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Trick or treat? Next few months could influence direction of critical-communications world

It’s Halloween, a time that celebrates the unusual and surprising. Even when you can anticipate that something is going to happen, it can be difficult to predict whether it will scare you to death or result in sweet rewards that can put a smile on your face. A similar sense of anxious expectation is surrounding […]

Failure is not an option

The public-safety, government and enterprise sectors are understandably excited about the communications future, but myriad obstacles threaten to derail the migration to next-generation technology.

Paging maintains relevance when message matters most

Paging still is the way to go in circumstances where the message has to be delivered without fail, because the paging infrastructure delivers messages simultaneously, according to Roy Pottle.

In an increasingly high-tech world, SMS still has its place

While the advent of high-end smartphones has brought a lot of innovative technology, the public-safety community still needs an SMS element if it wants to efficiently communicate with the public.

Mobile security becoming a focal point in the wireless market

Vendors and mobile operators are finally making some good strides; now, it’s time to package these solutions in a way that works with systems that enterprises already have in place, such as mobile device management systems.

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Transportation departments take a look at social networking

According to Bill Brownlow, some state transportation departments are using social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to get the word out when something goes awry.

Governments are mobilizing, leveraging citizens like never before

Governments are leveraging social media and smart devices to interact more with citizenry. One goal is to make citizens better informed. Another is to use citizens as a government’s eyes and ears.

The smartphone is pretty cool, but it’s not the top gadget of all time

Popular Mechanics recently counted down its list of the 101 greatest gadgets of all time. At the very top of that list was — drum roll, please — the smartphone. Good grief. What were they thinking?

Mobile app creation platform differentiates Cisco’s new enterprise tablet

The iPad may be trouncing the tablet competition in the enterprise sector to date, but Cisco is poised to release the Android-based Cius tablet on July 31. The device is highly focused on the enterprise and designed to deliver virtual desktop integration with a range of Cisco collaboration and communication applications.

The readers always write — this time about smartphones

Recently, I wrote about the debate I was having with myself over whether to finally succumb to temptation and purchase a smartphone. Several readers said that they shared my concerns. Others did not. Of those, the general consensus was that I should just turn the damn thing off when I didn’t want to be bothered by it. I don’t think it will be so quite so simple in practice.

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Trick or treat? Next few months could influence direction of critical-communications world

Failure is not an option

Paging maintains relevance when message matters most

In an increasingly high-tech world, SMS still has its place

Mobile security becoming a focal point in the wireless market

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Transportation departments take a look at social networking

Governments are mobilizing, leveraging citizens like never before

The smartphone is pretty cool, but it’s not the top gadget of all time

Mobile app creation platform differentiates Cisco’s new enterprise tablet

The readers always write — this time about smartphones

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