We live in the world where the number of internet connected devices has exceeded the number of human beings. Nowadays, ensuring a quality standard of living for people and also making sure that the facilities trickle down to the next generation, turns out to be the most challenging phase in the smart cities. With this continuous increase in urban population, the need to plan and implementing smart city solutions for betterment is becoming more evident.
What makes cities smarter?
Smart city is the one which has improved quality of life and has moved beyond science fiction. Suppose a city where all the interconnected technologies work flawlessly to elevate the level of public safety, transportation, economic and social development, energy efficiency, operating expenses and having the ability to track everything right from the cleanliness to traffic. These kinds of cities will be formed only if cloud computing and IOT work in hand in hand.
Building smart cities by indulging with cloud
Despite- the growth of cloud computing in enterprises, cloud adoption is still in process due to privacy, security and regulatory issues. But the truth is, without relying on the cloud, it is impossible to build smart cities.
There are several reasons why the world must include cloud computing in their journey towards digitization. Because digital infrastructure of smart cities will not only help in creating safer environment but will also help in generating data of tremendous value to the private and public sector. But digital infrastructure is only one key part of smart city development. Where, Smart cities also need to improve operations, greater the transparency and new ways to connect with citizens and businesses. And none of this can begin without a strong vision.
Vision towards the development of Smart cities cannot be thriven without data fusion, and mining which in other words mean managing, processing, analyzing and synthesizing mass flow of information is important. That may be the reason for the evolution of Cloud computing to support the rapid change in the delivery and the consumption of information.
Smart cities will benefit businesses-
Increased Sustainability
Sustainability plays a major role in the development of smart cities because the resources that cities use have an impact on the environment. To reduce this damage smart cities are finding sustainable solutions like improving decision-making and planning smarter design, management and resourcing support long-term sustainability. Cloud computing will be the backbone infrastructure for many sustainable cities in the future because the growth in cloud computing technology has dramatically enhanced the ability of the internet to provide services and various applications. Migrating smart city applications to the cloud will improve the way of information utilization, efficiency of activities happening in cities and provide convenient and smarter life for the people residing there. Even, the businesses operating within a smart city fit into this sustainable model. This means a sustainable approach to issues such as disposing of waste responsibly, a heightened concern to conserve energy and focus on the ethical treatment of employees and those in the supply chain. Consumers’ demand for sustainability is rising, so businesses operating in a smart city model will see improved relations with customers which results in huge profits.
A Smart Economy
The enterprises and new technology created to support smart cities will inevitably boost the rise in the economy. This mutual relationship between companies and the smart city will bring huge profits. Businesses will be able to leverage the data being collected by the smart city to better understand their target demographic and space itself to provide appropriate service.
Driving Innovation
For a smart city to remain at its most efficient, most sustainable and most effective state, the technology and strategies used to implement its goals need to be perpetually updating. With the constant demand for new technologies to be developed across a wide range of industries, more urban spaces will be created. This will make cities smarter and will be the driving force behind innovation. This will be especially for tech and IoT enterprises, who will respond to the increased demand by developing effective technology to ease smart cities development. New tech and businesses will directly emerge from smart cities, creating millions of job opportunities in businesses.
Increased Efficiency in Travel
By installing smart transport systems, reducing congestion with smart traffic lights or even using self-driving cars will reduce wastage of energy and time. Smart cities have huge potential to drastically improve the experience of living and working in the city, and the ripple effects for business will be by-and-a-large positive. Organizations will inevitably see an increase in their profits, sustainability, and efficiency, causing a boost to the economy and many industries overall.
Initiating and Accelerating Future Plans-
Computers eliminating traffic jams and Robot driven taxis may appear sooner than one think, after some of the biggest technology companies picks up the pace of bringing ‘smart cities’ in reality.
The process of making cities smarter will surely take some time. The possibilities are endless but they are not a foregone conclusion. We are on the edge of revolution that will change the way we live, work and play, so we must strive for innovation and invest towards infrastructure. The question is, are our networks resilient enough today to accelerate this future of cloud computing?
The success will depend on the effective combination of ubiquitously embedded intelligence and the digital telecommunication networks that serve as the backbone of the city, which seems fascinating, let’s see what the not-so-distant future has for us.
