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The city of Suzhou in China's Jiangsu Province won the 2014 Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, which honors outstanding contributions towards creating livable and sustainable urban communities around the world. The prize is named after Singapore's first...
Article - 04/04/2014
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Category: Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Examples and case studies
Glasgow, Scotland competed with 29 other UK cities to win the Future Cities Demonstrator designation from the UK's Technology Strategy Board, along with roughly $38 million to help finance its ideas. What were the ideas that brought Glasgow to the...
Article - 09/25/2013
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Category: Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation, Analytics, Examples and case studies
If you have been following the progress of urban transformation over the past few years, then you have undoubtedly encountered the story of Zappos.com and its plan to renew Las Vegas old downtown area.Many publications have documented the project,...
Article - 05/21/2013
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Category: Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Finance and procurement, Examples and case studies
How do you extend your reach, both locally and globally, while tightening your budget? For Edinburgh Napier University the answer is in bridging the gap between campuses, each approximately three miles apart. Without online ...
Resources - 07/27/2015
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Category: Health and human services, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
Hospitals are under enormous pressure to keep their costs down and improve the bottom line. They’re looking for ways to achieve greater operating efficiency to reduce costs. The “smart” bedside terminal can address most of these challenges....
Resources - 06/20/2015
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Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
Texas State Technical College (TSTC) Waco wanted a wireless system flexible enough for the day-to-day demands of 5,000+ students and that could support any application the college might deploy in the future. It chose the Extricom Series’ WLAN ...
Resources - 05/30/2015
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Category: Health and human services, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
When Kanaiwa Hospital in Kanazawa, Japan, decided to introduce a comprehensive electronic health records system, it needed a smooth transition from its old paper record-keeping as well as a "non-stop" network to support the new system. In the case...
Resources - 04/22/2015
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Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
Leeds Teaching Hospitals, one of the largest providers of emergency care services in Europe, wanted to gain better access to data so that it could identify trends and improve services. Read in this case study how healthcare solutions provider...
Resources - 04/17/2015
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Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management, Examples and case studies
The IT network at Shrewsburgy School, a boarding school in the UK, was not able to keep up with the demands being placed on it, particularly by its digitally experienced students who were expecting more and more of their devices and connectivity...
Resources - 02/17/2015
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Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
Dallas Primary School in Melbourne, Australia decided to explore how Web 2.0 teaching and learning tools might help improve literacy skills. In one project, teachers devised an alternative learning program using Microsoft Research’s Kodu –a video...
Resources - 04/08/2014
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Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Examples and case studies