Global Site Search

Use the links in the blue boxes to narrow your search results.
Show 5 results per page.

Why Dallas is taking a look back to move forward
The Dallas Smart City Living Lab is a very good example of how a city can initiate several integrated projects in a small slice of an urban environment. It's also a very good example of why collaboration and citizen engagement are key elements that...
Article - 11/09/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Data management

You need smart citizens (here's how to start with smart schools)
There’s no doubt that education matters more than ever. Manufacturing jobs in advanced industries now practically require some higher education. More than three-quarters of workers in those fields today have attended some college. In 1980, that...
Article - 08/31/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement

3 things you need to do to attract millennials (your job market depends on it)
What are you doing to be the next big employment center? As we’ve mentioned before, the world’s cities are growing fast, but there’s no guarantee yours will too. In fact, some big cities are shrinking fast because their dominant employers are no...
Article - 04/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement

How connected is YOUR smart city? (Yes. It matters)
The technologies that help make cities smart, livable and sustainable range from stationary and mobile sensors, video cameras and -- as we'll likely be seeing in a few short years -- connected cars.All of those Internet of Things-connected devices...
Article - 04/01/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Connectivity

Your Internet's faster than it used to be -- but maybe not fast enough
The headline in a Reuters article from March of 2015 proclaims "U.S. says its Internet speeds triple in three-and-a-half years." The FCC reported at the time average download speeds rose to almost 31 megabits per second (Mbps) in late 2014, well...
Article - 04/01/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Connectivity

Executive Summary: Smart Infrastructure Unlocks Equity and Prosperity for Our Cities and Towns
As the U.S. election season focuses atten­tion on national priorities, one thing is clear: We must invest in smart infrastructure now because we cannot compete globally without it.Smart infrastructure is the foundation for our nation's future...
Resources - 09/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Policy frameworks and tools