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Telecommunications plays a pivotal role in the daily pulse of a city – and increasingly in the digital lifestyles of citizens. A leader in that regard is Council Lead Partner Ooredoo, the Qatar-based communications giant serving markets across the...
Article - 02/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Telecommunications, Connectivity
Calling Barcelona "an exciting model of success" that other cities can learn from, Juniper Research named Spain's second largest city No. 1 in its global smart cities rankings for 2015.Juniper says its rankings stem from an analysis of each city’s ‘...
Article - 02/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Iceland's electric grid gets boost from GE technologyTo help modernize and optimize the utility grid in Iceland, Council Lead Partner GE Digital Energy will provide Reykjavik Energy – Iceland’s...
Article - 02/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
In most parts of the world, this would be a completely useless description of a bank robber: white male, 30-45 years old, bandage on the left side of his neck. Thanks to advanced database technology, however, that’s all detectives needed to find the...
Article - 02/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
Take one quick glance around the waiting room of a doctor’s office and it’s obvious there aren’t enough medical professionals. You may find people who are still waiting for an appointment that was supposed to start an hour ago. You may also see...
Article - 02/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Connectivity
Can you imagine if people cut their power lines the way they have been cutting the cord with their cable television providers? Between distributed energy generation, conservation and other advances, that scenario isn’t quite as farfetched as it...
Article - 02/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Cisco, IBM and GE named among the top 10 IoT power players The Internet of Things (IoT) promises world-changing solutions within private enterprise and across the public sector, including cities. But...
Article - 02/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity
As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, cities are having to make dramatic infrastructure improvements to support all of their new citizens. That’s costly, but cities have no choice but to find the funding. The New Cities Foundation says cities...
Article - 02/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies
Mayor Byron Brown is hoping technology enthusiasts will use their creativity to help build a better Buffalo. He's hosting a Serious Computer Game Design Competition – with a top prize of $5,000 – to encourage the design and development of "serious"...
Article - 02/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
Traffic jams are annoying and costly, and cities are using vigorous and various means to relieve their car-clogged roads.Many of these efforts focus on thinning out the number of drivers by promoting mass transit use, carpooling and ridesharing --...
Article - 02/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is out with its latest list spotlighting government innovators. In all, the 2015 Bright Ideas program recognizes 124 innovative...
Article - 02/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Public safety and security, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
People who manage utilities typically spend far more time in offices than at substations, which can make it hard to truly understand the situation in the field and the work that needs to be done. Council Associate Partner Space-Time Insight is...
Article - 02/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
The term open data refers to data that’s free for people to view and analyze on their own, but the process itself for making that data available hasn’t necessarily been open. A new coalition backed by some industry giants aims to change that.As its...
Article - 02/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management, Interoperability
Reports indicate road congestion is costing the United States economy upwards of $100 billion a year in wasted fuel and time. A study from the Harvard Center for Risk Assessment predicts that emissions from vehicles idling in traffic jams will...
Article - 02/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Bogota's urban mobility transformation gets a boost from MasterCardRecaudo Bogota, Bancolombia and Council Lead Partner MasterCard are introducing electronic payments to promote and facilitate access...
Article - 02/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Waste management, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
The summit was organised by FIRST Sm@rt Cities Council aimed to bring all stakeholders under one roof for an impressive exchange of ideas with the theme, Smart Cities: From Concept to Reality. The summit was supported by the Ministry of Urban...
Article - 02/19/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Visioning and roadmapping tools
It's a truism that Big Data creates big results, especially if that data is delivered in real time. Look no further than the maps on your smart phone to understand the value created by mashing up real-time data from many different sources. (Take a ...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
Will cities have the highly skilled workforces they will need in the years to come to operate smart infrastructure and drive the digital economy necessary to stay competitive? The Council's Smart Cities Readiness Guide highlights the importance of a...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Analytics, Computing resources
India’s efforts to create 100 new smart cities are still in the early stages, though one major milestone is approaching fast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made the pledge, says the government will unveil its smart cities policy on March 31.One...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Schneider Electric technology will automate new Las Vegas showplace Council Lead Partner Schneider Electric has signed a multi-year agreement to become the first "founding partner" of the new Las...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control