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We've often recommended smart streetlight initiatives as a practical first step for cities envisioning a more sustainable, livable future. Yes, smart streetlight networks make streets safer and cost less than traditional lighting to operate and...
Article - 12/15/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Connectivity
You could say that smart street lights have been the 'Next Big Thing' for smart cities for the last several years and not get much of an argument. They're often the smart city initiative cities tackle first because they promise energy efficiency...
Article - 02/02/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security
We often encourage cities to take a collaborative approach to their smart city projects and upgrades. The abbreviated news release below details Council Lead Partner Cisco's partnership with the UK's largest science park operator, Manchester Science...
Article - 06/15/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development
The way we drive and think about cars is changing. Several cars already have some forms of connected technologies and management systems. And car manufacturers are producing cars with complex new connectivity-dependent features like driver assist...
Article - 06/10/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Transportation
We've said if often enough: smart street light networks are an ideal launch pad for smart cities. They're highly adaptable. They're scalable. They're energy efficient. And they can help cities do so much more than provide economical lighting because...
Article - 05/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security
What makes smart buildings different from a traditional building with HVAC, lighting and electrical systems? At its most basic, the biggest differences between the two are how they're managed and what they're intended to do.Then there's the business...
Article - 03/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Connectivity, Data management
China has been taking smart cities seriously for years and is following an ambitious strategy to build them throughout the country. It doesn't have much choice. China's population of about 1.4 billion is expected to roughly double in 15 years, and...
Article - 03/11/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Computing resources
Tear down city silos! That’s usually the first piece of advice city leaders get when they launch efforts to make their cities smarter. Integration and cohesiveness is at the heart of every smart city. So how do you make that happen?Two Council...
Article - 12/08/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Computing resources, Interoperability
China’s stated intent to be the world’s smart city technology leader in five years is certainly ambitious. It also seems to be a matter of necessity for the country.As readers know, people are moving from rural and other outlying areas into the...
Article - 11/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Policy and leadership, Policy frameworks and tools
Rare is the city that doesn’t have concerns about food production. In communities where there isn’t enough food, cities have to be part of the solution to find more. And with prolonged droughts in more places, more communities are in this category....
Article - 10/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Built environment, Health and human services
The Andhra Pradesh government, has taken a significant step, by letting Cisco implement 'Proof of Concept' of its smart city model on the MG Road at Vijayawada.For the records, Vijayawada is not part of the three cities shortlisted from the state....
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Smart City Examples, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Every year since 1999, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) think-tank announces which world city it deems most intelligent after a year-long evaluation that includes a quantitative analysis of extensive data, site inspections by the Intelligent...
Article - 06/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Policy and leadership
Knowing where today's markets are heading – and when – can help cities chart their smart city roadmaps. Scroll down for new reports on smart street lighting, Internet of Things security and stop-start vehicles.84% of world's streetlights will be...
Article - 05/08/2015
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
SolarCity has a reputation as an innovator. It was the first solar company to offer customers financing for little or no upfront costs, and buyers have responded enthusiastically. Now the company wants to sell its new turnkey microgrids-as-a-service...
Article - 03/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Instrumentation and control, Interoperability
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Cisco wins contract for major Dubai smart city projectThe Dubai Design District, a greenfield smart city project expected to launch as many as 130 smart initiatives over the course of its development...
Article - 03/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Council Lead Partners Cisco and GE are attracting increasing attention for their efforts to bring Big Data to the Internet of Things. But while much of the early focus is on what’s good for business, there’s a lot for cities to get excited about,...
Article - 01/02/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Analytics
Alexandria, Virginia has been selected by the Chesapeake Crescent Initiative (CCI) for its second "Safe + Smart Cities" pilot program. At no cost to its taxpayers, Alexandria will soon learn how to harden its resiliency and maximize its operational...
Article - 12/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Connectivity
India says its smart cities goal is too ambitious to accomplish on its own, and it is slashing red tape to make it easier for more outside partners, consultants, and even the United States government to step in to help. But as work to create 100 new...
Article - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Policy and leadership
By Brendan O’Brien, CiscoSmart Cities. The Industrial Internet. The Internet of Everything. These terms have been thrown around quite a bit in the past year, but there haven’t been a great number of real-world examples demonstrating how these...
Article - 09/03/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
The Australian city of Adelaide in June launched AdelaideFree, a wholesale makeover of its free citywide WiFi network. This public-private joint venture involved installing nearly 200 new wireless access points from SCC Lead Partner Cisco. Another...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies