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Cloud-based service brings innovation-driven economic development and efficiency to smaller cities

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Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
  • Europe
Country
  • Spain
Product
  • IBM InfoSphere Information Server
  • IBM Intelligent Operations Center
  • IBM MobileFirst Platform
  • IBM Maximo for Transportation
  • IBM Cloud Orchestrator
Tech Stack
  • IBM Infrastructure Suite for z/VM and Linux
  • IBM zEnterprise BC12
  • IBM Storwize V7000
  • IBM TS3100 Tape Library Express
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Cost Savings
  • Innovation Output
  • Revenue Growth
Technology Category
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries
  • Cities & Municipalities
  • Telecommunications
Applicable Functions
  • Business Operation
Use Cases
  • Remote Asset Management
  • Smart City Operations
Services
  • Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
  • System Integration
About The Customer
Based in Madrid, Spain, Vodafone España S.A.U. (Vodafone Spain) offers mobile communications services in 26 countries. The company, a unit of UK-based Vodafone Group plc, has 206 million customers. Vodafone Spain sought to rewrite the formula for attracting and harnessing the energy of innovation in cities, especially smaller ones, by creating a new line of business offering smarter cities services.
The Challenge
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.
The Solution
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. The solution components include IBM InfoSphere Information Server, IBM Intelligent Operations Center, IBM MobileFirst Platform, IBM Maximo for Transportation, IBM Cloud Orchestrator, IBM Infrastructure Suite for z/VM and Linux, IBM zEnterprise BC12, IBM Storwize V7000, IBM TS3100 Tape Library Express, IBM Systems Lab Services and Training, and IBM Software Services.
Operational Impact
  • As a cloud-based infrastructure, the solution reduces the cost for small cities to implement connected-city programs.
  • The solution is configured as a repeatable managed service, creating a new revenue stream for Vodafone Spain.
  • The solution promotes intensified digital innovation activity, leading to accelerated economic development and more efficient municipal services.
Quantitative Benefit
  • 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.

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