What is a smart city, how does it function, and what impact does it have on residents living and working within its borders?
Executive Summary:
The term "smart cities" was coined by IBM, but the idea has since come to represent a digital ecosystem of technology innovation and iot strategies aimed at helping cities and companies leverage data to improve operational performance in many sectors.
The ultimate goal of a smart city initiative is to attract businesses and citizens to ensure a vibrant city economy. Smart cities utilize the Internet of Things (IoT) to achieve sustainable economic development and quality-of-life improvements. IoT refers to devices connected to the internet to transmit data and according to industry experts, by 2020, 10 billion+ new devices and connections will be added to the internet. This will increase the amount of IoT devices and connections to over 26.3 billion.
Key Topics:
- IoT in Smart Cities and the fundamental components
- The goal of building a Smart City
- Connectivity, sensors & hardware
- People and performance
- IoT use cases in Smart Cities
- IoT in Smart Buildings
- Smart City Investments
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