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It takes smart, highly skilled people to use and manage the technologies and systems that make smart cities operate efficiently and reliably. But as the majority of CIOs will tell you, it can be a challenge to find them — in part because businesses...
Article - 03/22/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
Scroll down for quick news takes on Smart Cities Council partners.Major advance in Schneider Electric and Microsoft collaborationThanks to a partnership between Council Lead Partners Schneider Electric and Microsoft, companies now have access to...
Article - 05/25/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Connectivity
As city leaders know, today's connected citizens expect much more from their government in terms of convenient, efficient and fast delivery of services than ever before, whether it's getting a building permit or reporting a pothole. It's something...
Article - 08/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners...Schneider Electric, Black & Veatch chosen for military advanced microgrid projectCouncil Lead Partner Schneider Electric and Associate Partner Black & Veatch have been chosen to develop one...
Article - 07/12/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Waste management, Connectivity
Broad-based technology giants such as IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, and Siemens are often recognized as today’s leading smart city solution vendors.Yet two other tech heavyweights -- companies best known for their chip-making prowess -- are also gaining...
Article - 04/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Connectivity
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Good reads department: IBM on Johannesburg as "a model of urban renewal" Writing for Forbes, IBM Chief Storyteller Steve Hamm puts the spotlight on Johannesburg, South Africa – in particular what he...
Article - 04/08/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Telecommunications, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Interoperability
Even though technology has evolved rapidly over the past several decades, the basic process for summoning emergency responders hasn’t. If you need help, you typically need to find a phone and make a voice call to an emergency number.People needing...
Article - 03/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
Storms are challenging for utilities -- and certainly for their customers when outages occur. Resources are often stretched thin as crews try to troubleshoot and chase a multitude of problems scattered over their service area. But a newly updated...
Article - 02/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Analytics, Connectivity
As city leaders, academics and leading smart cities practitioners from around the world gather for the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona this week, Smart Cities Council members are sharing their expertise and thought leadership on a host...
Article - 11/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Often people think of "the cloud" as a massive data repository somewhere online where email and documents are stored for easy access. But the cloud is much more than that, and government agencies around the world are finding the cloud can help them...
Article - 10/01/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
The city of Las Vegas saves money and enables self-service among business users by leveraging Oracle BI Cloud Service. Raghav Venkat, senior systems analyst with the city of Las Vegas, describes how decision-making capabilities drastically improve...
Resources - 01/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
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