Almost a year ago, in the depths of despair after the first 100 days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I wrote a post on how government agencies could consider their options using a framework called Respond, Recover and Reimagine. Now, with greater vaccine availability and mass vaccination by governments – in [...]
Does the public sector need decisioning? was published on SAS Voices by Lee Ann Dietz
The Grand Buddha at Ling Shan, located on the northern bank of Taihu Lake near Wuxi, China is a fitting metaphor for smart city initiatives in China, specifically Wuxi in the Jiangsu Province in Eastern China. One of the largest Buddha statues in the world, the bronze monument reaches 88 [...]
What Wuxi can teach us about being a smart city was published on SAS Voices by Lee Ann Dietz
I have lived in the Town of Cary for more than twenty years; two of my three children were born at the local WakeMed Cary Hospital. I’m a big fan of my city, or town as it prefers to be called – even though the population is over 160,000. That’s [...]
Living in a model smart city in Cary, NC was published on SAS Voices by Lee Ann Dietz
As smart city endeavors continue to ramp up globally, city planners and leaders are often curious to learn how cities around the world are planning to make their cities smarter with the Internet of Things. Recently, my colleagues and I met with a team from a major city in China [...]
Will smart cities in China differ from smart cities elsewhere? was published on SAS Voices by Lee Ann Dietz
As smart city endeavors continue to ramp up globally, city planners and leaders are often curious to learn how cities around the world are planning to make their cities smarter with the Internet of Things. Recently, my colleagues and I met with a team from a major city in China [...]
Will smart cities in China differ from smart cities elsewhere? was published on SAS Voices by Lee Ann Dietz
In transportation, when an asset is standing still, it is losing money. The same can be said for your business strategy: when you are standing still, you are not innovating or taking advantage of new ways to enhance efficiency or drive profitability. This is true in all industries. In the […]
The Internet of Things in transportation was published on SAS Voices.
Why are so many companies across a diverse set of industries investing in and around the Internet of Things? Everywhere I go, every blog I read … I sound like my favorite band from the 80s: the Internet of Things is watching me. In reality, it’s the reverse: I'm seeing […]
Transporting analytics to the Internet of Things was published on SAS Voices.