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“ THE GOAL FOR SMART CITIES IS TO INTE- GRATE MASSES OF DATA SETS FROM DIFFERENT SILOS , THEN LEVERAGE THIS INFORMATION TO MAKE A CITY MORE EFFICIENT , SUSTAIN- ABLE AND BETTER FOR ITS RESIDENTS ”
— Paul Brodrick , Business Development Director – Digitalisation , Siemens
There ’ s no one silver bullet solution to the hulking werewolf of urban misery , but the power of breakthrough technology solutions to make cities of the future more interconnected and provide greater insight into an increasingly tangled web of public and private infrastructure may stand the best chance . Smarter cities are safer , more responsive to the needs of their citizens , and more resistant to disruption . “ The development of smart cities is becoming a focus for societies across the world , from Hull ( with its new operating system that centralises data management ), Stockholm ( dubbed the first European Green Capital thanks to developing smart solutions around sustainability ), and Johannesburg ( just one example includes the development of its smart security , using a centralised , highly adapted CCTV system ),” says Chairman of VXFIBER Mikael Sandberg . In order for dreams of urban utopia to become a reality , however , there are some big problems to solve . “ The goal for smart cities is to integrate masses of data sets from different silos , which are gleaned from
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