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The 3 Goals Artificial Intelligence Can Help Local Governments Achieve

The biggest fear among science fiction fans is that artificial intelligence (AI) will eliminate the human race. The biggest fear people with mortgages and car payments have is that artificial intelligence will eliminate their jobs. Pop…

How Salt Lake City is Winning at Growth

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Most cities experience growing pains from population growth, but not Salt Lake City. Through proper planning, a deep dive into data analytics and a desire to serve their citizens to the best of their ability, Salt Lake City was able to take control of their growth.

3 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Changing Public Safety

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Artificial intelligence has the power to drastically change the public safety landscape. Discover how law enforcement is embracing AI’s potential and how it’s already being used to help prevent mass shootings, respond more quickly to medical emergencies and help save firefighters’ lives.

Step-by-Step Government Guide to Staying Ahead of a Crisis

Tornadoes and floods. Terror attacks and active shooters. Infrastructure failures, major cybersecurity breaches and public health outbreaks. No one knows when a major emergency is going to strike – but odds are that it will. According to…

3 “C’s” of Protecting Against Cyberattacks

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Ransomware attacks are projected to occur every 14 seconds by the end of 2019, and government agencies remain a prime target for cyberattacks. 95% of CIOs expect cybersecurity threats to increase and impact their organizations in 2019. Is your agency prepared?

What’s Next for Smart Cities: Top 5 Predictions for the Future

According to the UN, two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050. North America is currently the most urbanized region in the world, with 82% of the population living in urban areas. Globally, there are 33 megacities…

Do Safe Public Spaces Still Exist?

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It's the question we ask ourselves every time another tragic incident appears on the news in 2019. Discover some of the tactics and strategies law enforcement is deploying to keep our public spaces safe for everyone to enjoy.

Proactive Over Reactive: Being Smart About the Future with Enterprise Asset Management

When government agency assets are not proactively managed, it just takes one infrastructure issue for a situation to escalate.  Downed powerlines are credited for igniting the catastrophic California wildfires in 2017 that killed 46…

4 Things to Know Before You Go: Esri 2019

The Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) is one of the largest suppliers of geographic information system (GIS) software to organizations around the globe.    Esri provides a critically important service because location intelligence…