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IoT in smart cities market to reach $132.2 billion by 2026
2022-02-01 04:15

The global IoT in smart cities market size to grow from $130.6 billion in 2021 to $132.2 billion by 2026, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 19.0 % during the forecast period, according to ResearchAndMarkets. The service segment in the IoT in smart cities market to have a higher CAGR. The services segment in the IoT in smart cities market is expected to grow, as major players are focused on offering services.

The city of Las Vegas and NTT to further expand the smart cities project
2020-05-13 23:00

The city of Las Vegas and NTT Corporation announced the Accelerate Smart project has expanded to include two new locations - the city's Community Healing Garden and a portion of Las Vegas Boulevard at South Main Street and East St. Louis Avenue. As part of the partnership, NTT and the city plan to further expand the smart cities project to Bob Baskin Park, Rotary Park, Stupak Park and Ethel Pearson Park this summer before adding six additional parks by the end of 2020.

Forrester: Keeping Smart Cities Safe From Hacks
2020-03-02 19:23

Emerging technologies being adopted by cities - like facial recognition, smart-city technologies like smart lighting, and 5G-driven IoT - are opening up municipalities to even more security and privacy threats. Tara Seals: So I wanted to talk to you a little bit about smart cities and municipalities in general and some of the security threats that they're facing.

Global spending on smart cities initiatives to total nearly $124 billion in 2020
2020-02-14 04:30

Singapore will remain the top investor in smart cities initiatives. These four cities will each see smart city spending of more than $1 billion in 2020.

O’Reilly and Formulatedby announce new conference about smart cities and mobility industries
2020-01-30 23:45

O'Reilly, the premier source for insight-driven learning on technology and business, and Formulatedby announced a new conference focused on how machine learning is transforming the future of urban communities and mobility industries around the world. Rapid technological advancements are challenging cities and the mobility industry with new business models, methodologies in development and manufacturing, unprecedented levels of automation, and the need for new infrastructure.

Smart cities are on the rise, what are the dangers?
2020-01-08 06:00

Frost and Sullivan has predicted that there will be at least 26 fully fledged major smart cities around the world by 2025. This should offer cause for concern to those in charge of smart cities as once a threat actor has infiltrated the IT environment, they could move laterally into an OT system if they are not properly segmented from each other.

Securing Autonomous Vehicles Paves the Way for Smart Cities
2019-11-14 17:09

As homes, workplaces, and cities digitally transform during our Fourth Industrial Revolution, many of those charged with securing this digital future can find it difficult to “level up” from the...

Cynamics offers network visibility and improved prediction of attacks for smart cities and govts
2019-10-04 03:00

Cynamics, an Israeli USA-based Network Performance Monitoring & Diagnostics (NPMD) company, has launched a new holistic approach to network security that grants smart cities and governments...

Cybersecurity challenges for smart cities: Key issues and top threats
2019-08-21 04:30

Urban population is on the rise worldwide and smart city development projects are harnessing the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) to develop more intelligent, efficient, and sustainable...

Smart Cities: The Cybersecurity Challenges
2018-12-04 18:48

Adnan Baykal of the Global Cyber Alliance on Managing IoT, Addressing Other Issues"Smart cities" projects face huge cybersecurity challenges as they adopt advanced technologies, including IoT...