GEC NEWS WIREMicrosoft’s IoT demo at Gitex gives a glimpse into the future; highlighted its crucial role in driving the smart city vision due to its unique capabilities in guaranteeing a safer, healthier and happier city.
Microsoft has successfully showcased an interactive demo to illustrate the future of IoT and its matchless capabilities in driving the growing trend on smart cities around the world. The demo which was showcased during Gitex, shows how IoT devices, Microsoft Cloud, and Analytics come together to build a safer and smarter city; that improves the lives of people and aids governments and policy makers to use information to drive informed decisions to run smarter cities.
Samer Abu Ltaif, Regional General Manager, Microsoft Gulf said “Microsoft smart city solutions continue to put the city’s people first, harnessing their ideas, energy, and expertise to create more sustainable places to live, with access to citizen-centric services, public safety, high-quality healthcare and education. This demo illustrates how innovative technologies from Microsoft, supported by IoT, can help address key urban challenges and shape the future of regions, cities and municipalities.”
The main character in the demo is Jad, a city resident whose movements between his home and workplace are guided by a windows smart phone and his car, both connected to Azure cloud and linked to the entire city infrastructure through sensors. From his smartphone, he can get traffic predictions, speed warnings, road toll information, accident updates on the road, car emission details as well as car parking availability and payment options.
