Utilities Blog Articles

Developing a common operational picture (COP) is an essential step toward asserting command and control over high-stakes scenarios. In critical situations, making the right decisions relies on a three-dimensional understanding of the strategic environment. For...

The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) will power a new era of autonomously-improving smart city infrastructure. With the global population projected to swell by nearly 2.5 billion between now and 2050, it’s up to city governments, cutting-edge private...

Measuring ROI against smart city projects is difficult but not impossible. Here’s how city planners are crunching the numbers to acquire (and allocate) funding. With growing urban populations, modernizing economies, and increasingly limited resources, cities are...

From New York to Singapore, the world's smartest cities are demonstrating that effective smart city planning requires a commitment to comprehensive data integration. In September 2015, then President Barack Obama announced over $160 million of federal funding for the...