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Smart cities worldwide face a basic challenge because they don't work well when disasters strike, despite their advanced technology. A detailed Deloitte study shows that 66% of 167 cities are ...

Municipalities are increasingly incorporating smart city strategies into their development plans. But such projects don’t always include adequate cybersecurity safeguards against their complex, ...

As I discuss regularly in this column, every industry is going through a digital transformation from established, static systems built upon legacy information to automated, continuously optimizing ...

Over the years, urban planning has changed in many ways. Factors like climate change and digital transformation have become pivotal determinants in how a city can be built efficiently. There’s a ...

Rennie Naidoo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

One of the easiest and most overlooked ways states can jump-start a smart city strategy is standing in plain sight: streetlights. As one of the largest, most widely distributed infrastructure networks ...

AI and edge computing offer the real-time intelligence needed to act upon data at its point of creation. Edge AI harnesses the power of AI models and applications on devices outside of core data ...