Commentary Reform defense acquisition to reflect the challenges of the cyber age 29th July 2015 Currently, the defense procurement process is hallmarked by delays and under-inclusiveness. The Department of Defense and Congress must work together to accelerate the process and allow additional players in the game, so we can acquire advanced technology to effectively fight the digital war that is now upon us.
News Latest NetMotion Diagnostics release enables enhanced reporting on connectivity issues, support for iOS, Android 29th July 2015 NetMotion Wireless announces NetMotion Diagnostics 3.10, which lets enterprises and other customer access raw data from the solution to generate reports from third-party tools like Splunk, Elasticsearch and Kiwi, as well as supporting usage on iOS and Android platforms.
News TCS buys Loctronix to provide inertial-navigation-based solutions to locate 911 callers, first responders 24th July 2015 Telecommunication Systems (TCS) recently purchased Seattle-based inertial-navigation developer Loctronix to enhance the TCS portfolio of location-based solutions that can be leveraged to help first responders find 911 callers or to map the location of public-safety personnel at an incident scene, even when they are indoors.
News Accurate GIS data critical to PSAPs migrating to next-gen 911 21st July 2015 As public-safety answering points (PSAPs) attempt to forge migration paths from legacy 911 systems to the IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) architecture, overlooking or postponing work to ensure that valid geographic information systems (GIS) data can delay NG911 implementation by more than a year, according to 911 experts.
VIEVU: CEO Steve Ward describes video-storage solution that leverages Microsoft’s secure cloud 16th July 2015 Steve Ward, CEO of VIEVU—the police body-camera maker that recently was purchased by Safariland—describes the company’s cloud-storage offering that leverages the Microsoft Azure platform in this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson.
VIEVU: CEO Steve Ward optimistic about company’s future after being bought by Safariland 9th July 2015 Steve Ward, CEO and founder of VIEVU, discusses how he believes the company’s recent purchase by law-enforcement gear maker Safariland will help fuel new growth for the Seattle-based body-camera firm during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson.
News 911 community, others provide input in FCC proceeding on non-service-initialized (NSI) devices 9th July 2015 Reply comments to the FCC’s proposal to sunset the rules that allow non-service-initialized (NSI) devices to call 911 were filed by Monday’s deadline, with groups from the emergency-calling community taking varying stances on whether to phase out the 911 rules regarding the devices.
Video Rave Mobile Safety: Todd Piett highlights functionality of new Smart911 Location module 3rd July 2015 Todd Piett, Rave Mobile Safety’s chief product officer, explains how the company’s new Smart911 Location solution leverages commercial location data from assets like Wi-Fi access points can help PSAPs more accurately identify where first responders can find an emergency caller.
Video Motorola Solutions: Brian Long highlights virtualization benefits in latest release of PremierOne CAD system 30th June 2015 Brian Long, senior solutions specialist at Motorola Solutions, outlines the benefits that virtualization brings to dispatch customers that migrate to the new PremierOne 4.0 platform, including scalability and accelerated disaster-recovery processes, during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson at the NENA 2015 Conference & Expo in Denver.
News Rave Mobile Safety unveils 911 location-accuracy solution for wireless callers indoors, outdoors 29th June 2015 DENVER—Rave Mobile Safety announces the “controlled release” of Smart911Location, a new feature of the company’s Smart911 platform that leverages information from Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other commercial infrastructure to provide enhanced location accuracy when 911 is contacted via a wireless device.
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