…o meet their municipal connectivity and communication objectives. Road Map for the Digital City That’s all good, but some of NYC Digital’s proposals are downright intriguing, especially for a city in which almost 19 million people live in 6,720 square miles. These proposals aim to make living together more tenable: Access to real-time city information. Citizens can get data such as bus and subway train arrival times and location o…

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Tags: AT&T, broadband, government, ICT, New York City, Smart+Connected Communities, wi-fi

For centuries, cities have generated most of humankind’s art, religion, culture, commerce, and technology. And while this trend is expected to continue, several challenges are emerging, including stress on aging public infrastructures, limited success of public-private partnerships, reduced budgets, and the loss of “brain power” to fast-growing suburban areas. To revitalize the world’s largest cities, City24/7—a company committed to making publi…

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Tags: Cisco, city transformation, City24/7, City24x7, connected cities, IBSG, New York, public sector, public-private, Smart Cities, smart connected city, smart screen

A number of forces are changing how we work, live, and innovate: pervasive technologies, distributed ways of working, “space rather than place” as a work ethos, new methods and modes of work, access to shared services, open versus closed innovation, a new generation of workers, environmental concerns, and macro socioeconomic shifts. Given a choice, people will demand freedom to work, live, and innovate in ways that meet their individ…

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Tags: Big Data, Cisco, cloud services, device proliferation, future of work, IBSG, infrastructure, network, S+CC, security, smart applications, Smart+Connected Communities, urban services, urban sustainability, work-life

Rivas is a city of 70,000 inhabitants, in the suburbs of Madrid. With only a cursory glance, Rivas looks very similar to perhaps thousands of others in Europe. On the inside however, it is one of the most innovative cities in the world. Several years ago, the Mayor of Rivas adopted a vision of putting “everything on IP”. The objective was to become a “zero emission” city by 2030, an ambitious goal shared only by one other city in Europe (Copenh…

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Tags: Smart + Connected Communities, Spanish, TechWiseTV

Techncial Solutions Clinic) was created to show what’s possible when network software is combined with the creativity of Cisco technology partners. Using the EnergyWise protocol to connect, collect and control devices, nearly 20 companies demonstrated how their products can create richer services when they work together. The pavilion included Cisco switches, routers, IP phones, access points, digital signage, and other Cisco gear as well as Energ…

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