SMU, Tata announce New iCity Lab partnership
By Vimita Mohandas | Posted: 05 August 2011 2307 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore is now home to a new research facility that aims to lay the foundation for research and development of cloud-based IT solutions for intelligent cities worldwide.
The iCity Lab is a collaboration between the Singapore Management University (SMU) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
The partnership is said to be the first of its kind in Asia-Pacific for integrating cloud technology with the relevant business-know-how to create urban management IT solutions.
Girija Pande, chairman of TCS Asia Pacific, said: "Tomorrow's cities will be specifically designed and built with a sophisticated IT backbone to enable integrated urban management, improved quality of life for citizens and inclusive economic, social and sustainable growth.
"The TCS-SMU iCity lab is particularly relevant for fast growing economies like China, India and others in the region. Globally over US$100 billion is expected to be invested in the intelligent city segment over the next 10 years."
He added: "Through TCS-SMU iCity Lab, we will be partnering with surrounding urban centres across the region to change and re-imagine the way IT hardware and software infrastructure of cities is going to be designed, built, integrated and managed in the future."
The lab will be located within SMU's School of Information Systems (SIS).
TCS will directly invest S$6 million in the lab over the next three years.
The investment also provides scholarship funds for SMU post-graduate students in Information Systems Technology & Management and research funds for SMU faculty.
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