Smart cities has been a hot topic for governments around the world for several years as climate concerns, rising urbanization trends and increasingly technology-savvy citizens is driving demand for connected and sustainable cities. The race to build smart cities will only intensify as competitive pressures build up amongst cities to attract the best talent and investment, says Dr Steve Hodgkinson, research director for Ovum, the analyst and cons…

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…ion, decision making, and critical thinking, people can become productive Smart Workers. The work culture has transformed significantly since the Industrial Era (Figure 1). Figure 1.  Smart Work Evolution Source: Cisco IBSG, 2013. Smart Work and Learning Imperative In every sector of the economy, people are opting for more collaborative and flexible forms of work and learning that allow them to participate when they want, from virtually anywhere…

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The notion of Smart Connected Communities or S&CC has as its foundation, IP addressable smart objects or what is often referred to as the Internet of Things; therein allowing sensing for traffic, health, home energy usage and so on. IP addressable smart objects has spawned the momentum for IPv6 usage; the standardization for IP addressable smart objects can be found within the IETF, IEEE, ITU-T forged by the IPSO Alliance, in addition to new…

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s and customers take advantage of the support touch point that works best for them. For example: More than  250,000 issues solved online every month (over 80% of all customer technical support issues are solved online); Over 2.8 million Technical Services web visitors each month; 700,000 Cisco Support Community monthly visitors; and, Nearly 100,000 social media “fans” and “followers” on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. We call these in…

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…echnologies; this will be implemented through financial tools, policy frameworks, visibility campaigns, and advocacy. One of the first initiatives – to be launched at the 81st Annual Unites States Conference of Mayors in June 2013 – will be the development of the Readiness Guide. This tool will be the very first collaborative and comprehensive vision of a smart city. Through honing in on top-of-mind issues such as energy, transportation and publi…

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