IBM is Ready To Create"Smart City" In Skolkovo

IBM Corporation has intention to cooperate with the innovation center Skolkovo with the project "smart city," Sales director of IBM in Eastern Europe, Andrei Tikhonov said.


One of the main directions of IBM cooperation with Skolkovo is the project "smart city," said Tikhonov on the sidelines of the All-Russian Innovation Forum "Russia! Forward!". This project was implemented by IBM in several major cities around the world. It is associated with reconstruction and modernization of urban infrastructure with radically new features and security services.


At the heart of a "smart city" there are, in particular, energy-efficient technologies.


According to the experts, Skolkovo in this respect is a very interesting target for innovation, thus it is being creating from scratch. The advantage of the newly created city is that "smart" infrastructure will not have to be build in existing urban complex, and it will be possible to apply the latest technology, said Tikhonov.


"We are working on various options for cooperation, including considering the possibility of accommodation in Skolkovo labs for software development" - he added.


Corporation IBM is one of the world's largest manufacturers of home computers, peripherals and software.