For electric utility organizations, managing the risk of trees growing near power lines is a top operational expenditure (OpEx) item and often comes with significant financial and reputational risk. Transmission utilities must comply with rigorous...

The City of Topeka, Kansas, like many local governments, is in the midst of a data renaissance. For many years, we were collecting and creating data—and that’s where the story ended. Systems became data dumping...

Earlier this week, we explored what it means to be a "smart community." Experienced product managers in the information technology field will tell you that technology alone cannot solve the underlying problems smart community initiatives...

Do you remember that moment of uncomfortable disbelief when a friend pointed out your new and exciting discovery had been around a long, long time? Smart communities are not a new idea. The concept first...