Special Report

CEO Guide to Smart Cities

• IBM Analytics Help Memphis Cops Get 'Smart'

  Software enabling IBM to find patterns in crime data is one of thousands of so-called smart-city projects aimed at improving urban services around the world

• Data Analysis Saves Microsoft Energy, Money

  Microsoft is using its headquarters as a laboratory for energy-saving analytics that can save money while perhaps building a new market for its products

• Get Smart: 10 Cities Using Data to Improve the Quality of Life

  Facing a huge increase in their populations, cities around the globe are turning to data analytics to help them deal with problems sooner

• Video: High-Tech Police Department

  Memphis has reduced crime with the help of technology. A program called Blue Crush has helped the city analyze crime data and forecast where it will happen next to deter it before it starts

• Podcast: Stopping Crime Before It Starts

  In 2005, the city of Memphis was facing an increase in crime that simply wasn't responding to conventional policing tactics. Using statistics about crime patterns, the police department began to try to forecast where crime might occur to better deter it

• Archive: CEO Guide to Technology

  Browse past editions of this special report on emerging tech trends