Objectives

Strategy

City of BarcelonaImproving lives with a smart-city template

• To understand the needs of citizens and businesses, Barcelona needed to store and analyze large datasets

• Build a model Big Data and BI solution for other cities

• Worked with partner Bismart to create a hybrid cloud storage solution based on Microsoft Azure and SQL Server 2012

• Set up Big Data analyses from public sources

“By using Windows Azure, HDInsight, and SQL Server 2012, we can collect, analyze, and generate near-real-time BI with Big Data collected from social media feeds, GPS signals, and data from government systems.”

— Llius Sanz Marco, Director Información de Base en Institut Municipal d'Informàtica

Results• Scalable Big Data tools and

near- real-time BI • Anytime, anywhere access • Improves quality of life • Increases public safety and

health • Provides a model that can

enhance global collaboration

Microsoft Partner

Transform

Barcelona deploys hybrid-cloud solution to analyze public big data