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Resilience
The Resilient Society
Innovation, Productivity, and the Art of Practice of Connectedness
Architecting Resilience
Perspectives on enabling greater resilience and productivity using secure, distributed networks
Transitions
Transforming the City of New York
New Platform for Public-Private Cooperation Ushers in Smart Cities of the Future
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Smart City Framework
A Systematic Process for Enabling
Smart+Connected Communities
The Time Is Right for Connected Public Lighting
Within Smart Cities
Responsible, "smart" lighting is no longer a "nice to have" for cities-it's imperative to ensure
that cities develop in a sustainable way to ensure a healthy future.
A New Model for Government
A Global Perspective on the 21st Century Workplace
Participation, Collaboration, and Community
The Role of the Network as the Platform
Smart Work—A Paradigm Shift Transforming How, Where, and When Work Gets Done
A paradigm shift we call Smart Work is now emerging and is being driven by extreme changes in approaches to work, work cultures, business architectures, premises, decision making, communications, and collaboration. This paper explores the dynamics affecting work and the critical components necessary for a Smart Work strategy that will have a positive impact on the worker, employer, economy, and community.
Work-Life Innovation
The Future of Distributed and Networked Work
Work-Life Innovation for Communities
Stimulating Work-Life Innovation in Developing Countries&8212;Communities and Regions
Smart+Connected City Services
Cloud-Based Services Infrastructure Enables Transformation of Busan Metropolitan City
Connecting Cities
Achieving Sustainability Through Innovation
Telework
Achieving Higher Levels of Federal Employee Productivity, Inclusion, and Environmental Sustainability
Distributed Networks
Work-Life Innovation: The Role of Networked Technologies
How technologies currently in use, and those that will become pervasive in the next few years, are impacting our work and personal lives, and the processes of innovation.
Network-Powered Growth
How Governments Can Serve as Catalysts for Sustained Economic Growth
The Economics of Network-Powered Growth
Network technology has the potential to boost economic growth permanently, sustainably enriching poorer societies
Next Generation Clusters
Creating Innovation Hubs To Boost Economic Growth
Cisco IBSG's latest thought leadership for the public sector industry, featuring proven solutions to daunting business challenges—and the roadmap for achieving success.
Learning Hubs
Where Learning Takes Place in a Digital World
Work and Learning Futures
Enabling New Organization Models for a Digital World
From Industrial Zones to Innovation Zones – How Europe is Leading the Way
Panel discussion from Meeting of the Minds 2012 – Urban Sustainability and Collaboration Summit
Transforming the City of New York
New Platform for Public-Private Cooperation Ushers in Smart Cities of the Future
Watch
Smart City Framework
A Systematic Process for Enabling
Smart+Connected Communities
The Time Is Right for Connected Public Lighting
Within Smart Cities
Responsible, "smart" lighting is no longer a "nice to have" for cities-it's imperative to ensure
that cities develop in a sustainable way to ensure a healthy future.
A New Model for Government
A Global Perspective on the 21st Century Workplace
Video Extends the Classroom
Video Solutions Help Schools Reach and Teach Students More Effectively Despite Tighter Budgets
Video Improves K-12 Education Outcomes Without Breaking Budgets
How Video Solutions Help Teachers Extend Their Reach and Effectiveness
Video Solves Key Challenges in Higher Education
Video Solutions Help Universities Improve Instruction and Expand Reach Without Straining Tuitions or Budgets
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's Communications and Collaboration Strategy Transforms Healthcare Delivery
New ICT strategy helps boost productivity, reduce patient wait times in the ED, and improve communications among after-hours care service staff.
Ageing Well in the Netherlands
The City of Almere Pilots Innovative Video Services
Bahrain Adopts ICT Shared Services To Enhance Government Efficiency and Productivity
The Kingdom of Bahrain engaged Cisco IBSG to optimize information and all aspects of government that include HR, finance, and ICT. Cisco IBSG's work resulted in a projected unit cost at least 10 percent lower, improved communicaitons within government, and reduced downtime and security risk.
Kenya's Pasha Centres: Development Ground for Digital Villages
Cisco IBSG's Digital Villages Development Toolkit
The Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) Global Public Sector Practice helps governments create a vision of the future by helping leaders understand the benefits of using innovative technology to transform government processes and public services. Our areas of focus are:
Next-Generation Government
In a world that is changing quickly, it is essential that governments adopt new technologies and business models based on innovative governance methods and practices to improve public services for citizens.
Urban Innovation
The world’s population is changing: the majority of people now live in cities, there is a major transformation in the work style from individual to collaborative, and innovation has altered the way we work and live.
Economic Growth
The well-being of societies relies on sustainable, inclusive, and distributed economic growth. In today’s world, the five capital drivers of growth—knowledge, finance, social, physical, and governance—are heavily impacted by innovation and collaboration.
Education
Education is a major concern of governments around the globe. Institutions are undergoing many transitions due to budget cuts, increased globalization, and advancements in technology.
Safety and Security
Nowhere has the public sector undergone a more strenuous reexamination of its policies, capabilities, and readiness than under the broad umbrella of public safety.
Climate Change
Moving to a low-carbon economy and adapting to large-scale risks associated with climate change requires participation from a wide range of public and private organizations.
Ageing Well
People are living longer, healthier, more-active lives than ever before. This is a noteworthy trend, with significant opportunities—individually and socially, economically and politically, across market sector and through the generations. Communication and collaboration technologies will help transform how:
- Individuals participate and communities thrive
- Employers benefit from available experience and expertise
- Health and social care needs are met, in innovative and sustainable ways
Our Practice Lead
Nicola Villa
Senior Director
Public Sector
IBSG
Nicola Villa is a senior director working in Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG). He is the global director of the Urban Innovation team, focusing on Cisco's innovation strategy for the global Smart+Connected Communities program. Prior to that, he managed Cisco's Connected Urban Development program. The program was part of the commitment Cisco provided to the Clinton Global Initiative, and it aimed at developing innovative ICT & Broadband solutions in large metropolitan areas to stimulate CO2 emissions reductions.
Villa is an executive member of Cisco China's Board, Cisco's Global Smart+Connected Communties Board and also an advisor to Metropolis, the global network of metropolitan regions, through its Partnership for Urban Innovation commission
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Meeting of the Minds on Cities' Future
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A management agenda for the next president?
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Sharing—Not Ownership?
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Repurposing the Built Environment-A Major Theme at Meeting of the Minds 2012
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