Driven by public demand for more civic involvement and government accountability, and fueled by the growth and availability of smartphones and the internet, city governments are increasingly turning to crowdsourcing and open innovation to tap into the collective...
Why State and Local Governments Should Be Investing in Smart Buildings According to the Environmental Protection Agency, local and state governments spend billions of dollars on energy to run government buildings. Nearly one-third of that energy usage is wasted. As a...
Cerium Networks expands their participation in Cisco’s NASPO ValuePoint DataCom Contract #AR233 to offer public-sector clients in WA, OR, ID, and MT Cisco networking and converged infrastructure technologies. Previously authorized to represent Cisco technologies in...
Intelligent Fleet Management Helps Cities Reduce Costs and Maximize Efficiency In a medium-sized city, the number of city vehicles on the road can easily reach the thousands. Law enforcement, fire, public works, waste management, public transportation and other city...
Why SDN Is Becoming Essential in State and Local Government Many government agencies at the state and local level are using smart devices and data-driven applications to improve the services they provide. These tools increase productivity and accuracy by automating...
A Flexible, Scalable IT Infrastructure Is Essential to Smart City Success The concept of a “smart city” – one that uses technology to continuously collect and analyze data to improve people’s lives – is not new. For the most part, however, smart city initiatives have...
Faced by the challenge of providing public services that keep their city safe, clean, and vibrant within the constraints of a tight budget, many municipalities are turning to technology to help them meet the ever-evolving expectations of city residents and visitors....
Traditional network architectures can’t scale in the digital era. Optimize your network with Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) for Cities. Cisco DNA is a foundational infrastructure of the Internet of Everything (IoE) for cities, the networked connection...
2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report: Impacts on Government Threats to government are on the rise Learn what your adversaries are up to, how your colleagues are fighting back, and how you can stay secure. Read the full 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report from Cisco Get up...
Traditional WANs with dedicated MPLS circuits weren’t designed to support the volume and complexity of WAN traffic found in today’s cloud-centric networks. Backhauling Internet traffic from remote locations through the primary data center is an expensive approach that...
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