Ict And Certification As Factors Influencing Development Of Intelligent Cities On Cloud Computing Strategy

In this work, we discuss Information and communications technology (ICT) and certification as factors that influence the development of intelligent cities. Business Friendly Certificate (BFC), an internationally recognized quality standard is a process promoting favourable business environment in line with international standards contributing to creating cities with standardized systems for the provision of services and information to potential investors. Business Friendly Certification is a process allowing the evaluation of the quality of service and information the cities provide to investors and businesses. Criteria of Business Friendly Certification can be seen as a reminder of what a city or municipality needs to develop as its own capacity and which operative segments of city or municipal organisations need to be functional. This process is expected to serve to increase competitiveness with respect to the cities and municipalities in the region inside and outside the country borders helping them compete with competitors that started reforms during the transition process much earlier. In this work, we study the concepts of City Information Systems aimed at managing data and information flow in supporting investors and businesses enabling quick response to client request, faster and easier dealing with papers required for issuance of location and building permit, municipal requirements and other activities necessary to investors and businesses. In 2013, eight cities from the Southeastern Europe, among which Croatia's Bjelovar and Ivanec, were certified as cities with favourable business environment. Cloud computing along with Information and communications technology has now emerged to become a recognized method for dealing with given criteria at city or municipal authority level ultimately serving to all interested cities. Implementation of solutions that are continuously upgraded with innovative ideas is a process contributing to the development of project.