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Digital City Services is the newest chapter of the Smart Cities Readiness Guide, the free, vendor-neutral handbook for urban transformation. As we put it together, we came to understand that digital services are the hallmark of a smart city. Yes,...
Article - 06/29/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Worldwide, there are almost as many connected devices as there are people. They generate a lot of data and if you’re looking for a way to make sense of it consider augmented reality.If you aren’t familiar with the term, start with the Fort...
Article - 03/09/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Connectivity, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
Contributed by Civic Resource GroupWe are presented with an abundance of data around us in this increasingly mobile, digital world. Under the umbrella of “Smart Cities,” local, state, federal, even global initiatives have demonstrated the power of...
Article - 03/31/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Siemens technology to run new fuel-efficient power plant Council Associate Partner Siemens will supply all the major electrical equipment for a new fuel efficient power plant under construction in Michigan. Siemens is supplying critical low- and...
Article - 02/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By Gregory G. Curtin, Ph.D2015 was a banner year for Smart Cities. Across the globe cities of all shapes and sizes clamored to get “smart,” with more smart infrastructure, open data and data enabled “things” (the long awaited Internet of Things, or...
Article - 01/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement
Tourism is big business for many cities. And it's a zero-sum game, since if tourists are in some other city they can't be in yours. That's why I thought you might want a sneak preview of the latest high-tech arrow in Fort Lauderdale's tourism-...
Article - 12/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners …Silver Spring Networks introduces Operations OptimizerSilver Spring Networks, a Council Associate Partner, has introduced its Operations Optimizer, which analyzes data from over 30 million water,...
Article - 11/06/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
"CRG doesn't build one-off applications such as standalone parking apps that don't connect to anything else ... and inevitably become stale," explained Dr. Gregory G. Curtin in announcing Civic Resource Group International's new CivicConnect™...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity
Imagine a day where people could instantly harness and interact with the abundance of data around them. What if a bus stop became a source of real-time departure updates? Or if a pothole on your walk to work became a platform for good citizen...
Article - 07/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity
What began as a class project could provide inspiration for cities that are looking to become smarter. Four college students in California studied the state’s cities to see how smart they are -- and what the smartest cities have in common. The...
Article - 06/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
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
Some recent remarks from Gregory Curtin might grab the interest of companies developing smart cities solutions. Curtin is founder and CEO of SCC Associate Partner Civic Resource Group (CRG) International and recently spoke with CEOCFO Magazine. He...
Article - 04/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Interoperability
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Microsoft makes $3 million YouthSpark investment in Vietnam's digital futureThe investment is part of Council Lead Partner Microsoft's global YouthSpark commitment to empower young people with...
Article - 04/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Connectivity, Finance and procurement
When cities ask me to boil down my advice to a word or two, I often answer "multi-purpose." Cities need to leverage their investments so they buy once and use many times. This is true for their physical infrastructure. And it is true for their...
Article - 03/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Interoperability
Scroll down for a peek at recent developments involving Council Partners…Alstom pact targets smart, energy efficient homesCouncil Lead Partner Alstom Grid will work with IJENKO, a European company that provides a cloud platform for Internet of...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Connectivity
This video explains how CivicConnect™ Mobile from Council Associate Partner Civic Resource Group International enables rapid deployment of dynamic mobile websites and applications for smart government on the go.
Resources - 06/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity
The CivicConnect™ Water Conservation and Drought Management Platform from Council Associate Partner Civic Resource Group International is a comprehensive cloud-based online water conservation/management system designed, as this video explains, to...
Resources - 04/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Connectivity
Gregory Curtin, founder and CEO of Council Associate Partner Civic Resource Group International, talks about fulfilling the promise of technology in this new mobile/cloud/data first world.
Resources - 03/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity