Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 11 | Page 47

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// developed as well as developing countries are creating their infrastructure based on smart governance to strengthen democracy, citizen participation and public welfare, which is expected to be opportunistic for the market growth. While most of the activity around Smart Cities remains focused on infrastructure- based initiatives such as smart grids and metering, smart street lights, smart waste www.intelligentcio.com FEATURE: SMART CITIES THE WIDE ADOPTION OF INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICES SUPPORTED BY THE RISE IN NUMBER OF CONNECTED DEVICES DRIVE THE DEPLOYMENT OF SMART DEVICES. INTELLIGENTCIO 47