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How open source makes cities sustainable, smart, resilient and inclusive

Sponsored by FIWARE Foundation
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In this joint article, FIWARE Community members Ramesh Subryan (NIVID Technologies), Salome Leßmann (it’s OWL Cluster Management), Johannes Anttila and Johannes Mikkonen (Demos Helsinki) lay out what IoT platforms, artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technologies have in common and their potential for making cities more efficient, cost effective, sustainable and resilient to environmental challenges

 

 

Even though Covid-19 vaccination plans are currently in place across the world (some regions are meeting their vaccination targets faster than others), the impacts of the pandemic are set to stay for years to come, across all sectors of the global economy.

 

 

Whether adjusting to working from home, online shopping, home schooling, staycations, the way we live, work and socialise has drastically changed. Almost everything is just one click away before it gets shipped right to our doorstep. We are also witnessing what digital public service delivery looks like.  

 

 

At the forefront of this new world stands technology, which has undoubtedly been impacted by current circumstances. When it comes to cities, technology alone, however, can be seen in the very same way most of us feel lately: isolated.

 

 

Cities represent distinctive ecosystems of collaborative frameworks such as private and public businesses, not-for-profit organisations, social enterprises and citizens. When done right and aided by emerging technologies, these ecosystems facilitate the transformation of cities into enablers of economic growth, innovation and wellbeing.

 

 

Enabling next-gen technologies to create smart, scalable and secure digital solutions

 

 

The global Industrial IoT (IIoT) platform market size is projected to reach $329.8 million by 2026, and at a CAGR of 13.0 per cent from 2021 to 2026. Millions of smart devices across the globe are generating data at an ever-increasing volume, variety and velocity.

 

 

The challenge is to have a robust platform to process, analyse and use this data and convert it into smart solutions, thereby delivering unmatched service experience, positive business outcomes and quick return on investments.

 

 

Many organisations embark on developing and deploying their own IoT platform, and often run into unexpected challenges. Urban planning isn’t a straightforward process. Complex research needs to be carried out, too many boxes may need to be checked, and countless bureaucracy tends to block the road towards effective problem-solving scenarios.

 

 

In short, the process is time-consuming. As cities worldwide currently face budget constraints, whilst also having to respond quickly to global pandemics, investing in critical infrastructure such as IoT platforms demands careful considerations and flexible partners.

 

 

Fruitful collaborations are delivering results

 

 

To tackle these problems, Nivid Technologies – a FIWARE Foundation gold member – has joined forces with FIWARE to deliver high-performing solutions to collecting and managing data from the most diverse sources. Nivid’s complete suite of IoT solutions and out-of-the-box services address a critical gap in the marketplace and strive to make IoT adoption easier.

 

 

Nivid Technologies’ flagship solution, N-Smart, provides a modular, flexible and scalable platform providing a single-pane view for an end-to-end IoT solution. It turns data from a wide variety of sources into useful, contextual information for people to act upon quickly and effectively.

 

 

N-Smart comes with operational dashboards and capabilities such as complex event processing. The platform supports both big data and AI algorithms, while offering different APIs for third-party integration and advanced data-driven maps.

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Image provided courtesy of the AI Marketplace project.

 

 

At the forefront of the project is the AI Marketplace platform, where providers, users and experts can develop and exchange AI solutions. The vision is a marketplace that intelligently links platform users according to their supply and demand profile, while providing a protected space for secure data exchange and data sovereignty.

 

 

Additionally, an app store for AI applications will be created for companies to use directly, along with a toolkit allowing individual AI components to be configured into complete solutions tailored to the needs of individual companies.

 

 

FIWARE reference architecture as a building block

 

 

The development of the platform architecture is largely driven by FIWARE. It allows the necessary standards to be set for the AI Marketplace platform and advises on the selection of technologies, reference architectures and standardised APIs.

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