Slideshow: Standards Critical to Public Sector CIOs at Smart Cities Summit 2016
Hundreds of stakeholders from the public and private sector smart city ecosystems convened to talk about IoT implementations in urban areas.
June 8, 2017
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The art-deco event venue, now operated by Marriott, has been in operation since 1925. The decor reflects the hotel’s location in the heart of Boston’s historic theater district.
Jon Mitchell, mayor of the City of New Bedford, Mass., spoke on the challenges of smaller metropolitan areas becoming smart cities. Mitchell’s advice to small-city government leaders: Be assertive. Don’t wait for the federal government to fund green and smart city projects. Strive for nimbleness and adaptability by, for example, leasing rather than getting into capital-intensive deals.
A panel titled “What’s Coming Next” featured, left to right, Brenna Berman, commissioner & CIO, department of innovation & technology, City of Chicago; Samir Saini, commissioner and CIO, City of Atlanta; Michael Mattmiller, CTO, City of Seattle; and Dr. Sokwoo Rhee, associate director of NIST’s Cyber-Physical Systems Program.
Attendees network in the solutions showcase room.
Verizon lights: One asset cities have is lighting, and the business case to replace old-style bulbs with efficient LEDs is clear. Verizon is looking to piggyback on the power runs that are already installed on poles to add modular sensors. The offerings on display are part of Verizon’s recent acquisition of smart lighting and IoT platform provider Sensity Systems…
The platform can support parking and traffic monitoring, video surveillance and security analytics, and more. In the case of video security, some data analysis is done at individual device. If an anomaly is detected, such as an individual loitering, data can be sent to the cloud for further analysis, and local authorities can be alerted quickly. They can tap into the feed direct from a mobile device.
Verizon Sensity: The display may look like fun and games, but Verizon demonstrated how the Sensity platform can alert on a near-miss at an intersection and help load-balance and better monetize scarce parking with smart monitoring.
You might think of Harman as a maker of high-end audio gear, but the company is working across the IoT ecosystem, providing solutions for automakers, industrial and enterprise automation, smart cities and infrastructure, and consumer and verticals. It has partnerships with the Allseen Alliance, AWS, AVNU, Broadcom, Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm and dozens more IoT players.
CloudCities offers smart urban planning on a grand scale. Company CEO Antje Kunze demonstrated a 3D, bird’s eye view of Manhattan. Planners can easily visualize parcel density, land uses or energy consumption…
One cool feature: The software works with VR headsets, such as Google Cardboard, for an immersive view.
Ingenu provides a wireless IoT network that delivers LPWA (low-power, wide-area) connectivity for machines. The network operates on universal spectrum and can connect a wide variety of IoT and M2M devices. It’s currently got 38 private networks deployed globally. The company says it’s looking to meet municipal CIOs’ need for a standard way to connect a city’s worth of smart devices with investment protection.
OpenDataSoft is looking to meet CIOs’ needs for opex, versus capex, IoT components as well as their desire to make the best use of data. The company’s SaaS platform supports transformation of all types of data into services, such as APIs, data visualizations and real-time monitoring.
OpenDataSoft is looking to meet CIOs’ needs for opex, versus capex, IoT components as well as their desire to make the best use of data. The company’s SaaS platform supports transformation of all types of data into services, such as APIs, data visualizations and real-time monitoring.
By Lorna Garey
Diamond sponsor Verizon showed off technology from its Sensity buy, and CIOs from Chicago, Seattle and Atlanta discussed opportunities and challenges, including the need to come up with innovative funding models, safeguard data and navigate an uncertain standards landscape.
In fact Brenna Berman, commissioner and CIO at the city of Chicago's department of innovation and technology, called out vendors from the keynote stage, asking them to solidify around IoT technology standards. Berman said the city is open to buying gear from multiple suppliers — but not if that means spending time and money struggling to integrate disparate systems.
[Smart Cities Summit is the go-to event for government and technology executives mapping America's smart cities. Visit the site to learn more about the agenda, speakers and networking opportunities.]
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