As recently as 2017, INRIX Research found that U.S drivers spent an average of 17 hours looking for parking. And when they’re searching for spots, they’re part of a bigger problem: pollution. An important way to curb carbon emissions from cars is by getting them off the road — and into parking spaces — more efficiently, and state and local governments are considering intelligent parking solutions to help.

Lately, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about digital transformation — what it is, how it impacts business and where IT teams should begin their efforts. I even sat down with my colleague Matt Tourney to discuss how thinking big, acting small and moving fast can accelerate the return on digital transformation and Internet…

How fast is the Internet of Things (IoT) growing? Another 31 percent in 2017 this year, for a total of 8.4 billion connected devices worldwide, according to Gartner. By the end of this decade, the amount should top 20 billion. Those numbers mean businesses, colleges, government agencies and other organizations need to develop IoT strategies…