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109 Corporate IBM Smarter Cities Initiative: Vision, solutions, Paroutis. S.,
(i) is a long term process aiming design, Bennett,
to transform city based management, Heracleous, L.
technologies and, in the business, education, (2012)
process, help cities achieve ICT, technology.
their strategic vision.
(ii) recognizes that the needs and
aspirations of each city may be
very different.
(iii) requires partnerships (across
many clients and with other
delivery partners) to achieve
the desired large scale
transformations.
(iv) is based heavily on dimensions
from IBM's global Smarter
Planet strategy of which there
are many applications (smart
education systems, cloud
computing, risk assessments,
ICT based platform for
exchange of ideas etc.).
110 Academic "The basic concept of the Smart Urban, ICT, Llacuna, M. L. M.
Cities initiative can be expressed as innovation, people, Llinas, J. C., Frigola,
follows: the Smart Cities initiative economy, business, J. M. (2014)
seeks to improve urban public, information,
performance by using data, management,
information and IT to provide more services.
efficient services to citizens to
monitor and optimize existing
infrastructure, to increase
collaboration between economic
actors and to encourage innovative
business models in both public and
private sectors."

111 Academic Five successful factors for a smart ICT, education, Kramers, A., Hojer,
city: technology, M., Lovehagen, N.,
(i) broadband connectivity. innovation, business, Wangel, J. (2014)
(ii) knowledge workforce. communication.
(iii) digital inclusion.
(iv) innovation.
(v) marketing.
(vi) advocacy.

110 ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications