Public Sector Lead

Nicola Villa

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.

Cisco IBSG Public Sector Urban Innovations played a principal role in the launch of the Amsterdam Bright City Smart Work Center

Smart Work Center Amsterdam Bright City Opens First Public Cisco TelePresence Suite in the Netherlands

TPEX Offers Subscription and Pay-as-You-Go Collaboration Services

Cisco's 'Chief Futurist' Seeking Smarter Products

How IBSG works "to broaden the horizons for executives on the art of the possible"

Federal News Radio

Federal News weekly Countdown interview with IBSG Public Sector’s Alan Balutis

The Future of Cities

Suburbs shape up to compete with city centres

The Public Manager: Revisiting the President's Management Agenda

As the first year of the Obama presidency draws to a close, some assessment is in order. In this Forum, organized by Cisco IBSG, the same team of analysts, experts, and government executives who outlined a management agenda for the new president report on the administration’s actual agenda.

Network-Powered Growth

In this paper, IBSG explores how governments can serve as catalysts for sustained economic

Next-Generation Clusters: Creating Innovation Hubs To Boost Economic Growth

In this paper, Cisco IBSG proposes a new vision of innovation stimulation, targeting both locally based clusters and new forms of innovation hubs.

Health Information Sharing Environment

A Framework for Sharing Personal Medical Information Securely & Efficiently Across Public / Private Institutions

Open Government: Assessing the Obama Administration’s Efforts To Make Government Transparency a Reality

Cisco IBSG analyzes the three main aspects of the Obama administration’s open government agenda—transparency, public participation, and collaboration—and assesses lessons that can be learned from activities the administration has undertaken in these areas.

Using Technology to Accelerate G20 Plans for Strengthening Global Financial Supervision

This paper addresses issues and explores how collaborative and other technologies can be a critical enabler of many of the G20 Summit reforms being planned.

Planetary Skin: A Global Platform for a New Era of Collaboration

Cisco IBSG and NASA announce a partnership to develop an online, collaborative global monitoring system called, "Planetary Skin," to capture, collect, analyze, and report data on environmental conditions around the world.

EDMER and Turkey Ministry of National Education (MoNE) Engagement Snapshot

Turkey E-Government Research and Application Center Showcases Connected Virtual Classroom with Cisco and Intel

Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority Engagement Snapshot

Saudi Arabia Invests US$70 Billion in Economic Cities Project