Smart cities are one of the most difficult IoT applications to scale. Test pilots are easy, but actually connecting every single process or task that a city needs to function smoothly, before considering adding connectivity to all the other non-mission-critical elements, is a monumental task. Due to the number of stakeholders involved, the idea of an overarching smart city orchestration protocol has proven enticing. To this end, MXC and Enlink have just announced a new collaboration that will see MXC provide its MXProtocol to Enlink’s smart city hardware. That deal comes shortly after the TALQ Consortium began ramping up to launch its v2.0 certification program. Of course, many vendors and platforms can solve this problem, with the trade-off being that…