BALEFIRE GLOBAL IS A MICROSOFT CITYNEXT PARTNER

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                    Engage with your citizens and choose the right open data platform by using BaleFire Global CityNet Services

OPEN DATA IS CHANGING HOW CITYNEXT CITIES OPERATE


For the first time in history, more than 50 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and by 2050 nearly 70 percent of the global population will live in cities. That is an additional 2.7 billion people. Cities are gathering places for higher education, they drive advances in public safety, healthcare, and the modernization of public services – they are the engines of new ideas and businesses that will drive technology adoption and breakthroughs in the future.


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Microsoft CityNext is a global people-first initiative to position Microsoft as a trusted advisor and vendor of choice for regions, cities and municipalities. It is an umbrella campaign that brings together the breadth of Microsoft technology tailored to the needs of local and regional governments across all four technology trends – Cloud, Big Data, Mobile, Social – and all four public sector industries (Government, Public Safety, Health and Education).

Microsoft CityNext empowers governments, businesses and citizens to create more sustainable, prosperous and economically competitive cities. Broadening the city innovation conversation beyond infrastructure alone, CityNext helps city leaders around the world unlock the most important resource of any city - the potential of its people. By modernizing infrastructure and delivering citizen centric services people can lead safer and healthier lives, and have access to quality education.

HOW DOES OPEN DATA ENABLE CITYNEXT CITIES TO BE SMART CITIES?


GovTech and Gartner have both placed open data as the number 1 driver for innovation in mid-tier to first-tier cities. This is not just in the US. Globally, cities like Brussels and Paris, among many, have started mining data to deliver government services more efficiently. Open data provide the raw material on which baselines and performance measurement is based.

We have a long successful track record is working with local and national governments across the US and the World.

Contact BaleFire Global to learn how our services can help your CityNext customer and help your organization to use open data as a gateway technology to other Microsoft products and services.

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