Cisco Systems Selects Everywhere Wireless for Internet Connectivity at the Internet of Things World Forum

Cisco Systems Selects Everywhere Wireless for Internet Connectivity at the Internet of Things World Forum

1888 PressRelease - While the City of Chicago was selected for Cisco's Host City for the 2014 Internet of Things World Forum, Everywhere Wireless was engaged by Cisco to provide Internet connectivity to power the Forum and Wi-Fi infrastructure, which will be installed at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, where the Smart City Walking Tour will be held.

Chicago, IL - The City of Chicago will host the Internet of Things World Forum next week, in a further attempt to promote and "make Chicago one of the most connected cities in the world" commented by Rahm Emanuel, the City's current Mayor. Everywhere Wireless was selected by Cisco Systems to provide Internet connectivity to the Forum and a physical Wi-Fi infrastructure near Lake Street and Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The IOT will consist of the "Who's Who" of technology, Internet and smart systems throughout the world, ranging from Cisco's Chairman and CEO John Chambers to executives of companies such as IBM, Oracle, Intel and Sprint, each of which sponsored the event with Cisco. The IOT World Forum is an invite-only annual event that brings together the best and brightest thinkers, practitioners, and innovators from business, government, and academia to accelerate the market adoption of the Internet of Things, which can be described as intelligent networked connections between people, process, data and "things" to ensure the optimization of relevancy and value.

As part of the IOT World Forum, Cisco plans to install and offer a Smart City Walking Tour, which will consist of multiple interactive points along Michigan Avenue where Wacker Drive converges, each connected to Everywhere Wireless' Gigabit Plus Internet Network. The Smart City Walking Tour will show visually and experientially how the future of technology will change the way in which cities operate and interact with their...