Cities
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Dubai – the world’s first blockchain capital
Dubai is a city known for its technology and bold ambition. Now the city is aiming to lead in the blockchain space and plans on being the world’s first blockchain-powered government.
Digital technology reshapes city services
Faced with the many economic, social and environmental challenges of rapid urbanization, city authorities of today have found an important new ally in the shape of cutting-edge digital technology and services.
Innovation and knowledge in the city
You cannot have a digital revolution without a democratic revolution, and that is what we are trying to do in Barcelona.
The most intelligent city on earth
Dubai is now emerging as a flagbearer for a new trend in the global economy, a trend which places the concepts of happiness and well-being at the heart of economic and technological development.
The irresistible rise of urbanization
At Marcus Garvey Village, a low-income community in Brooklyn-Queens, electricians have built New York’s first digitalized microgrid, complete with solar photovoltaic panels, a fuel cell and even lithium-ion batteries for energy storage. Installed and managed by Demand Energy, a unit…
Created in Barcelona
Home to a fast-growing community of technology start-ups, Barcelona is also on the frontline of the digital revolution that is changing the shape of cars forever.
The connected city
Years of continuous investment from public organizations and private sector companies have provided Dubai with world-class infrastructure for communications and transport.
Barcelona’s hidden supercomputer
Few people are aware that nestled within the walls of Barcelona's beautiul 19th century Torre Girona chapel, is one of Europe's most powerful supercomputers, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center's MareNostrum.
Inspiring Dubai’s next transformation
Design is the articulation of a hope; and technology is the means to achieve. In Dubai, both are present. The city doesn’t just imagine the future; it creates it.
Smart Dubai Office and IBM collaborate on Dubai’s Cognitive Roadmap
Our role is to make our clients as successful as IBM. We have responsibilities to our clients and one of them is to make them very successful in the marketplace. Our clients deserve the best.