News Newscan: LogMeIn acquires Ionia to accelerate Internet of Things opportunity 8th May 2014 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FCC Commissioner O’Rielly: FCC’s grab for new regulatory power could go beyond broadband providers FirstNet CIO highlights emergency-response challenges, way forward Three technologies that will change how responders communicate Major U.S. Internet providers accused of deliberately slowing traffic Governments move to the cloud for security Analyst: ‘Next-gen 911 […]
News Iceland-based Rögg works with Range Networks to develop search-and-rescue technology 7th May 2014 Rescue workers worldwide have another way to search for missing persons via a cell-phone location solution from Icelandic technology integrator Rögg that does not utilize GPS, according to officials for Range Networks, which developed the supporting hardware and open-source software platform
News Newscan: Antivirus pioneer Symantec says antivirus-software approach is ‘dead’ and ‘doomed to failure’ 6th May 2014 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Antivirus pioneer Symantec says antivirus-software approach is “dead” and “doomed to failure” AT&T will point its LTE network to the sky, launching in-flight Internet access in 2015
News FirstNet’s Kennedy talks about RFP process, 911 collaboration 5th May 2014 FirstNet is completing request-for-proposal (RFP) processes, plans to seek public comments on some of the organization’s rules and legal interpretations, and plans to collaborate with the 911 community, according to FirstNet Deputy General Manager TJ Kennedy.
News Historic Calgary flood forced early migration to new MPLS network 5th May 2014 Officials for Calgary, Alberta, had only hours last summer to migrate the city’s mission-critical network to a new multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network, thanks to the largest flood in the city’s modern history last summer that threatened catastrophic network failure.
News Newscan: Supreme Court justices appear divided on the need for warrants to search cell phones 1st May 2014 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Supreme Court justices appear divided on the need for warrants to search cell phones There may not be another defense CIO until 2017 Defense CIO Teri Takai leaving the Pentagon Heartbleed’s impact Sprint unveils HD voice for cell phones Waiting in the wings, the next generation of wireless […]
News FirstNet releases consultation package, plans to begin talks with states in July 1st May 2014 FirstNet releases a consultation package that provides a checklist of items that states and territories should prepare prior to initiating official consultation proceedings with FirstNet, which could begin as early as July 1.
News Wisconsin 911 dispatcher uses text-messaging system to help first responders provide aid in Tennessee 30th April 2014 A text-messaging system implemented by the 911 center in the city of Middleton, Wis., inadvertently allowed a Middleton dispatcher to help responders in Manchester, Tenn., address a plea for help from an 18-year-old boy regarding his mother.
News Teri Takai resigns from DoD position, remains on FirstNet board 30th April 2014 Teri Takai reportedly has submitted her resignation as the chief information officer (CIO) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), but she will continue to serve as a FirstNet board member, according to a FirstNet spokesman.
News PSAP survey reflects dire need for wireless 911 indoor-location accuracy 29th April 2014 Survey reveals 911 personnel support FCC’s overwhelmingly proposed indoor-location rules for emergency calls, because they are “tired of having people die on the phone, because they couldn’t find them,” according to one official associated with the survey.
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