December - 20196GOVERNMENT CIO OUTLOOKEDITORIALEmergency Management with Smart Technologies Today, the dense urban population is fostering innovation, collaboration and education, making basic necessities more accessible, and driving economic growth. Emerging countries are adopting sustainable development practices along with proven technologies and business practices, to catapult themselves forward economically and socially.In recent decades, major emergencies, crisis, and disasters have become more frequent, especially in middle and low-income countries, slowing the process of sustainable human development. To prevent loss of life and property, governments all around the globe are depending on technological solutions to respond to natural or human-made disasters in a timely and effective manner.Technology is helping cities become more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive. Data collected from smart sensors embedded into city infrastructure, like the sewer systems is ensuring avilability of basic services and also helping save people from natural disasters and other emergencies.A right emergency management solution can help communities in balancing the usage of available resources, enhance coordination between different organizations, provide real-time knowledge of geographical locations, maintain good transportation and telecommunication services and many more. Utilizing smart technologies and a wide range of intelligent sensors, municipalities are able to record micro-level changes and transmit the data across the city to help teams understand the potential problem areas through a centralized dashboard in real-time.Emergency management systems are helping communities create strong preparedness policies and resiliency plans using cutting edge technologies that can reduce risk, manage, and reconstitute operations and businesses. With such innovations paying to level the field of emergency management, governments can effectively prevent, respond, and recover from the natural calamities and threats. In this edition of government CIO outlook, we are featuring a list of companies that can help government agencies build a strong emergency management posture.Let us know your thoughts.December - 13 - 2019, volume 05 - Issue 18 (ISSN 2644-2604) Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. Managing EditorCatalina JosephEditorial StaffVisualizerJenny SoosenRonald DonovanSalesNick Masonnick.mason@govciooutlook.comContact usEmailPhone:510 230 0396, Fax:510-894-8405sales@govciooutlook.comeditor@govciooutlook.commarketing@govciooutlook.comJune WilliamsJade RayPaul BarberAaron Pierce Alex D'Souza Joshua Parker To subscribe to Government CIO OutlookVisit www.govciooutlook.com Catalina Joseph Managing Editoreditor@govciooutlook.comCopyright © 2019 Valley Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffCatalina Joseph
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