Smart Cities

It’s an exciting time in the world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Whether you’re a utility looking to view your customer landscape to fix issues or analyze power consumption, or a manufacturer like Cisco looking to gain visibility into the supply chain, Esri can provide the visualization t…

Time to Cut the Cord: Sometimes it’s hard to let go. Whether it is a favorite toy as a child or that beloved outfit that will never go out of style (although it definitely has), it’s a challenge to push beyond the familiar comfort of the status quo. The times are changing and education needs to cha…

Each week, our public sector government counterparts are posting a new #TransformationThursday blog, where they will discuss digital transformation in cities, detailing storylines and examples with various social, environmental and economic outcomes. We encourage you to join in the conversation as t…

Technology for the People: Being a German native and given my personal and professional commitment to helping those who commit their lives to public service, this particular topic of innovation is near and dear to my heart. It’s all about the end user – the patient, the care provider or the facilit…

Just Ask Dave: Properly and efficiently delivering public services to your constituency can be as important as keeping someone like poor Dave out of the metaphorical doghouse. Or when you consider something such as serving your senior citizens, easy, cost-effective access to services can be absolute…

The Wall Street Journal recently stated that one of our greatest frustrations is traffic and our daily commute. I live in a large city and travel often to big cities for work, and I can personally relate to this. Sitting in traffic makes me impatient and annoyed. But did you know that digital transf…

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much” – Helen Keller Almost five months of planning and organizing with our Cisco Greenlight for Girls (g4g) Barcelona project team (Mayte Cubino Gonzalez, Maite Cadenas Sanchez & Esther Roure Vila) came to a successful end on Saturday, May 7 at…

Here at Cisco, we think there’s never been a better time to make cities smarter and Kansas City, Missouri is helping to lead this charge with its smart streetcar debut this week. Kansas City is getting even smarter by tapping into technology advances to change the way people work and live today whic…

Through the use of digital technologies and innovation, Cisco enables cities to become Smart+Connected Communities that help to improve its citizens’ quality of life. One particular urban locale that is helping to set a great example of this is right here in the United States. Kansas City, Missouri…