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A three-year, multi-million dollar project will equip British Columbia with a monitoring and prediction system to respond to off-shore accidents, tsunamis and other natural disasters. Council Global Partner IBM is IBM is investing $12 million in...
Article - 04/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Analytics, Computing resources
A short survey by the Public Technology Institute (PYI) asked public safety and IT officials from local governments large and small to rank 16 public safety technology topics according to their internal priorities."Just keeping up" with technology...
Article - 04/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
An online mapping tool that zooms in on U.S. coastal areas at risk from rising sea levels added New England to its coverage this week. New York, New Jersey and Florida are already included. The Pacific states are expected to be added later this...
Article - 04/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
When electric utilities started implementing smart meters, the public backlash was swift and vehement in many parts of the world. And to this day health and privacy concerns continue to fuel the debate over smart meters.So what other smart...
Article - 04/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
We came across a confluence of opportunities for smart cities and innovators – and for those who simply appreciate a smart idea – to win money, prizes and/or fame.Amazon's City on a Cloud Challenge: Local governments that have already adopted cloud...
Article - 04/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Computing resources
Scroll down for the latest short takes from Council members.Bechtel wins award for innovative project in Australia: Council Global Partner Bechtel has won a CETI Award for the company’s innovative use of RFID technology on the liquefied natural gas...
Article - 04/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Payments, Analytics, Computing resources
Cities and other public sector agencies are grappling with what to do about the Heartbleed bug. Heartbleed generated considerable hoopla and headlines in the past week. The bug compromises the online encryption software OpenSLL, which is installed...
Article - 04/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Short takes from Council members…India's first smart city gets Microsoft help: The Times of India reports that Microsoft will help develop Surat as India's first smart city under the guise of its CityNext initiative. The report says Microsoft, a...
Article - 04/11/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity