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Standards aren’t just technical specifications to get one system to talk to another. They can also be a valuable tool to make sure your smart cities initiatives are on the right track — and to demonstrate that you’re a good steward of your taxpayers...
Article - 07/07/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Interoperability, Policy frameworks and tools
In case you haven't noticed, the smart cities sector is awash in partnering initiatives. Companies are working overtime to pre-integrate their solutions, so cities don't have to take on that onerous challenge. Case in point: The announcement below...
Article - 06/08/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Connectivity, Interoperability
Contributed by Open Geospatial ConsortiumThe Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the initiative sponsors: Ordnance Survey Great Britain, Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière (IGN) France, city of Sant Cugat del Vallès (...
Article - 02/12/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management, Interoperability
By Dr. Michael J. Dixon, General Manager, Smarter Cities, IBM There is no doubt that IBM’s focus on the emerging Cognitive Era will have an impact in cities and state, local, and regional governments around the world in 2016. After leading a broad...
Article - 01/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Instrumentation and control, Interoperability
Many smart city benefits come from sensors that are connected to the Internet, providing managers with key information they can use to optimize city services. But now thanks to advances in communications and other technology, the sensors themselves...
Article - 05/08/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Interoperability
A city in southwest England will soon be covered by a wireless umbrella designed to connect everything, allowing enterprising researchers to find new uses for the data that’s generated. The goal is to turn the city of Bristol into a hotbed of smart...
Article - 03/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Interoperability, SCC Spotlight Cities
The ability to collect and analyze location information can open a treasure trove of insights that smart cities can use to make their communities more livable. For cities that haven’t already started using this data, a new white paper can help them...
Article - 03/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management, Interoperability
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
By Eric WoodsNavigant ResearchThe latest report on smart cities from Navigant Research forecasts that annual smart city technology investment will reach $27.5 billion by 2023. Total cumulative investment over the next decade...
Article - 07/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Energy, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Interoperability
Those tediously detailed documents called “ISO standards” set out requirements and technical specifications for everything from food packaging, to car ergonomics, to blood transfusion equipment. They help reassure consumers that products are safe,...
Article - 05/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Interoperability
Paul Nelsen, Senior Director of Smart Grid APAC at Council Lead Partner Itron, talks about the opportunities, challenges and solutions facing Asian utilities at Asian Utility Week 2015.
Resources - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Analytics, Instrumentation and control, Interoperability
If any company has carved out mind share as a smart cities thought leader, it is IBM. And the man responsible for IBM's smart cities messaging worldwide is Rich Michos, Vice President Marketing, Smarter Cities. There's a lot underneath that...
Resources - 05/14/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management, Interoperability, Policy and leadership