Smart City: Microsoft CityNext

Since February 2014, COPA-DATA has been an official and worldwide member of the CityNext initiative by Microsoft. Microsoft CityNext empowers cities and citizens to unlock their potential by delivering innovative digital services and smart city innovations that can help them lead safer and healthier lives, enriched by high-quality education. CityNext helps cities engage their citizens, empower city employees, optimize city operations and infrastructure, and transform and accelerate innovation and opportunity. As part of this initiative, COPA-DATA offers its innovative Smart City solutions focusing on the areas of energy, water, public transportation and smart buildings.

Out of 2,500 nominations from 119 countries, a panel of specialist judges chose COPA-DATA as the winner of the 2016 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in the international category "Public Sector: Microsoft CityNext". This distinguished award honors zenon's innovative solutions that are based on the latest technologies, such as the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Today, numerous communities, cities, and states are already benefiting from COPA-DATA's smart city solutions, particularly in the areas of energy, water, public transport, and smart buildings. This achievement is a further incentive for us to continue tackling future challenges in the public sector, thereby making a valuable contribution to greater sustainability and a higher quality of life. Learn more about this award here.