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32 Corporate A city's attractiveness is directly Growth, economy, IBM (2012)
related to its ability to offer the competitive
basic services that support growth differentiation,
opportunities, build economic efficiency, purpose.
value and create competitive
differentiation. Potential
inhabitants, of both the
commercial and residential variety,
are a discriminating lot, and they
are looking for cities that operate
efficiently and purposefully. They
are looking for smarter cities. In
particular, we are seeing the most
advanced cities focus on three
areas of expertise:
(i) Leveraging information to
make better decisions.
(ii) Anticipating and resolving
problems proactively.
(iii) Coordinating resources to
operate more efficiently.
Forward‐thinking cities are not
waiting for better economic times
to take action. They are focused on
staying competitive, maximizing
the resources at their disposal and
laying the groundwork for
transformation. They are redefining
what it means to be a smarter city.
33 Corporate Replacing the actual city Technology, IBM‐India Needs
infrastructures is often unrealistic connecting systems, Smart Cities (2014)
in terms of cost and time. However, analyse data,
with recent advances in integrate data,
technology, we can infuse our responsive, efficient,
existing infrastructures with new growth, quality of
intelligence. By this, we mean life, sustainability.
digitizing and connecting our
systems, so they can sense, analyse
and integrate data, and respond
intelligently to the needs of their
jurisdictions. In short, we can
revitalize them so they can become
smarter and more efficient. In the
process, cities can grow and sustain
quality of life for their inhabitants.

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