Cisco's Booming Business in Smart Cities

Our world is increasingly an urban one--the United Nations projects that nearly 5 billion people will live in cities by the year 2030, due to both the expansion of mega-cities and the creation of new urban centers. Cisco wants to be the company that makes all those metropolises not just function, but flourish.  The company is peddling its knowledge and its services to city planners around the world, and last week it announced that it had picked up three important new customers. Developers in India, Ecuador, and Canada have asked Cisco to come up with master plans for fully wired communities. Presumably if the customers like the results they'll ask Cisco to put its plans into action.  It's important progress in a growing...

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Google plans home entertainment system

Internet search giant reportedly planning move into consumer electronics with a new music streaming system controlled by Android smartphones&nbs...

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Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren't sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle. In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do.&nbs...

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What do Smart Cities, Economic Development and Wealth Creation Have in Common?

Too often the answer is “not much”. When smart cities support wealth creation, they become a powerful economic force. Wealth is the engine that powers community prosperity.&nb...

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What Are You Willing to Do to Launch Your Business?

Here's a dirty little secret of entrepreneurship: It's not usually all glamour and a fat cash register at first. Most business owners need a commitment to doing whatever it takes to get over the hump, to where their business makes enough to fully support their fami...

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How Can You Build A Smart City?

Step one: Make your city appealing to young innovators. Step two: Make your city a major investor in the technologies they build. In prior discussions about smart cities, including the global rankings I published on Co.Exist a few weeks ago, I believe many of us have under-emphasized the importance of cities in creating an enabling environment for emerging technology companie...

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Is Istanbul a Smart City?

Last Friday I had the opportunity to do a radio interview with IBM’s Business Development Executive Esra Çizmeci Yetkin about smart cities.  Previously I had the pleasure of discussing the very same concept with Ali Rıza Ersoy from Siemens, who leads the company’s efforts in making cities a little smarter. Furthermore, last week at the IBITIG meeting led by Faruk Eczacıbaşı and Leyla Arsan there was a long debate about whether Istanbul was a smart cit...

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IBM Police protects Smart Cities

More cities are signing up with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to use its advanced analytics software to refine prevention programs and improving police investigations. Using advanced analytics software is a part of a growing trend among local governments as it allows them to use technology for improving services and safety of citizens despite budget constraints.&nbs...

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