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Smart cities aim to reduce anticipated complexities and expenses that accompany future urbanization. Hence, integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), energy efficiency and sustainability form the backbone of these cities. For...
Resources - 09/26/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Computing resources, Examples and case studies, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Odense Municipality in Denmark wanted a way to streamline its governmental organization and replace an outdated email solution. The city needed a platform for communicating and collaborating that was easy and intuitive for both users and...
Resources - 08/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
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
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. This all...
Resources - 06/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
The safety of both officers and citizens depends on real-time situational awareness and immediate contact with colleagues and support personnel. Learn in this case study linked below how Council Lead Partner Verizon worked with Charleston, S.C. to...
Resources - 05/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management, Examples and case studies
Urban Integrated, [ui!] -- a Council Associate Partner -- has developed a cloud-based application that processes traffic-relevant data. The solution built on Microsoft Azure analyses the sensor data transmitted by traffic guidance systems at...
Resources - 04/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Analytics, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control, 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
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
New Taipei city government began constructing and integrating the public cloud and service cloud, not only to strengthen city government operations and that of its subordinate agencies, but also to determine public sentiment regarding government...
Resources - 04/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
The city of Fès, Morocco, needed a way to more clearly quantify the needs of its citizens and the associated performance of its agencies. Because of the city’s strong leadership and its demonstrated commitment to IT innovation, the African...
Resources - 04/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Computing resources, Examples and case studies
The city of Redmond, Washington implemented Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for public-sector organizations to streamline operations and empower employees with meaningful data. Learn in this case study from Council Lead Partner Microsoft about the...
Resources - 04/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Computing resources, Finance and procurement, 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
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management, Examples and case studies
The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) has a long history of self-reliance when it comes to energy. Today, the campus produces 92% of its own energy. It’s striving to go further with a combination of new clean energy resources, additional...
Resources - 02/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Analytics, Computing resources, Examples and case studies
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
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
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
Nagahama City, Japan, wanted to reduce ICT costs and simplify network operation and management. As part of an upgrade they planned to converge their information and digital telephony systems onto a single network. Read in this case study how...
Resources - 01/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Telecommunications, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
With an expanding population, the second largest city in Illinois wanted to improve building inspection communications for increased efficiency with leaner staffing levels. Read in the "NaviLine Helps Aurora Do More with Less" case study linked...
Resources - 10/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
Officials with the San Antonio, Texas Municipal Court system wanted to ease courtroom congestion with virtual transactions identical to that of the municipal court. Working with Council Global Partner Cisco, they opened up audio and video...
Resources - 04/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, 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
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Examples and case studies
New Zealand's Ashburton District Council wanted a modern, mobile computing platform for employees who provide frontline services. Before it deployed smartphones to mobile workers, the council subscribed to the Windows Intune PC and device management...
Resources - 03/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Computing resources, Data management, Security and privacy, Examples and case studies
The University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France, is among Europe’s foremost research universities and is the second-largest university in France with some 43,000 students. The University’s Energy Department needed to better manage facility...
Resources - 03/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Computing resources, Data management, Examples and case studies