Ways Las Vegas leverages smart tech to transform city living [Video]

Eager to further elevate city services, Las Vegas CIO Michael Sherwood continues to fine-tune a range of technologies to ensure the city runs more efficiently, while also improving safety and services for citizens, businesses, and visitors.

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To the over 40 million people who travel to Las Vegas every year, the city is all about entertainment that ranges from shopping and gambling, to sport, nightlife, and world-renowned dining. But for the 650,000 people who call Las Vegas home, the realities can be more routine than glamorous. For these people, this is where they live and work, where their children go to school, where they walk their dog, and grocery shop. And according to city’s CIO, Michael Sherwood, the challenge is to cater to the city’s visitors while servicing the locals, which is why he makes sure the city runs as efficiently as possible.

As part of these efforts, he and his …