‘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
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
Expert talks
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
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
“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
BlackBerry launches new system for Smart Cities and self-propelled cars
BlackBerry comes up with a system that should help accelerate the development of Smart Cietis and intelligent infrastructure. To this end, the company is launching a Security Credential Management System (SCMS). The solution is available free of charge to car manufacturers and government agencies pa... Read more
“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