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Worldwide Smart City 2013 Top 10 Predictions


Authors: Ruthbea Yesner Clarke, Mark Yates, Mukesh Chulani, Alison Brooks, Ph.D., Lianfeng Wu, Eiji Sasahara, Ph.D.
Document # GI239209
Published February, 2013
Document Type Top 10 Predictions
Number of Pages      25

Overview

This IDC Government Insights report provides the IDC Government Insights predictions on the key trends and business drivers in IT and related technologies that will influence Smart City development for the next 12–18 months. The predictions outline the collective opinion of the IDC Smart City team of analysts representing all regions globally.

"This worldwide set of Smart City predictions is a list of prioritized business drivers and technology trends that our team believes will shape the local government IT landscape in the context of an economically and socially challenging 2013 time. The goal is to draw attention to events that exemplify strategic shifts that are reshaping the ways cities operate and that require the city leaders to make smart, and sometimes very difficult, decisions," says Ruthbea Yesner Clarke, research director, Smart City Strategies.

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Subscriptions Covered:

IDC Government Insights: Canadian Government Technology Decision Support , IDC Government Insights: Canadian IT Opportunity: Government , IDC Government Insights: China Government Industry Strategies , IDC Government Insights: European IT Opportunity: Government , IDC Government Insights: Smart Cities Strategies , IDC Manufacturing Insights: Connected Vehicle Strategies , Japan IT Spending for Healthcare

Companies Covered:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, CONNECTED CORP, RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS LTD

Regions Covered:

Worldwide

Topics Covered:

Big Data, IT Operations and Implementation, Mobile phone, Mobility, Networks, Routers, Social networking, Wireless LAN infrastructure, eCommerce

Vertical Markets:

Clean Energy, Energy, Federal, Government, Government Infrastructure Consolidation, Government Segment, Manufacturing, Smart Meter, Smart Grid, State and Local, Utilities, Water