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Europe

EU proposes Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative

The European Union launches ‘Smart Anything Everywhere’ research initiative.   The launch of the The Smart Anything Everywhere research initiative has been announced at the France Forum on Digital Technologies in Grenoble. The initiative will be a European cluster of four networks […]

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Europe

Barcelona named 2015 Global Smart City

Barcelona has been named as the 2015 Global Smart City. The 2015 Smart City rankings, released by Juniper Research, ranked Barcelona as the worlds leading smart city, describing the Barcelona as “an exciting model of success from which […]

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European eGovernment Action Plan

The European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 aims to create a new generation of open, flexible and collaborative seamless eGovernment services at local, regional, national and European level. The action plan aims to increase the uptake of eGovernment services to 50% […]

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Europe

Transformation of Hamburg to Smart City

The City of Hamburg, Germany has announced ambitious plans to leverage the Internet of Everything to transform itself into a smart city. Hamburg is home to the second largest port of Europe, accommodating 10,000 ships each year. “The port […]

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Europe

City of Nice Connected Bouvard

The City of Nice, France has launched “Connected Boulevard”, an ambitious proof-of-concept that aims to demonstrate how the Internet of Everything, can transform Nice into a smart city. The project is a partnership between the City of Nice and Cisco, […]

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Digital Strategies

Denmarks Digital Welfare Strategy

Digital welfare services are making life easier for Danish citizens. Launched in 2013, Denmarks Digital Welfare Strategy (2013-2020), aims to accelerate the use of ICT and welfare technology in front-line public service delivery, such as healthcare, social services, education, […]

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Ireland’s eGovernment Strategy

Ireland’s eGovernment Strategy aims to transform how citizens and businesses engage with the government, and reduce the costs of public service delivery and take-up of eGovernment services. “eGovernment 2012 – 2015 recognises the need for a continuation of […]

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Europe

Vienna’s Smart City Strategy

Vienna aims to be the most progressive European city with respect to open government by 2020. Released in July 2014, Smart City Vienna is a comprehensive vision for the city of Vienna, Austria, in 2050. Vienna is the […]

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Europe

Barcelona adopts Internet of Everything

As one of the world’s leading smart and connected cities, Barcelona is using Internet of Everything solutions to save money, generate new business opportunities and improve the life of its citizens. Barcelona, Spain is reaping the benefits […]

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Europe

Barcelona Deploys Big Data Solution

Barcelona has implemented a business intelligence solution that provides near real-time insight into its city operations.  The City of Barcelona, Spain wanted better insight into government effectiveness, and needed a system to be able to store […]