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› Forums › IoTStack › Discussions (IoTStack) › Are Smart City Prospects Limited Without Open Source Collaboration?
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IEEE member warns against closed approach to smart cities As the world’s most advance cities shift towards adopting IoT infrastructure, the benefits of an open approach to becoming ‘smart’ are becoming increasingly apparent. Many municipalities realise that being restrained by vendor lock-in while the technology and use cases are emerging could lead them to a dead end investment. Yet currently there the implications of adopting an open standards approach are unclear. Will the standards, platforms and technologies be interoperable and enable adopters the ability to harness the commercial and intelligence benefits smart cities promise?Are open standards as secure as their opposing closed practices?