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While New Zealand may be considered a small country, its smart cities ambitions are anything but small. For two consecutive years New Zealand (and Singapore) swept up more recognitions for their smart cities initiatives than any others in the annual...
Article - 05/30/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Public safety and security, Citizen engagement
Two major companies are teaming up to develop a project that could help as many as 8.5 million drivers on the road. The joint venture between BMW and IBM will deliver a cloud-based data management system as part of a new connected car initiative,...
Article - 09/28/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
I had the pleasure of spending three days in New Zealand just a few weeks ago, engaging with smart cities leaders and understanding where their journey is on the smart cities pathway. It is certainly a bright future on the smart cities front in New...
Article - 06/03/2017
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand
IDC predicts growth in the virtual reality headset market will occur at a breakneck pace in the next few years, thanks to new device launches, lower price points and an expanding array of content. But it's not all about gaming and entertainment. VR...
Article - 04/04/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
When developing and executing your smart cities plans, are you paying attention to interoperability? Data security? Those have always been best practices, but this year, the consequences for failing to follow them could grow more severe.Council...
Article - 01/05/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Computing resources, Policy and leadership, Security and privacy
Connected cars are speeding their way into your city. If you haven’t given any thought into how they fit into your city, the new research below from IDC may add a bit of urgency to those discussions.But it doesn’t stop there. At the Council, we...
Article - 09/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
With recent events, there’s a lot of pressure on cities to do something about police accountability. Body-worn cameras are often seen as at least part of the solution. But they are not without complications of their own. From what you do with all...
Article - 08/11/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.Huawei and China Telecom to bring Shenzhen, China gigaband connectivityIn an initiative to boost economic and social development, Council Associate Partner Huawei and China Telecom will work together...
Article - 08/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
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
In some ways, a city is the obvious place to organize an effort to benefit from smart technologies. Cities are big enough to have clout and small enough to get something done. Yet in other ways, city-scale efforts face challenges. For one thing,...
Article - 03/02/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Policy and leadership
When the Smart Cities practice for Council Associate Partner IDC began tracking and forecasting what its researchers believed would be the biggest influences on the direction and depth of global smart city progress, the number one prediction on its...
Article - 01/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
Anyone familiar with the terms 'analytics' or 'Big Data' knows how valuable the data collected from all those meters, sensors and other smart devices can be when it is translated into intelligence cities can actually use to help both employees and...
Article - 11/06/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management
Innovative smart cities solutions come from many sources. Scroll down to learn about competition-winning concepts for drastically reducing landfill waste, a model for zero-energy buildings, outstanding smart city initiatives -- and a new UK...
Article - 10/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Waste management