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Mayor Rahm Emmanuel gave his CTO John Tolva a mission when he took office. "[He] told me, 'I want Chicago to be the Seoul, Korea of North America,'" said Tolva as quoted in a story in Crain's Chicago Business. And now Tolva has a roadmap to get him...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management, Policy and leadership
Smart grids and smart cities share many things, including a common mistake. Executives often think they can't get "smart" until they install a whole bunch of sensors. In fact, most grids and most cities already have mountains of data. For instance,...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
Take a look at the remarkable progress of China's Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). China's Ministry of Commerce ranks SIP as the most competitive industrial park in the country. I think it's the most competitive in the world. I predict you will agree...
Article - 09/23/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Connectivity, Data management, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies
We recently warned you not to let your police department become a guinea pig for the unproven Google Glass technology. Now comes Government Technology magazine with a sneak preview of an upcoming trade show showcasing ideas that ARE ready for prime...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
You will want to skim this Economist article on smart cities for its warnings about what could go wrong; for its hints on the things that are stalling the market; for its anecdotes of cities doing it right; and for its optimistic conclusion that the...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
Property crime down 24%. Violent crime down 9%. Those reductions came as a result of the Vancouver PD's gradual adoption of analytics-led policing starting in 2008. Nor are such results unusual -- I hear similar numbers from police departments all...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Data management
Here at the Smart Cities Council, we recommend that cities implement a citywide privacy program. The example below explains why. This UK city was just fined roughly $150,000 when a social services employee accidentally published sensitive...
Article - 09/04/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Data management, Policy and leadership, Security and privacy
BNAmericas is out with a short item on a big Brazilian win for Microsoft's CityNext initiative. On the surface, it would seem that Microsoft merely sold the state of Mina Gerais a bunch of products, including Sharepoint, SQL Server, Hyper-V and...
Article - 09/04/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Data management
You will enjoy the video below and this post from ArchDaily, the world's most visited architecture site. They describe a "smart highway" project that won a prestigious design award. I walked away with two reminders. First, we already have plenty of...
Article - 09/04/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Analytics, Data management, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies