This IBM® Redguide™ publication is the first paper in the Smarter Cities™ Series of Redguide publications. This particular guide provides insight into the IBM Smarter Cities vision and explains how information and technology can help make cities smarter. It focuses on the foundation that is used to build a smarter city. It also explains how data and information found at all levels of the city are critical to understanding and making good decisions for the city and its citizens. This guide delves into the issues around data including the sharing of information and ensuring that individual and business data is secured. It also provides a high-level architecture and ideas that will help in the transformation of cities.

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This series of Redguide publications is intended for IT architects and city officials who are interested in identifying ways to make their city smarter. This series includes the following guides, which will be available soon:

• Smarter Cities Series: Introducing the IBM City Operations and Management Solution, REDP-4734
• Smarter Cities Series: Understanding the IBM Approach to Efficient Buildings, REDP-4735
• Smarter Cities Series: Understanding the IBM Approach to Water Management, REDP-4736
• Smarter Cities Series: Understanding the IBM Approach to Traffic Management, REDP-4737
• Smarter Cities Series: Understanding the IBM Approach to Public Safety, REDP-4738
• Smarter Cities Series: Understanding the IBM Approach to Energy Innovation, REDP-4739