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This video customer experience montage is hosted by Oracle Vice President of Customer Experience Strategy, Brian Curran, and features executives from City of Atlanta 311, Land O' Lakes and New York Stock Exchange. Oracle is a Council Associate...
Resources - 07/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
This short video from Council Lead Partner Alstom Grid highlights the advantages of transforming a city to make smarter use of energy.
Resources - 07/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
In the video below, Annie Weinstock, U.S. Bus Rapid Transit Program Director for the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, discusses the critical elements for a successful BRT system. She is joined by Joe Calabrese from the Greater...
Resources - 07/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
ThyssenKrupp Elevator wanted to gain a competitive edge by focusing on what matters most to their customers: reliability. Watch the video to see how the company drew on the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to develop smarter elevators.
Resources - 07/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
The Albemarle Ibuprofen plant is an anchor of the economy in the Orangeburg, South Carolina area. But power outages were providing the facility's biggest headache. The outages created “serious production losses and waste generation...
Resources - 07/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies
The popular smart city rankings conducted annually since 2011 by Council Advisor Boyd Cohen have been enhanced this year with expanded indicators. The Excel document linked below is the survey cities selected for the 2014 Smart City Index will use...
Resources - 07/10/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Tools
Building smarter, more sustainable cities requires the support of public, private and civic stakeholders. Envision Charlotte is charting a new course. By taking a holistic and integrated approach to engaging these disparate groups and demonstrating...
Resources - 07/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Citizen engagement
The Community Geomatics Centre (CGC) is a division of the nonprofit Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre, a Council Advisor located in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. The CGC promotes partnerships and technological means to efficiently share geospatial data...
Resources - 07/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Analytics
Located 50 kilometers east of Helsinki, the Finnish capital, is Porvoo, an old medieval town situated in the picturesque scenery of the Finnish archipelago.In the summer of 2011, the scenery at the local recycling stations was less picturesque;...
Resources - 07/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Waste management, Instrumentation and control
The Community Geomatics Centre (CGC) is a division of the nonprofit Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre, a Council Advisor located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The CGC is unique in Canada and promotes and establishes partnerships and...
Resources - 07/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation
California and many other regions continue to suffer from drought. What if you applied cellular technology—similar to that used in smartphones—in water management systems to improve water quantity, quality and cost. Council Lead Partner Qualcomm has...
Resources - 07/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Mobility infrastructure has been identified as the number one priority for cities seeking to attract investors, and as such it is high on the agenda for many growing cities. The paper linked below from Council Lead Partner Schneider Electric, ...
Resources - 07/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
Improved sensor technologies and firmware applications (that measure, for example, pressure, water quality, and flow), big data analytics tools (leveraged from other industry sectors), and embedded machine-to-machine (M2M) communication and...
Resources - 07/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control