Tech Data Becomes the First and Only IT Distributor to Join the North American Smart Cities Council
May 04 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) today announced that is has joined the
Smart Cities Council as a North American Lead Member. The company
is the first and only IT distributor and solutions aggregator to
partner with the Smart Cities Council, a global coalition of
leading companies advised by top universities, laboratories and
standards bodies. The council is dedicated to making communities
more livable, workable and sustainable with the power of smart
technologies.
“Communities across North America are seeing growing demand for
sustainable infrastructure, which is supported by technologies such
as Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, big data and advanced
analytics,” said Jason Nelson, executive director, partner
engagement, Smart Cities Council. “The depth and breadth of Tech
Data’s IoT and analytics portfolio and smart cities solutions
catalog, as well as its expertise in public sector, healthcare,
retail, and industrial verticals, is highly valued by the Smart
Cities Council and is why we chose to partner with the
company.”
As a North American Lead Member, Tech Data will sponsor and
serve on the selection committee for the fourth annual 2020 Smart
Cities Readiness Challenge designed to help cities, towns and
municipalities of all sizes throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico
improve local conditions. The winning communities will be announced
during the Smart Cities Week Conference in late September in
Washington, D.C. In addition to participating in planning workshops
with the winners, Tech Data can access the Smart Cities Activator,
an online collaboration portal available to all 2020 applicants
that allows communities around the world to share information and
work together to accomplish common objectives. Both the Smart
Cities Week Conference planning workshops and Smart Cities
Activator will ensure that Tech Data connects the best-fit
technology vendors and solutions with participating
communities.
“With Tech Data’s membership in the North American Smart Cities
Council, we are positioned to help communities address their most
pressing digital transformation challenges,” said Colin Blair, vice
president, IoT and Data Analytics, North America, Tech Data. “This
partnership truly embodies our brand essence of ‘connecting the
world through the power of technology.’ We look forward to bringing
more opportunities in the nearly $84 billion smart cities market to
our expansive ecosystem of partners that can provide the solutions
communities need to connect, grow and advance – now and in the
future.”
For questions or to learn more about Tech Data’s partnership
with the North American Smart Cities Council, email
iot@techdata.com. Click here for more information about Tech Data’s
IoT offering.
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About Tech Data
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solutions the world needs to connect, grow and advance. Tech Data
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