Video Bionym: Wearable device makes personal authentication more secure, convenient 10th October 2014 Balaji Gopalan, director of platform for Toronto-based startup Bionym, demonstrates the company’s Nymi bracelet, which is designed to leverages the person’s unique electrocardiogram signature to provide “persistent authentication” that can be used—instead of passwords and cards—to enable access into secure environment. Gopalan spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Associate Editor Jill Nolin during the recent ASIS conference in Atlanta.
Video Cisco Systems: Activity detection application saves on bandwidth, storage 3rd October 2014 Jenifer Piccioni, product manager for Cisco Systems, demonstrates the functions of a remote-site monitoring application during the ASIS conference conducted this week in Atlanta.
Video SRI International: Iris camera and reader helps enterprises today, could aid public safety in the future 1st October 2014 Mark Clifton, vice president of the products and services division for SRI International, describes the capabilities of the IOM RapID-Cam II–a portable, wireless device with an 18-inch scanning range–during this discussion with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Associate Editor Jill Nolin at the ASIS conference in Atlanta.
News CSRIC working group expects only ‘slightly better’ 911 location accuracy with VoLTE 25th September 2014 Existing FCC outdoor location accuracy and testing standards for 911 calls can apply to LTE networks, but only modest improvement in location accuracy is expected with the new architecture, a working group reported to the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC).
News NICE Systems unveils video-analytics solution as timesaver for public safety 22nd September 2014 NICE Systems announces a video-analytics solution called Suspect Search that is designed to let public-safety agencies quickly scan massive amounts of video and locate individuals, even when the individual is part of a large group.
Video NICE Systems: Jenny Hansen describes Suspect Search solution powered by video analytics 22nd September 2014 Jenny Hansen, a partner manager with NICE Systems, explains the capabilities of the company’s Suspect Search solution, which uses video analytics to identify suspects in videos. The solution is being trialed within the ITEC training settings at Texas A&M University, Hansen says during this conversation with Jill Nolin of IWCE’s Urgent Communications.
News Johns Hopkins University turns to enhanced GPS location solution to address campus-security need 9th September 2014 IXP Corporation announces a global positioning system (GPS) solution called SAIF GPS that has enabled Johns Hopkins University to track its security officers, even when they are inside campus buildings.
DHS: S&T acting deputy undersecretary Bob Griffin seeks input for Visionary Goals initiative 26th August 2014 Bob Griffin, acting deputy undersecretary for science & technology (S&T) directorate of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), discusses the Visionary Goals initiative that is designed to solicit online input from all stakeholders on any matter impacting homeland security to help determine future research-and-development direction.
News Text-to-911 service will start only when PSAPs are ready, FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel says 7th August 2014 FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel says PSAPs will be “in control” of text-to-911 deployment schedules during her speech at APCO 2014, which was delivered just two days before the FCC is scheduled to vote on the text-to-911 issue.
FreeWave: Ashish Sharma talks about the future of machine-to-machine communications 16th July 2014 FreeWave’s Ashish Sharma talks about the future of machine-to-machine communications.
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