Cisco Aims To Make Cities Smarter

Our city could soon be smarter than ever.This is because Cisco and Smart Cities Council will consider what is needed to accelerate local governments to dig their smart city initiatives.Cisco and the Council of the Smart City published a report on the Internet of Things Global Forum this month,the views of the leaders of the city sink across North America in the drivers,challenges and provides measures adopted to make cities smarter.

In this context,Wim Elfrink,Cisco's executive vice president of Industry Solutions and Chief Globalisation Officer noted that we live in a digital age of internet everything that is transforming the way smart cities provide relief services,citizens provide experiences and Open Social,economic and environmental opportunities.Then he pointed the problem.

City leaders have shown in this study that you are looking for more guidance on how to promote these important initiatives,that is why the Council of intelligent cities together to jointly by the resources and best practices customers,business partners and industry leaders said.

What’s Holding Smart Cities Back?

Nearly a third of respondents identified the desire to improve infrastructure 'as a' key motivator "to begin deployments of smart city,followed by the improvement of cities worldwide appeal of their cities,according to the survey.Some early adopters already have initiatives underway smart city,including improved communications,energy efficiency and citizen participation projects,but most are still in the planning stage.

Forty-nine percent of the cities in the planning stages are taking steps to build their long-term visions; 37.6 percent is communicated to stakeholders of the city and 34.1 percent are creating prioritized action plans and next steps.Not surprisingly,funding is by far the biggest challenge for cities.Internal organization,including lack of coordination and alignment between departments is another obstacle.The report concluded that some cities may lack champions committed to take their efforts across departments.

All About The Network 

Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst at ZK Research,said that the leaders of the city to have to wade through the many initiatives that can be addressed,the best way to decide to improve the overall experience of the daily life of citizens.Smart Meters that can coordinate with an application to indicate where parking is so that you have not disclosed to the search for a 20 minute ride,improve the quality of the experience of people in the city,Kerravala said.

Kerravala also points to the safety and concern that smart city initiatives address,city in Spain,where the trash to recognize bombs and several cities in the United States,where the activity log of the cameras of streets.But Also here is the key zeroing Note on the most relevant initiatives and implement the best technology strategies.One of the most important things is Cisco promotes the concept of taking an architectural approach ,Kerravala said.Often cities spend a lot of money because they build these overlay networks.It is important to know how to build an architecture based on a network and to think the rules of the solid rock.