“ Working with IBM will allow us to jointly create new innovations that will enable smaller cities to break through and enhance their economic competitiveness. ”
— Antonio Fernández, Regional Andalusia Director, Vodafone España S.A.U.
Business Challenge story
Attracting and harnessing the energy of innovation — especially in cities — is imperative for economic growth and development. Building the connected ecosystems required to jump-start digital innovation can mean major up-front costs, which is why smaller cities have had a harder time making the business case. Vodafone Spain sought to rewrite that formula by creating a new line of business offering smarter cities services to smaller cities.
Transformation
Vodafone Spain created a low-cost, cloud-based service offering that empowers cities to gather real-time data from remote sensors, make efficient, fact-based decisions and engage citizens at a deeper and more personal level through mobile technology. By creating a repeatable, pay-as-you-go service model that cities can deploy incrementally, Vodafone Spain is helping lay the foundation for big-time efficiency and innovation in Spain’s smaller cities.
Benefits
As a cloud-based infrastructure, the solution reduces the cost for small cities to implement connected-city programs by more than 90 percent as compared to traditional smarter cities programs. The fact that it’s configured as a repeatable managed service creates a new revenue stream for Vodafone Spain. More broadly, the solution promotes intensified digital innovation activity, leading to accelerated economic development and more efficient municipal services.
Solution Category
Solution Components
- IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation
- IBM Z: IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12)
- InfoSphere Information Server
- Infrastructure Suite for z/VM and Linux
- Software Services for Cloud