September 20168 S mart cities are trending topic across conversations. Globally including countries in the Asia-Pacific region are looking at ways to evolve into a so-called smart city, for enabling everyday life, be it for city dwellers or enterprises. But what are the key ingredients to the success of building smart cities is the question.Connectivity is the KeyThis recent wave of smart cities is largely driven by the Internet of Everything (IoE), which is enabled by advances in cloud technology, security, mobile connectivity and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. All this is facilitated by seamless connectivity IN MY VIEWConnectivity is Fundamentalto the Success of Smart CitiesBy Hon Kit Lam, Vice President, Global Network Services, Tata CommunicationsTata Communications is a key enabler of information and communication technologies to global enterprises and service providers with services including network services; voice, data and mobility solutions; unified communications and collaboration tools; managed security; content management; media and entertainment services; and cloud and data centre solutions. Headquartered in Mumbai and Singapore, Tata Communications connects businesses across the globe through its world's largest wholly owned submarine fibre network carrying 24 percent of the world's internet traffic.and access to real-time information, in order to more efficiently manage the relationship between citizens, service providers and administrators. In order for a city to be smart and intelligent, data has to flow freely and to the right areas so it can be properly processed, analyzed and acted upon. High-speed connectivity further pushes the big data and adjacent service domains under the Internet-of-Everything to add to the intelligence of a smart city.
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