News Newscan: Connected medical devices: The Internet of Things that could kill you 4th August 2015 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Connected medical devices: The Internet of Things that could kill you DHS issues a big warning about Senate’s cyber bill Police body cameras: Coming everywhere in 3 to 5 years Government hacked again. It’s about time federal cybersecurity became a national issue What we talk about when we […]
Article Top 5 stories: Week of July 27-July 31 4th August 2015 Here’s a look at the most popular stories on IWCE’s Urgent Communications from last week.
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.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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