Members of the Johns Creek, Georgia police department talk about the mobile public safety app in this video from Council Associate Partner SunGard Public Sector. ONESolution Freedom extends core Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Records Management System (RMS) functionality to provide mission critical information to authorized smartphones and tablets. Learn more about Freedom here.

Mauro Joppert is the owner of Coisa de Carioca, a food kiosk set in the beaches of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. His business was recently revamped as part of an urban revitalization project, which also allowed him to start taking credit card payments.

Below is a condensed version of the presentation "City-Scale Sustainability and Economic Development" by Joel Cherkis of Microsoft and Dave Roberts of OSIsoft at the 2013 OSIsoft EMEA Users Conference in Paris. 

This video provides a view of Barcelona through the eyes of Lluis Sanz Marco, Director of Information, and Albert Isern, CEO of Bismart Business Intelligence, a Barcelona-based Microsoft partner. They discuss how using technology from Council Lead Partner Microsoft -- Windows Azure, HDInsight, and SQL Server 2012 -- enables them to collect, analyze, and generate near real-time business intelligence with Big Data collected from social media feeds, GPS signals and data from government systems.

Joel Cherkis discusses Microsoft's people-oriented approach with city leaders and how they are using technology to create better cities of the future. Cherkis is General Manager of Worldwide Government for Microsoft.

Disaster can strike any city or region. They often erupt suddenly with little or no warning. In this video, Dr. Peter Williams, IBM CTO Big Green Innovations, discusses why cities around the globe need to be resilient and how the new UN Scorecard can help cities prepare for resiliency.

Nestled in the Canadian Rockies, the remote town of Field relies on one 25-kV distribution feeder, provided by BC Hydro, to supply its 300 residents  with power. But providing reliable power to Field is challenging.

With a local developer intent on Wisconsin's first utility-scale solar farm in the city of Jefferson, a couple of major obstacles had to be overcome.

This video customer experience montage is hosted by Oracle Vice President of Customer Experience Strategy, Brian Curran, and features executives from City of Atlanta 311, Land O' Lakes and New York Stock Exchange. Oracle is a Council Associate Partner.

This short video from Council Lead Partner Alstom Grid highlights the advantages of transforming a city to make smarter use of energy.