Commentary 911 telecommunicators are ‘ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances’ 18th June 2013 Activity in the 911 center depicted in the movie “The Call”–starring Halle Berry–is reasonably accurate, according to officials from the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). Those who see the movie learn that communications in a public-safety answering point (PSAP) are critical and that the time of telecommunicators should not be wasted.
Article Leveraging high-accuracy location technology after a disaster 15th May 2013 Knowing where key assets are — citizens, first-responder personnel and resources — can be crucial to recovery efforts.
Article Verizon: More than half of data breaches are from hackers 23rd April 2013 Verizon today issued its 2013 data-breach report, which is based on the analysis of 47,000 reported security incidents and 621 confirmed data breaches suffered last year. The report indicates that hackers are responsible for more than half of all data breaches.
Article Application leverages social media to solve crime 28th March 2013 Connected to the Case is a website designed to connect ordinary citizens to unsolved criminal cases via social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Article ConnectedHealth tablet, app improve patient outcomes 26th March 2013 Singapore-based ConnectedHealth has developed a tablet device and application — dubbed Nursing Manager — that lets providers harvest data generated by patient devices, such as glucose monitors, blood-pressure monitors and weight scales.
M2M expected to account for 50 billion devices by 2020 19th March 2013 Cisco’s Barry Einsig explains the massive impact that machine-to-machine (M2M) communications are projected to have on the wireless industry during the next several years at IWCE 2013.
Commentary Speaker: Firefighter radios are good, but not yet good enough 14th March 2013 Without question, firefighter communications have come a long way. But it’s not enough, according to Bruce Varner, retired chief of the Santa Rosa (Calif.) Fire Department and the chairman of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) electronic safety equipment committee.
TRX, Motorola Solutions deliver firefighter location technology 13th March 2013 Motorola Solutions’ Marcela Tellez and TRX Systems’ Carol Politi talk about the firefighter location system demonstrated in the Motorola booth at IWCE 2013.
News Briefs: Anritsu enhances test device 12th March 2013 Also, David Clark to introduce new wireless headset for use in hazardous environments; Alcatel-Lucent to reveal enhancements to IP/ MPLS mobile backhaul solution.
News NetMotion adds Android support to Locality solution 24th January 2013 Platform gives enterprises visbility into the coverage and reliability of the commercial wireless networks that they rely on.
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