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Miami-Dade County and IBM Establish Public-Private Partnership on Smarter Cities Initiative

Collaboration helps government harness Big Data to serve residents more efficiently and save taxpayer dollars

ARMONK, New York – 04 Mar 2013: Miami-Dade County and IBM today announced a transformational Smarter Cities initiative to improve services for residents and help agencies share information among the35 municipalities within the county.

A model for the rest of the nation, the County is using Big Data analytics — managing large datasets from multiple sources — and cloud computing to help leaders make better decisions. (more…)

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IBM Opens $50 Million Smarter Cities Challenge Grant Program To 2012 Applicants

Initiative provided practical advice to dozens of cities worldwide in 2011

Armonk, NY, – 24 Oct 2011: IBM today announced that it has opened the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant program to new applications for 2012.  Smarter Cities Challenge is a three-year, 100-city, US$50 million grant program in which IBM’s top technical experts and consultants provide actionable advice to urban centers. (more…)

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