The concept of a "smart city" — one that uses technology to run more efficiently — is nothing new and has been around for about two decades. The cities embrace the use of digital tools, such as ...

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It has been at least 50 years since examples of what we now call ‘smart cities’ began to appear. In 1974, officials in Los Angeles, California, used IBM mainframe computers to study poverty in the ...

Punnam Raju Manthena, Co-Founder & CEO at Tekskills Inc. Partnering with clients across the globe in their digital transformation journeys. Cities have evolved over the last few decades along the same ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Urban logistics is at a crossroads, with the last-mile delivery segment facing increasing ...

Municipalities are increasingly incorporating smart city strategies into their development plans. But such projects don’t always include adequate cybersecurity safeguards against their complex, ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Getting a small smart city pilot project to be successful in an innovation district is the easy part. But getting that same project to scale across an entire city — or cities — ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. World Cities Day is celebrated annually on 31 October and serves as an opportunity to promote the international community’s interest ...

Imagine a city where people live freely, with peace of mind to live confidently, knowing they’re safe wherever they are. Imagine a city where businesses thrive, emergency response is seamless and ...

More than 100 people lost their lives in July when flash floods ravaged Central Texas, illustrating the devastation that’s possible when mounting natural disasters are met with inefficient government ...