Tag: smart cities

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‘Cisco cancels smart city products’

‘Cisco cancels smart city products’

Cisco is said to have stopped developing its Kinetic for City programme. Due to the effects of the coronavirus, it would no longer be feasible at this time. A Cisco spokesman told The Wall Street Journal that the company "recently decided to stop sales and eventually support for the Cisco Kineti... Read more

date3 years ago
Toyota and NTT invest 1.6 billion in smart cities

Toyota and NTT invest 1.6 billion in smart cities

Toyota and NTT will work together on a platform for smart cities, reports Reuters. The platform will enable the two companies to collect data from smart cities and link them to each other to enable analysis. Together, the companies will invest 200 billion Yen (1.6 billion euros) in the new platform... Read more

date4 years ago
ExpertExpert talks A city only really gets smart by breaking through data silos

A city only really gets smart by breaking through data silos

The number of people living in cities around the world is expected to double, to around 6.4 billion by 2050. The question now is how cities can best cope with this enormous growth. What is certain is that cities need innovative resources to cope with this massive population growth and changing need... Read more

date4 years ago
Axis slowly transforms from camera to IT company

Axis slowly transforms from camera to IT company

We attended the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, where hundreds of companies, municipalities and governments met to discuss smart cities and possible solutions. In addition to connecting with peers, attention was also paid to new products and solutions. One of the companies that try to ... Read more

date5 years ago
“The Dutch want a hallmark for companies working on smart cities.

“The Dutch want a hallmark for companies working on smart cities.

A large part of the Dutch population wants the government to create another hallmark. In this way, the government can protect citizens against companies that develop technology for a smart city. This may also be necessary, due to the large amount of personal information that companies collect in sma... Read more

date5 years ago
“The Dutch are divided on privacy issues in smart cities.

“The Dutch are divided on privacy issues in smart cities.

Does privacy come into play in a smart city? The Dutch are divided on this, according to a survey among 1,032 respondents commissioned by Dell EMC. 55 per cent say they are not afraid of privacy issues, while 44 per cent are afraid that their privacy is at risk. Older respondents in particular said... Read more

date5 years ago