SMART CITY TECHNOLOGY

Suppliers & Vendors

As cities increasingly use technology to make life in the city smarter and more sustainable, Navigant forecasts the global market for smart city technology will reach about $27.5BN annually by 2023, compared to $12.1BN 2016.

Today, IBM and Cisco power the smart city ecosystem; IBM combines a pragmatic approach to city engagement with its development of smart city platform solutions, while Cisco’s partner network provides an important source of innovation in the market. More>

Applications & Solutions

Smart city solutions have now evolved beyond both the hype and initial experimental projects, and have started to utilise information and communications technology (ICT) to address urban challenges and improve the way citizens travel from A to B.

Solution-optimised smart cities can leverage Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to transform cross-city services and transportation management systems and provide sustainable, tangible and positive effects on city-based quality of life. More>

Case Studies

The smart cities debate has accelerated an understanding of the impact technology has on city operations, quality of life and local economic development. But the reality of investing in and implementing these technologies still present challenges to most local governments.

Most smart initiatives involve the adoption of emerging and disruptive technologies and, as a result, require the creation of new markets with new ways of working and new financial and governance models. More>