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France is looking to become a “global champion of digital technology” by honing in on one aspect of its tech scene: artificial intelligence. Some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies are setting their sights on the capital city of Paris as...
Article - 11/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Telecommunications, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
Over just the past month, there’s been a major cyberattack in one city and the potential for a warning siren breach in another. The potential has always been there, but now the threats are becoming an increasingly real. And the consequences can be...
Article - 04/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Computing resources, Data management
A few weeks ago we published a story on Council Global Lead Partner Oracle's innovative strategy to provide a high-tech education program for high school students — as a way to help fill the talent gap in technology professions. A recently released...
Article - 12/28/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
In a former railway yard in southeast Paris, a €200 million project is underway to create a global hub for Internet development that will be the largest start-up incubator in the world. Dubbed Halle Freyssinet (or Station F), this is just one...
Article - 09/29/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
If the explosion of data hasn’t reached your city yet, it will soon. Cities are generating more data than ever, raising questions about how to store and process it all — and keep it secure. And Oakland is a great example of why more cities are...
Article - 07/06/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to the realm of science fiction. It’s becoming reality, already playing a role in transforming some corporate call centers. But as the technology grows, it could also radically shape the way that...
Article - 05/18/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
Data by itself doesn’t make a city smart. What makes a city smart is its ability to act on it immediately. The Internet of Things helps make data in the field a real-time tool, but you still need a strong backbone to carry and process it. That’s why...
Article - 04/06/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
As city leaders know, today's connected citizens expect much more from their government in terms of convenient, efficient and fast delivery of services than ever before, whether it's getting a building permit or reporting a pothole. It's something...
Article - 08/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
The Internet of Things is widely seen as bringing new services, efficiencies and opportunities that will significantly change how commercial and industrial operations conduct their business—and help cities become smarter and more connected as they...
Article - 06/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
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
Intel's Yogitech acquisition: ensuring functional safety for self-driving cars, IoT Council Associate Partner Intel has announced it has bought Yogitech, a small Italian company that specializes in functional safety for semiconductors. Yogitech will...
Article - 04/08/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Transportation, Computing resources, Data management
The Internet of Things (IoT) is practically becoming a buzzword — and according to Council Lead Partner IBM in about two out of three places that deploy it, it never achieves more than that. You read that right: It believes two-thirds of IoT...
Article - 03/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Data management, Interoperability
Contributed by Imex SystemsMost governments have adopted a commitment to further transparency and accountability, which in turn has bolstered the movement to open data.One of the big challenges in opening up this data is that it resides in many...
Article - 02/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
With the launch of its new cloud ecosystem, Council Lead Partner GE envisions a way for radiologists, clinicians and other medical professionals to collaborate on patient cases quickly and efficiently.The GE Health Cloud and the applications...
Article - 12/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Data management
Poverty. Infectious disease outbreaks. Preparations for natural disasters. All are big problems that may not seem to have answers.But a new effort helps to show governments of all levels that they may already have the answers. The key is to pull...
Article - 11/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Compassionate Cities, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
It wasn’t long ago that the job of a Chief Information Officer involved managing rooms of expensive hardware that served their organization’s data needs. A new survey of state CIOs finds, however, that more and more of that hardware is vanishing...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Data management, Finance and procurement
(Image source: Microsoft)The future growth of the IT industry lies in the new service lines which include – the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, social media, mobile systems, big data analytics and Cloud based applications, states the latest...
Article - 10/09/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management, Interoperability
Despite a call from the highest levels of federal government to migrate to the cloud, there’s no question that the public sector has lagged behind the private sector when it comes to actually making the move.But as a new express lane to the cloud...
Article - 10/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
It’s a hacker’s world. Hackers are getting more innovative while many IT departments are falling behind, according to a new study. But the news isn’t all grim. The same report finds that education and available technology could allow lagging...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Data management, Security and privacy
Security breaches are growing more common and more threatening. A recent breach of U.S. government systems may have put the personal information of every federal employee -- past and present -- in the hands of hackers. Despite the risks, many cities...
Article - 06/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Data management, Security and privacy