Smart Cities

Cisco and Downer have an ongoing strategic Internet of Things (IoT) partnership that was recently expanded to include Smart Cities. Downer, a diversified engineering and services company headquartered in Australia, in August of 2017, secured a contract to build out and, with the system owner, co-man…

It doesn’t matter if you are an account manager or a customer success manager, you want to be a trusted advisor as your customer embarks on their digital journey.  Customers want personalized engagement with trusted partners, and it is important to be able to solve your customers’ business problems…

Cyber attacks against government are growing In our just released 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report: Impacts on Government, we found that cyber attacks against agencies across the U.S. are increasing every day. From ransomware and distributed denial of service (DDoS) to IoT botnets and cryptojacking,…

Co-authored with Carly Botelho, Cisco Meraki Public Sector. Becoming ‘smarter’ is something that municipalities, cities, states and even countries are striving to achieve. Through the process, many questions arise as to what it actually mean to become a smart, connected community. Where…

A resilient city needs resilient people. But how does that happen? Is it organic or does it require a little push? And what role should technology play in creating resilience? The truth is that growing a smarter, more resilient city requires rapid and transparent interaction between government and t…

Guest Blogger: Munish Khetrapal, Managing Director, Smart+Connected Communities (S+CC) Munish is responsible for building and managing technology based solutions that help to address opportunities in cities, enterprise workspaces, and residential homes. Back in October, we introduced Cisco Kinetic…

In this special episode of the #CiscoChat podcast, we’re bringing you the latest installment of our IoT technical talk series, Ask the IoT Whiz. Recorded on the Cisco Live Barcelona show floor earlier this month, this podcast takes a glance at urban IoT initiatives — what they look like, what challe…

It’s a small world. It’s also an increasingly hot, crowded and contentious one. The double wallop of climate change and society’s own impact on the earth’s atmosphere are intensifying struggles over natural resources while also threatening our infrastructure, food systems and quality of…

Visit our Itron and Cisco partnership page.  Connected things are proliferating in cities (1.6 billion in 2016) and utilities (600 million smart meters in 2016) around the globe. Data is streaming into utility operational back office systems, providing inputs for everything from energy usage, billin…