Commentary Beyond asset management: Critical real-time information improves public safety 18th November 2014 Public-safety agencies have unique “human asset” management needs, because it encounters scenarios that are much more time-sensitive and life-critical than those in the enterprise sector. For example, knowing where and when a police officer leaves his patrol car and whether he took his assault rifle with him isn’t sufficient. Only by knowing what’s transpiring in real time can backup support be dispatched, even if an officer is prevented from calling in on his voice radio.
News Public-safety groups split on carrier location-accuracy accord for indoor 911 calls from cell phones 17th November 2014 With FCC officials indicating that they would establish rules regarding location accuracy for indoor 911 calls from cell phones, the four nationwide wireless carriers announce a voluntary agreement with two key public-safety organizations on the topic, although other first-responder groups expressed objections to the deal.
AT&T: Joe Marx outlines efforts to provide a dispatchable address for indoor wireless 911 calls 8th November 2014 Joe Marx, AT&T’s federal regulatory assistant vice president, talks about the technical challenges associated with providing location information with wireless indoor calls to 911, the FCC’s regulatory efforts in this area, and potential solutions to the problem, including the use of beacons.
News With WaveContact, FreeWave aims to bring the Internet of Things to the most extreme industrial settings 6th November 2014 FreeWave releases its new WaveContact wireless input/output (I/O) product family, which is designed to help industrial customers broaden the use of sensors in some of the harshest, most remote environments.
Video Guardly: IPS solution zeroes in on indoor location, including the elusive Z coordinate 5th November 2014 Guardly CEO Rob Moffat talks about the company’s Indoor Positioning System with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Associate Editor Jill Nolin at the recent ASIS conference in Atlanta..
Video VIEVU: Agencies are ‘one shot away’ from another Ferguson 29th October 2014 Steve Lovell, president of VIEVU, talks about the company’s new ruggedized body camera and the increased interest in body cameras in law enforcement during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Associate Editor Jill Nolin at the recent ASIS conference in Atlanta.
Video Thermal Imaging Radar CTO: “Computers love thermal” 27th October 2014 Thermal Imaging Radar CTO Mike Dortch discusses the benefits of thermal cameras and why more organizations–particularly critical-infrastructure entities–are utilizing the technology. Dortch talked to IWCE’s Urgent Communications Associate Editor Jill Nolin at the recent ASIS conference in Atlanta.
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.
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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