smart and connected communities
Get Smart City “Smart” in Just 3 Simple Lessons
What’s a smart city supposed to look like? It seems everyone has an opinion. Just Google “What is a smart city” and you can spend a very long weekend finding out. From white papers to special reports, and conferences to councils, you’ll find the world of smart cities is becoming very fragmented. &nb…
Edge and fog computing: The key to smarter cities? (Part 2)
In part one (Edge and fog computing: Cutting through the haze), we used Michael Crichton’s 1973 sci-fi movie, Westworld, to illustrate the concepts of edge and fog computing. Now, we’ll explore how government can use them to improve our communities. Edge and fog computing hold great potential to mak…
Public Safety Shines at Cisco Live
Cisco Live US which was held in Las Vegas the week of July 10th is one of the premier IT industry events Cisco hosts every year. This year’s event drew over 28,000 customers, partners, press and analysts. Our top executives presented keynote and innovation talks which tackled topics like cloud, coll…
Intelligent Communities Global Blog Series Kickoff, The World’s Smartest Cities
I can hardly wait. In two days the suspense will be over and the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) will have selected its 2013 Intelligent Community of the Year. With so many extraordinary and innovative communities in the running, I’m glad it’s not up to me to choose one. But I do have the thril…