Intelligent Cities: Enabling Tools and Technology

ISBN-13: 9781482299977 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 519 str.

Pethuru Raj; Anupama C. Raman

Opis

The emergence of highly promising and potent technologies has enabled the transition of ordinary objects into smart artifacts providing wider connectivity of digitized entities that can facilitate the building of connected cities. This book provides readers with a solid foundation on the latest technologies and tools required to develop and enhance smart cities around the world.
The book begins by examining the rise of the cloud as the fundamental technology for establishing and sustaining smart cities and enterprises. Explaining the principal technologies and platform solutions for implementing intelligent cities, the book details the role of various technologies, standards, protocols, and tools in establishing flexible homes and the buildings of the future.

• Examines IT platforms and tools from various product vendors
• Considers service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture for smart city applications
• Explains how to leverage big data analytics for smart city enhancement and improved decision making
• Includes case studies of intelligent cities, smart homes, buildings, transports, healthcare systems, and airports

The authors explore the convergence of cloud computing and enterprise architecture and present valuable information on next-generation cloud computing. They also cover the various architectural types, including enterprise-scale integration, security, management, and governance.
The book concludes by explaining the various security requirements of intelligent cities as well as the threats and vulnerabilities of the various components that form the basis of the intelligent city framework, including cloud, big data, Internet of Things, and mobile technologies."

Recenzje

In this book, the authors have presented a large number of right and relevant details on realizing and sustaining intelligent cities (the system of systems) across the world. ... this book will be informative and inspiring for readers, especially business executives, technical experts, solution architects, city planners and consultants, and government officials. The book has been designed and developed to be comprehensive and compact in explaining the nitty-gritty of promising smart city technologies, IT solutions, and use cases.
—Sandesh Bhat, Vice President, India Software Labs, IBM

Spis treści

Envisioning Intelligent Cities. Mobile Technologies and Applications for Intelligent Cities. The Role and Relevance of Software-Defined Cloud Infrastructures. Big Data Analytics for Real-Time City Insights. The Internet of Things for Connected and Cognitive Cities. Social Media Analytics for People Empowerment. Intelligent Cities: Strategy-Making and Governance. Smart Homes and Buildings. Smart Energy, Utility, and Transport. Intelligent Airports. Next-Generation Healthcare Systems. Security Management of Intelligent Cities.