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How Smart Cities Can Deploy Video Technology to Enable Recovery

Combining IP-based cameras and data analytics enables powerful new use cases.

By Chris Black
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June 24, 2020
Services, Software

As localities slowly begin to reopen, technology will be an essential part of the process. The digital infrastructures at the heart of many modern cities may prove critical to keeping the coronavirus at bay. There are many other potential coronavirus-related applications for video in digitally connected cities and the organizations within them. Some, such as using facial recognition for contact tracing, may be controversial, and there are certainly privacy and security issues that municipalities must address. But the fact that a device as simple as a mounted camera combined with powerful analytics software might be used to accomplish in just a few seconds what would otherwise be quite difficult — that’s something localities and other organizations must consider.

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Intelligent Parking Is Good for the Public — and the Planet

Evolving solutions help drivers find places to park and enable municipalities to move traffic more efficiently.

By Chris Black
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March 11, 2020
Networking, Software

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.

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Smart Cities Look to Enhanced Video Surveillance for Fresh Insights

Video analytics provide a deeper understanding of traffic, pedestrians and more, enabling informed decisions to make cities safer and better.

By Matt Tourney
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May 31, 2019
Networking, Software

Cities and municipalities face a number of tough questions as they try to provide residents with a good place to work and live. How much congestion and pollution are caused by vehicles circling the block as drivers look for a parking spot? Which intersections have the most near-miss accidents? Where is jaywalking common — and…

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Why Pursuing Digital Transformation in State and Local Government Is a Lot Like Building a House

A strong foundation in understanding your data can help your organization use it effectively.

By Kathryn Averyheart
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March 15, 2019
Networking, Cloud, Services

As a senior data center architect, I work regularly with organizations such as police forces, county health departments and state election agencies. These organizations face different challenges, and each has different ways that it wants to achieve its mission. But my conversations with the people in these organizations reveal meaningful similarities among them. Generally, the…

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What’s Next for Smart City IoT? Innovations and Opportunities Around Connected Vehicles

State and local governments should act quickly to reap the savings and safety that connected transportation enables.

By Chris Black
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March 6, 2019
Networking, Software

A modern vehicle processes an estimated 25 gigabytes of data each hour. Much of that is for internal operations, such as navigation and continuous optimization of the drivetrain. But an increasing amount of data involves driving conditions, such as hard braking. Today, fleet owners and insurance companies use that data internally to detect unsafe driving…

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Want a Smart City? Think Big, Act Small and Move Fast

Three new CDW initiatives can simplify the development and implementation of your digital transformation strategy.

By Chris Black
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January 28, 2019
Digital Workspace, Networking

Local governments face a major challenge in determining how best to manage traffic. Which intersections need stop signs or traffic signals? Which roads need streetlights to illuminate them? Which streets should be restriped to prohibit passing? Accident reports sound like a smart place for municipalities to find the answers to these questions, but these reports…

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