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By Sergio Ortega Cruz, Worldwide Industry Solution Manager, Public Safety and National Security at MicrosoftFormer US Secretary of State Dean Rusk once said that “If you protect your paper clips and diamonds with equal vigor, you’ll soon have more...
Article - 04/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Data management, Security and privacy
A lot of times, it can be a struggle to get things done. Getting the right people in the room, getting them all to reach consensus, can all be roadblocks to progress. That’s why the story of Constitución, Chile is so inspiring. Just three months...
Article - 04/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement
Miskolc, Hungary, is a mid-size industrial city that has taken on a number of civic improvement projects, among them planning a public square as a focal point for the city and an expanded mass transit system.Deputy Mayor Péter Pfliegler and other...
Article - 04/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
St. Albert is an attractive community of about 61,500 residents adjacent to Edmonton, the capital of the province of Alberta. Well known as "The Botanical Arts City," a reflection of the things its citizens enjoy, St. Albert city leaders also want...
Article - 04/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
In a smart city (or state), governing well does not mean dictating what’s best for everyone. It’s a collaborative effort. What do your constituents want from you? What resources are available? What do partners need from you? What do other elected...
Article - 04/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Smart City Tools
Microsoft's City Next initiative is designed to offer assistance for cities that enables them to be innovative while turning their smart city plans into reality, do it at their own pace and engage their citizens in the process. City Next offers a...
Article - 04/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Smart City Tools
The reason we're saying connected cars could be traveling on city streets sooner than earlier expected has very much to do with the rapidly increasing field of partnerships between technology companies and car makers focused on making driving safer...
Article - 04/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
Nearly a dozen people died in central Texas over Memorial Day weekend last summer when heavy rains triggered flash floods. But their lives likely could have been saved with a data analytics-based warning system that costs only about as much as a...
Article - 04/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
What are you doing to be the next big employment center? As we’ve mentioned before, the world’s cities are growing fast, but there’s no guarantee yours will too. In fact, some big cities are shrinking fast because their dominant employers are no...
Article - 04/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement
Of that total dollar amount, public IT infrastructure spending is expected to account for $24.4 billion an increase of 14.1% through 2016 as cities and other governments and public agencies increasingly turn to it to help them manage and expand the...
Article - 04/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
Swedish city Borås is taking another step towards full sustainability. This time it’s an ultra-efficient wastewater treatment plant that will not only meet strict emissions requirements, but also contribute renewable fuel for a city power plant.That...
Article - 04/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater
Research suggests that one of the strongest indicators for child well-being is the number of committed adults in a child’s life. According to Texas CASA, for children in foster care, having even one positive adult support person is a deterrent...
Article - 04/19/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter
Suicide and substance abuse are killing homeless youth living on the streets of San Francisco. That's the finding from a new University of California, Berkley study that found those street kids are at 10 times higher risk of death than their peers...
Article - 04/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Compassionate Cities, Shelter
In Calderdale – a borough in West Yorkshire, England -- more than 65% of adults are overweight or obese. To do something about it, IBM partnered with the local council to help tailor its health outreach and design specialized physical activity...
Article - 04/15/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
By Jennifer Robinson, SASAs local governments across the country continue to recover from the recession, many city and county leaders are weighing the options of raising revenue or cutting services. But, now is a good time to look at a third...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Security and privacy
Contributed by Future of Privacy Forum Is your Smart TV listening to your conversations? Are your children’s toys spying on your family? These types of questions are increasingly raised as the next generation of internet-connected devices enter the...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Security and privacy
If you were told that someone could hack into your traffic control system, bringing absolute gridlock to your downtown, would you do anything about it? What if they showed you that a hacker could easily do that with only a few hundred dollars of...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Security and privacy
So far, there are no documented instances of terrorists remotely hijacking connected cars, but a Department of Justice official said it's immensely important for those cars to have a high enough level of security to protect against any that may...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
It may be startling news, but a lot of people are nervous about the connected world. Excited, but nervous. Sure, they'll appreciate improved and expanded city services and the benefits connectivity can bring whether it's fewer traffic jams, cleaner...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity
You’ve undoubtedly heard the prediction: cities are getting bigger. The vast majority of the world’s population will be living in cities by the middle of the century. But while that’s true for cities overall, it’s not true for all cities. In fact,...
Article - 04/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement