Start Your Smart City Journey at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit in Austin, Texas

Press Release • Jun 3, 2016

Purple Forge will be showcasing our advanced and economical smart city solutions for municipalities at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit being held June 13 to 15 in Austin, Texas.

Ottawa, Canada, June 3, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Purple Forge will be showcasing our advanced and economical smart city solutions for municipalities at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit being held June 13 to June 15 in Austin, Texas. Purple Forge will be on hand to discuss experiences in deploying Smart City solutions in US and Canada. Purple Forge will share insights on current live municipal deployments, including deployments incorporating IBM Watson cognitive computing.

Purple Forge is an award-winning Software as a Service (SaaS) provider of mobile-first community engagement and self service solutions. Our Smart City solutions can provide your city with a cost effective solution to begin your Smart City journey and help you meet your municipal goals:

Offer up-to-the minute services and information
Become the go-to channel for critical communications
Connect tourists to local events, attractions and information
Boost citizen input and engagement
Help to reduce operational costs
Connect residents with local businesses
Spur economic growth
Improve transparency with citizens
Foster self-service and technology use in your community

Purple Forge’s Smart Service Solutions platform delivers a wide range of prepackaged solutions with optional features and customization including: Citizen Self-Service, Fraud and Waste Reporting, Elections, Pet Shelters and Adoption, 311/Report a Problem, 511/Road Conditions, Tourism, Economic Development, Healthcare, Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Communications.

Our Smart Service Solutions platform offers advanced and comprehensive features that span: Web, Mobile, Wearables, Social, Location Based Services (LBS), Proximity Based Services (iBeacons), Internet of Things, Cognitive Computing and Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Purple Forge has deployed hundreds of solutions for a wide range of customers, including the cities of Denver, Long Beach, Pittsburgh, Miami-Dade, Edmonton, Surrey, Mississauga, Oakville, and Ottawa. Other customers include federal, county and provincial governments such as: Union County NJ, Sonoma County CA, Province of Manitoba and Government of Canada.

Purple Forge is an IBM Watson Ecosystem Partner and the Purple Forge Smart Service Solutions platform includes Watson cognitive computing and natural language processing capabilities. Purple Forge is partnered with TELUS who offer TELUS Smart City apps based on Purple Forge services.

For more information and to book a one-on-one meeting at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit please visit http://purpleforge.com/austin.

About Purple Forge

Purple Forge is an award-winning Software as a Service (SaaS) provider of mobile-first community engagement and self service solutions. Our customers include: Governments, Venues, Telecommunications Service Providers, Financial Institutions, Healthcare and Membership-based Organizations. Purple Forge’s platform and applications offer a wide range of features that span web, mobile, wearables, social, location based services, iBeacons and the Internet of Things. Our solutions increase customer engagement, provide insights into unmet customer needs and reduce service delivery costs. Purple Forge is an IBM Watson Ecosystem Partner. Purple Forge is partnered with TELUS for Smart City solutions. For more information about Purple Forge, please visit http://www.purpleforge.com.

Source: Purple Forge Corp