The Power of the Platform in Smart Cities

February 1, 2017

Used by state and local governments, a Smart City platform is one whose purpose is tied to specific systemic environmental, social, and financial outcomes. These platforms, often Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, are evolving rapidly, and their architecture is becoming more sophisticated, but they are still in the early stages of deployments in government organizations. At a basic level, Smart City platforms are cloud-hosted solutions that connect devices and collect, combine, and manage data from different city domains and service providers to provide a unified view of a city. This holistic view offers new insights to city departments and/or third parties and provides improved management and control as well as a better understanding of the need for new products and services. Beyond this core functionality, these platforms are used to rapidly deploy new solutions, either in-house or via an ecosystem of providers such as vertical specialists and local suppliers. This is an important aspect of Smart City platforms because the variety of legacy and SCADA systems in place across departments and the variety of siloed industrial functions such as transportation systems and water and energy delivery are barriers to rapid innovation.

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