Smart Cities: SITS supplier propositions

Software and IT services (SITS) suppliers have been developing ‘Smart Cities’ propositions for some time. But while some have made progress in Continental Europe, opportunities in the UK have proved elusive. This is not because of lack of interest - the Smart City ‘agenda’ has been on the table for many years in the UK. But a combination of political, economic and technological factors has recently changed the discussions from the hypothetical to the possible. 

In this research note we outline the Smart City strategies of three leading SITS suppliers – IBM, HP and Microsoft – and consider when they might start to see ‘Smart Cities’ contracts generating meaningful revenues in the UK.    

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