Expectations for this year’s Smart City Expo World Congress 2019 (SCEWC) in Barcelona are at a high point. Since the first congress in 2011, there has been a major ramp up in momentum worldwide in Smart City initiatives. But is the digital smart city concept all hype, and will the event feature re-packaged products, or will we witness some new innovation and concrete progress?
We expect to see initiatives from across the spectrum of larger and smaller vendors presenting their go-to-market for ‘Smartcities as a platform’, where value propositions include ICT infrastructure elements such as IoT, 5G, AI/ML, Big data and Edge computing. These all fit into an increasingly open and cloud-intelligent focused world. Also, other stakeholders such as service providers (CSP, MNO, IT sourcing), system integrator and individual HW/SW start-up players are chasing this market space. Some key expectations to look out for demonstrating smart city momentum are;
Players in this segment need to adopt a rapid-learning philosophy to keep up in a high paced technology world where 5G will take center stage in 2020 for smart city initiatives. SCEWC 2019, 19-21 November URL: http://www.smartcityexpo.com/en/home Clavem Research is expanding its IoT & Smart Cities coverage in the client subscription area of this site. A research agenda for publishing in-depth advisory and market insight reports will closely examine the general market trends as well as individual player initiatives. Rolf Schonhowd, VP Research and Co-Founder will be present at the SMARTCITY Expo World Congress 2019, please do not hesitate to contact us to arrange a meeting. Comments are closed.
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AuthorJoel Stradling, Founder & Lead Analyst Archives
November 2020
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