Making Dallas Smarter
There are a few things that come to most people’s minds when they think of Dallas. Cowboys. Oil money. Barbeque. But the city is also a hotbed of innovation, technology and startups. It’s where tech giants like Texas Instruments and AT&T are headquartered. The home of Marc Cuban of "Shark Tank" fame (and owner of the Dallas Mavericks), it has a vibrant and robust startup scene. Plenty of VC firms and incubators lay claim to Dallas, and The Atlantic will include it in its City Makers series this year.
A new organization hopes that soon, Dallas will also be known as one of the nation’s leading smart cities. The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) is a coalition of stakeholders from both the public and private spheres whose goal is to position the country’s fourth-largest metropolitan area as a leader in smart cities modernization.
The VAR Guy sat down with Jennifer Sanders, DIA’s executive director, to hear why Dallas is poised to be the country’s leading smart city, and why that initiative is creating new channel opportunities in the Lone Star State.
There are a few things that come to most people’s minds when they think of Dallas. Cowboys. Oil money. Barbeque. But the city is also a hotbed of innovation, technology and startups. It’s where tech giants like Texas Instruments and AT&T are headquartered. The home of Marc Cuban of "Shark Tank" fame (and owner of the Dallas Mavericks), it has a vibrant and robust startup scene. Plenty of VC firms and incubators lay claim to Dallas, and The Atlantic will include it in its City Makers series this year.
A new organization hopes that soon, Dallas will also be known as one of the nation’s leading smart cities. The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) is a coalition of stakeholders from both the public and private spheres whose goal is to position the country’s fourth-largest metropolitan area as a leader in smart cities modernization.
The VAR Guy sat down with Jennifer Sanders, DIA’s executive director, to hear why Dallas is poised to be the country’s leading smart city, and why that initiative is creating new channel opportunities in the Lone Star State.
