Commentary Policymakers must ensure that the privacy pendulum does not swing so far that public safety is compromised 3rd July 2014 Today’s technological advances support unprecedented surveillance capabilities. No one wants an Orwellian 1984 society, but we all want government officials to have the tools necessary to keep them safe. Unfortunately, it’s not always clear where to draw the legal lines.
Video Drakontas: CTO Alan Kaplan demonstrates mobile-collaboration capability 27th June 2014 Alan Kaplan, chief technology officer for Drakontas, highlights the whiteboarding and dead-reckoning-location features of the company’s DragonForce mobile-collaboration solution that can be integrated into Motorola Solutions’ Intelligent Data Portal (IDP) platform.
Commentary Could T-shirts, sports bras, socks help generate future revenue for radio dealers? 25th June 2014 Undergarments are probably among the last products that radio dealers traditionally would consider selling, but smart clothing that delivers sensor data regarding biometrics such as heart activity and impact information promise to be part of lucrative solutions that can be leveraged in a variety of enterprise scenarios.
Video AccuWeather: Jim Raymer demonstrates how first responders can access, use company’s information 24th June 2014 Jim Raymer, director of strategic alliances for AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, demonstrates how the company’s weather-information services can be used by first responders during an incident.
Video Eagle View Pictometry: Scott Sherwood details capabilities for outdoor and indoor mapping 18th June 2014 Scott Sherwood, Eagle View Pictometry’s vice president of sales enablement/product manager, outlines the company’s traditional oblique aerial outdoor photography offering, as well as a new solution that enables efficient photography of layout inside of buildings that could be especially helpful to first responders.
Video Blueforce Development: CEO Mike Helfrich showcases personnel-tracking, sensor-monitoring capabilities 18th June 2014 Blueforce Development CEO Mike Helfrich demonstrates how his company’s solution accesses data from sensors and personnel skill-set information, all of which can be integrated into the Motorola Solutions Intelligent Data Portal.
News Addressing address data that works for you 13th June 2014 Address standards help GIS professionals more efficiently aid emergency responders in their search for people who need help.
News Austin police improve safety with StarChase instead of car pursuits 28th May 2014 Austin, Texas, police use GPS tracking technology from StarChase to apprehend suspects in vehicles more efficiently and with greatly diminished risk of injury.
Commentary Getting accurate location information for indoor wireless 911 must be a priority 20th May 2014 Whether the details of the FCC proposal on indoor location accuracy for 911 can be executed is questionable, but there is no debate that the need for such rules is needed; in fact, it is long overdue.
News Rivada Networks gets patent for peer-to-peer location method created for fireground use 8th May 2014 Rivada Networks receives patent approval for its peer-to-peer method of determining the location of mobile devices that does not rely on GPS-based or network-based location technology. The patented method was devised to help address location challenges for incident commanders in the fire service, but other uses have become apparent, as well,
LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command 2 6th May 2022
UK Home Office plans to seek MCPTT option to Motorola Solutions for ESN, CMA says dlvr.it/SRBWsD 27th May 2022
Restrictions on Chinese imports hurting equipment vendors working in India dlvr.it/SR8sj7 27th May 2022
Infrastructure improvements in cities often feature clean energy or connected technologies dlvr.it/SR8n7G 27th May 2022
Newscan: ‘Predator’ spyware let government hackers break into Chrome and Android, Google says dlvr.it/SR2lBG 25th May 2022