach with city leaders and how they are using technology to create better cities of the future. Cherkis is General Manager of Worldwide Government for Microsoft.
Resources - 08/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts
Disaster can strike any city or region. They often erupt suddenly with little or no warning. In this video, Dr. Peter Williams, IBM CTO Big Green Innovations, discusses why cities around the globe need to be resilient and how the new UN Scorecard...
Resources - 08/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy
Nestled in the Canadian Rockies, the remote town of Field relies on one 25-kV distribution feeder, provided by BC Hydro, to supply its 300 residents with power. But providing reliable power to Field is challenging. Read about the solution that...
Resources - 08/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Examples and case studies
With a local developer intent on Wisconsin's first utility-scale solar farm in the city of Jefferson, a couple of major obstacles had to be overcome. Click the "Utility scale solar project" pdf link below to learn how Council Lead Partner S&C...
Resources - 08/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Examples and case studies