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This article contains an important reminder. If we continue to build smart city initiatives as one-off, piecemeal, standalone projects, we'll end up with "a multitude of smart islands in a dumb city." If that happens, "the nirvana of a total city...
Article - 04/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Interoperability, Policy and leadership
This story focuses on the power generated by energy-harvesting floor tiles. I think there's an even more important story -- the data they generate. Right now it is relatively easy to generate information about automobile traffic, but much harder to...
Article - 04/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Data management, Instrumentation and control
Video surveillance is certainly nothing new, especially in the UK. But now Glasgow is considering the installation of next-generation "super intelligent" cameras. These units will be able to recognize threats on their own. We'll be watching this one...
Article - 04/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
Don't assume that India will necessarily be a smart cities laggard. Consider these factoids from a recent article in CXO Today:The Indian government announced plans to set up two smart cities in every state30 Indians leave rural areas for the city...
Article - 04/26/2013
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Analytics, Data management, Policy and leadership
Microsoft's foray into smart building management represents the holy grail -- namely, an application that improves sustainability and improves resident satisfaction while also paying for itself. If we can help cities get started with high-payoff...
Article - 04/23/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Analytics, Data management, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies
This news from IBM described below illustrates several important trends:Health and human services heavily impact livability. Health and human services are an often overlooked but increasingly important part of the smart cities equation. Cities that...
Article - 04/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
Philip Mezey combines a distinguished countenance with boyish curiosity and enthusiasm. In 2012, after an external search to find a replacement for the retiring LeRoy Nosbaum, the company realized it had the ideal candidate in house and named...
Resources - 04/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Data management, Instrumentation and control
The menu to the right will help you navigate the many resources available in the SCC Information Center. Click on the category you are interested in to find white papers, case studies, news articles, videos and other relevant material on...
Resources - 04/03/2013
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Information Center