Smart Cities on the Cloud

Christina Kakderi (), Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos (), Nicos Komninos () and Anastasia Panori
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Christina Kakderi: Urban and Regional Innovation Research (URENIO), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos: Urban and Regional Innovation Research (URENIO), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Nicos Komninos: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Chapter Chapter 3 in Mediterranean Cities and Island Communities, 2019, pp 57-80 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The emergence of the cloud computing paradigm has found fertile ground in the smart cities discipline, especially with regards to its benefits both in terms of big data storage and analytic capabilities and in terms of smart city service provision. Over the past years we have noticed an abundance of publications on cloud computing; from government reports to corporate studies, all show the significant benefits of cloud computing and the opportunities presented by the migration of public/municipal services to the cloud. Despite the availability of information, the landscape with regard to cloud computing adoption is still quite blurry. This chapter aims to provide methodological guidance to public/city authorities on the use of and the actual steps towards taking up the cloud computing paradigm. More specifically, it offers a simple methodology in the form of a roadmap with the main roadblocks one can expect to encounter when migrating public services to the cloud, along with a set of recommendations that facilitate decision-making in various stages of this process. We also argue that cloud computing adoption should not be an isolated action of an organization (city authority/governmental agency), but part of a wider strategic model based on open innovation practices (the use of open source technologies for the cloud platform and applications, the use of open data, the adoption of user engagement methodologies etc.) as well as the use of innovative business models.

Keywords: Smart cities; Cloud computing; Migration to the cloud; Cloud platform; Applications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99444-4_3

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