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title: The journey towards a truly smart city
description: There are two prevailing trends in the city technology market that are on a collision course – the Internet of Things, and Digital Transformation. They are inextricable from each other, from the perspective of local councils and municipalities, but even the most successful IoT pilot project requires a modern, cloud-based IT environment, if it is going to properly scale. This whitepaper discusses the transformation cities need to go through to truly benefit from being a smart city.
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# The journey towards a truly smart city

## From siloed infrastructure to open data sharing

### This whitepaper covers:

- The benefit of a common data platform:  reducing costs, reducing silos and driving insight
- The relationship between the Internet of Things and Digital Transformation
- How the gap between Information Technology and Operational Technology is stunting smart city growth

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