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If there are smart cities, why can’t there be smart lakes? Council Lead Partner IBM, along with researchers and water quality groups, have turned a lake in upstate New York into what they’re calling the world’s smartest lake.Using sensors, big data...
Article - 07/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources
When the water supply is short -- as it is now in regions around the world due to drought -- many fingers get pointed at groups that appear to be the biggest water wasters. But at least some of those fingers should be pointed at municipal water...
Article - 06/03/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Civic Resource Group joins Microsoft CityNext Associate SCC Partner Civic Resource Group International (CRG) is partnering with the Microsoft CityNext initiative, the technology giant’s effort to...
Article - 05/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
Scroll down for a peek at recent developments involving Council Partners…Alstom pact targets smart, energy efficient homesCouncil Lead Partner Alstom Grid will work with IJENKO, a European company that provides a cloud platform for Internet of...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Connectivity
About one-fifth of the world’s population doesn’t have enough water, a problem that’s only getting worse between droughts and continued population growth. But until the rain returns or other sources are found, geographic information systems (GIS)...
Article - 10/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Computing resources
Cities are expecting dramatic population growth and so it will need new and intelligent infrastructure to meet the needs of their citizens and businesses. The water provided by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is not sufficient for the use...
Resources - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Responsibility areas, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Research, publications and web sites
Spring rains and snowmelt pour into the rivers and reservoirs that feed the Calgary’s water supply. As a result, downtown businesses and residents are faced with unpredictable floods that could do millions of dollars of damage. Read in this case...
Resources - 08/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Examples and case studies
Thousands of manufacturers, energy companies, and utilities rely on the PI System from Council Associate Partner OSIsoft to collect, analyze and share real-time sensor data to build their mission-critical operations intelligence infrastructure. One...
Resources - 05/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
The CivicConnect™ Water Conservation and Drought Management Platform from Council Associate Partner Civic Resource Group International is a comprehensive cloud-based online water conservation/management system designed, as this video explains, to...
Resources - 04/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Connectivity
Cloud software services are bringing about rapid and diverse changes to how a water utility operates and how data is used. As new systems often require new technology resources to operate and support, the white paper linked below from Council...
Resources - 04/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Computing resources
Fast-growing, future-focused cities like San Jose, California are leading the way in harnessing the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart technologies to help them manage sustainability challenges. San Jose deployed a platform using...
Resources - 04/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Watch this video from Council Lead Partner IBM to learn about some of the intriguing ways that IBM Watson -- the super computer -- is benefiting smart cities.
Resources - 04/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
Cities around the globe are confronted with growing populations, aging infrastructure, reduced budgets and the challenge of doing more with less. Watch in this video how IBM Intelligent Operations software portfolio, based on open cloud computing...
Resources - 03/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources
To ensure its ability to deliver clean, reliable, water to households and businesses, Yorkshire Water depends on having access to a large pool of data but found that it needed a more scalable technology infrastructure. Read in the case study linked...
Resources - 02/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management, Examples and case studies