The role and stakes of Internet of Things and Smart Cities democratized.

Smart Lamps and Connected Thermostat

The concepts of Internet of Things and Smart Cities remain mysterious for many among you. Indeed, we are still at the early stage of these emerging technologies, but the benefits are exceptional, including: access to timely, granular, and complete data necessary to support necessary strategic and tactical decision making.

If the lack of education, resources and awareness, can hamper, Connectikpeople.co recommends enterprises, organizations, States agencies and Governments to inter alia:

Educate key decision makers and build support; Use success stories from other cities and vendor ROI and other performance metrics to make the business case.

For those who unfamiliar, Connectikpeople.co recalls that, The foundation of IoT  and smartcities solutions is that they provide a significant return on investment (ROI) from access to new and better and actionable information.

The new report, “IDC PlanScape: The Essentials of Internet of Things Investment for Smart Cities,” (Doc # GI253551) explains the role of the IoT in Smart Cities and provides a planning framework that can enable state and city organizations to prepare for, and respond to, the fast pace of technology transformation around the cloud, mobile, social networks, and big data and analytics.

In fact, this document aims to help government decision makers understand the benefits of IoT use cases and help justify further research into investment.

"The Internet of Things is an emerging reality, and U.S. cities and states cannot avoid the ramifications of new IP-enabled and connected devices and their potential impact on the delivery of government services and on the quality of life of citizens," states Ruthbea Yesner Clarke, director, Smart Cities Strategies program, at IDC.