IDC has set up a Smart City Evolution Index for Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) in what it says is “an effort to help establish the fundamental causes of the birth, evolution, and survival of key cities in the region.” The index will take into consideration inputs from IDC analysts across the region, public opinion through online […]
ITU sets up IoT Study Group for smart cities
ITU sets up IoT Study Group for smart cities The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has established a new ITU-T Study Group to address the standardisation requirements of IoT technologies, with an initial focus on IoT applications in smart cities. According to the ITU, the new group, ITU-T Study Group 20: IoT and its applications, including […]
IBM to pump $US3 billion into IoT
IBM says it will invest $US3 billion over the next four years to establish a new Internet of Things (IoT) unit, and that it is building a cloud-based open platform designed to help clients and ecosystem partners build IoT solutions. IBM says its IoT push will build on “pioneering work in smarter planet and smarter […]
W-Locate spells out smart city trends
Singapore based location services company, W-Locate, has set out what it says will be the key trends in the evolution of the 21st century smart city, resulting from M2M, telematics and the Internet of Things. It says these are “based on the ongoing discussions the company is currently having with operators, businesses and government bodies.” […]
Smart to Future Cities 2015, 28 – 29 April 2015, London
The fourth Smart to Future Cities conference will be held at the Waldorf Hotel, organised by Ovum. Its theme is “Urban IoT enabling smart cities in the resilient, smart city.” The keynote address will be delivered by Elizabeth Yee, VP strategic partnerships and solutions of Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities programme, which is designed to promote […]
