Don Clark - Smart City Expo World Congress 2014
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The document discusses the advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT) and its impact on smart city management, highlighting the exponential growth of smart devices and the potential for efficiency gains through real-time data usage. It emphasizes the need for a secure, modular software infrastructure to manage and analyze large data volumes and facilitate city operations, alongside challenges related to IT-OT convergence. The conclusion notes that while IoT and big data present revolutionary possibilities, their implementation in smart cities will be more evolutionary, focusing on incremental improvements.
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- 1. Smart City Expo World Congress 4th Edition Donald Clark VP and Schneider Fellow | Schneider Electric TE 01 - New developments on the Internet of Things
- 2. 2 Our vision of the Internet of Things. The amount and variety of data from smart devices is increasing exponentially. It is predicted that, by 2020, there will be an installed base of over 50 billion smart devices worldwide all, IoT indeed has a efficiency gain potential, but … Data are a genuine revolution, but our customers delivered as an evolution Cities are complex systems that generate huge amounts of data. Intelligent use of these data in real time facilitates the transition towards a more sustainable city model
- 3. 3 Internet of things and Integrated City Management
- 4. 4 IoT to connect machines/infrastructures to manage in real time To take full advantage of the Internet of Things, a highly secure software infrastructure is required that has broad connectivity, is modular and extensible, can manage and analyze huge amounts of data and is capable of delivering knowledge and results to an increasingly mobile workforce.”
- 5. Visualize and analyze Modeling Communications 5 Integration for increased efficiency Integrated City Management platform for Mobility IoT to connect machines/infrastructures to manage in real time Collect City Government More efficient city Government. More management Efficiency City Management Integrated City Management Platform Supervision & Coordination Information Sharing Incident Management Management & Optimization Decision Support Business Intelligence The Internet of Things must include functionality at the lowest levels as well as connectivity, it must be on a huge scale, and Schneider Electric - Smart Cities 30 must be in real time. City Residents Services & information Weather & Emissions Events & Emergencies Management Traffic Management Public Transport Security Electric Vehicles City Residents Services & Information
- 6. 6 Challenges: “IT-OT convergence is a critical step: IT today: Managing a world of “Persons”; OT today: Controlling a world of “Things” “City-wide integration software is the key to enabling the Internet of Things through an open, innovative platform that allows smart devices, systems and people to connect more easily and interact in a secure, highly scalable way” Schneider Electric ● New technological developments to manage and analyze Big Data. ● Energy efficiency ● Standard protocols to enable communication between sensors. ● Security of data collected ● Business model ● Customer intimacy ● Scalability ● …
- 7. 7 Conclusions All in all, IoT + “Big Data” indeed has a huge efficiency gain potential and are a genuine revolution, but … • IoT is more than connectivity and Big Data • It must include functionality at the lowest levels. • It must be on a huge scale and in real time • Cities will implement incrementally…more evolution than revolution
- 8. Making Smart Cities a Reality. Today.