GIS (Geographic Information Systems) have become an integral part of our daily lives in smart cities. GIS provides an IT infrastructure, which integrates not only every stakeholder but also every smart city process, starting from planning and conceptualization to development and maintenance.

LF AI Foundation (LF AI) and ODPi announced they will come together under the new LF AI & Data Foundation.  The LF AI & Data Foundation will build and support an open community and a growing ecosystem of open source AI, data and analytics projects

Cenovus Energy has agreed to buy Husky Energy in an all-stock deal.  The deal makes Cenovus an integrated producer with refineries in Canada and the US

AT&T and Cisco have extended their collaboration IoT management for enterprises.

Azbil Corporation announced that it has enhanced its model NX-SVG network instrumentation module smart device gateway,

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the October 23 global release of the OpreX Environmental Monitoring System for the pharmaceutical and medical industries

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. has agreed to buy Parsley Energy Inc. for $4.5 billion, the latest in a flurry of U.S. oil tie-ups as companies seek to weather low prices brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

Cognizant announced it has agreed to acquire Bright Wolf, a privately held technology services provider specializing in custom Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions for Fortune 1000 companies.

MxD is embarking on a three-prong program to address critical public health and infrastructure needs and to support pharmaceutical supply chain as it mobilizes in response to COVID-19. 

AVEVA and Chemicals Business, SCG, one of the largest petrochemical companies in Thailand and a key industry player in Asia, announced their strategic partnership to develop a Digital Reliability Platform (DRP)

Rockwell Automation has released enhancements to its FactoryTalk View HMI software with updates to FactoryTalk View Site Edition (SE), Machine Edition (ME) and ViewPoint software.

Accruent is working with industry peers and thought leaders at AAMI to standardize how medical device information is configured.  They outlined an agreed-upon method for optimizing and standardizing medical device failure codes in a recent white paper.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that the company's new EcoAdviser data-analysis and diagnostic AI-enabled Energy software for increased energy savings at manufacturing facilities

In this podcast, we talk with Anthony Veri of solution provider Integrated Network Concepts.   Anthony has a wealth of knowledge and experience helping end-users select and install smart city platforms, and we talk about a range of issues, from the impact of COVID-19 and how it is accelerating digital transformation in smart cities to the selection, specification, and value proposition of smart city platforms.  If you are considering the implementation of a smart city platform, or even if you already have one installed, you should give this episode a listen.  

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced publication of the Industrial Internet of Things Distributed Computing in the Edge Technical Report that Defines Framework for Distributed Edge Computing