IBM has unveiled new capabilities in its Smarter Cities software, delivering cloud-based analytics.

With its Smarter Cities concept, surely and progressively, IBM  builds and consolidates its worldwide reputation in terms of services, strategic partnerships and market share. For those who unfamiliar, Connectikpeople may recall that, with Smarter Cities concept, IBM helps cities, city leaders gain powerful insights into how to better serve their citizens.

Henceforth the newest IBM Intelligent Operations software portfolio, based on open
cloud computing standards, aims to help transform city operations to become more efficient. This means the software:

·        Applies predictive analytics to help cities budget for capital improvements and improve the efficiency of water utilities. 

Connectikpeople has also observed that, delivered in the IBM SmartCloud, an open cloud platform that enables the secure exchange of information, the expanded IBM Smarter Cities Intelligent Operations software also helps reduce capital and technology installation costs. According to IBM, this allows cities to adopt a pay-as-you-go approach to transforming city services at the city’s own pace, more efficiently using valuable taxpayer dollars.

‘’With cloud solutions, cities get started immediately, without specialized hardware or procurement delays, making it possible to begin with small projects and scale across departments using one integrated software system available as a service’’.  

As from now, IBM Smarter Cities Intelligent Operations software includes these new capabilities:

• Infrastructure planning creates budget forecasts and unified plans for important capital improvements
• City permitting and event management helps correlate activities throughout the city to understand permit patterns, predict problems and provide city services
• Water efficiency analytics enhances performance of city water systems, improving the longevity of infrastructure while saving energy and reducing water loss