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A few weeks ago we published a story on Council Global Lead Partner Oracle's innovative strategy to provide a high-tech education program for high school students — as a way to help fill the talent gap in technology professions. A recently released...
Article - 12/28/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
If the explosion of data hasn’t reached your city yet, it will soon. Cities are generating more data than ever, raising questions about how to store and process it all — and keep it secure. And Oakland is a great example of why more cities are...
Article - 07/06/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to the realm of science fiction. It’s becoming reality, already playing a role in transforming some corporate call centers. But as the technology grows, it could also radically shape the way that...
Article - 05/18/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
Data by itself doesn’t make a city smart. What makes a city smart is its ability to act on it immediately. The Internet of Things helps make data in the field a real-time tool, but you still need a strong backbone to carry and process it. That’s why...
Article - 04/06/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
Data — and the ability to act on it in real-time — is the very bedrock of a smart city. But what’s an efficient way to build the data infrastructure you need? San Diego provides a great roadmap.San Diego is using its street lights as a springboard....
Article - 03/09/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
Public stadiums are a huge investment. Is your city getting its money’s worth? If you want a better return from your stadium investments, study the three approaches below and follow the links to more information. These are ideas you can take to the...
Article - 03/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Analytics, Computing resources
Contributed by Imex SystemsMost governments have adopted a commitment to further transparency and accountability, which in turn has bolstered the movement to open data.One of the big challenges in opening up this data is that it resides in many...
Article - 02/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
In a lot of cities, open data isn’t very open. The data may be available, but those who want to use it have to poke around what are often complicated websites to identify exactly the right data set and find their analytical tools that can make sense...
Article - 02/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
A program to overhaul the way that tax returns are handled in Kentucky is netting big bucks for police and other vital services. But there’s also a reason for the public to like it: Those who have paid more than their fair share are getting their...
Article - 02/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Finance and procurement
Traffic congestion is a huge drain on the economy. The average American commuter wastes nearly $1,000 each year through lost time and wasted fuel caused by bad traffic. That’s a $160 billion annual drain on the U.S. economy, according to the latest...
Article - 12/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Analytics, Computing resources
Poverty. Infectious disease outbreaks. Preparations for natural disasters. All are big problems that may not seem to have answers.But a new effort helps to show governments of all levels that they may already have the answers. The key is to pull...
Article - 11/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Compassionate Cities, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
A new suite of tools to improve health care analytics could dramatically improve health care, both by bringing new discoveries to market faster and by better treating patients with chronic conditions.Council Lead Partner IBM is expanding its health...
Article - 09/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Computing resources
If there are smart cities, why can’t there be smart lakes? Council Lead Partner IBM, along with researchers and water quality groups, have turned a lake in upstate New York into what they’re calling the world’s smartest lake.Using sensors, big data...
Article - 07/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources
Everybody wants to talk when things are going well, but a new report on smart cities successes uncovers some valuable insights by looking deeper at the underachievers. One key lesson: forgetting who your smart cities initiatives are for will put you...
Article - 06/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
New markets are unleashed when key platforms emerge, allowing different products from different companies to work together seamlessly. But every market has multiple platforms contending to be number one, so we typically go through years of...
Article - 06/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
When talking about smart cities, it’s easy to get caught up in the technical wizardry. But Schneider Electric's Charbel Aoun says the real story is what it actually does for people.Schneider Electric is a Council Lead Partner. Aoun, its president...
Article - 06/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
When the water supply is short -- as it is now in regions around the world due to drought -- many fingers get pointed at groups that appear to be the biggest water wasters. But at least some of those fingers should be pointed at municipal water...
Article - 06/03/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
When we turn on our computers, we take for granted that the power is there. Behind the scenes, however, that power is there because utilities knew you were going to need it -- perhaps even before you did.Getting the energy use forecasts right is a...
Article - 05/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
By the middle of 2016, IBM will have made Smarter Cities Challenge grants to more than 130 cities worldwide chosen from more than 600 applicants, with nearly 800 of IBM top experts delivering pro bono services valued at more than USD $66 million....
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Analytics, Computing resources
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Civic Resource Group joins Microsoft CityNext Associate SCC Partner Civic Resource Group International (CRG) is partnering with the Microsoft CityNext initiative, the technology giant’s effort to...
Article - 05/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity