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8 min read

Why Location Centric?

The influence of geographic information systems (GIS) on emergency communications continues to find its way to the front and center of the workstation, and for good reason. The number one job of the PSAP (public safety answering point)...

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Dashboards

4 min read

Why Dashboards?

At the end of 2022, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) laid down the gauntlet on improving 911 reliability by issuing an order [FCC 22-88]...

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why forest guides

3 min read

Why Forest Guides?

The move to an IP-based infrastructure offers numerous benefits, some of which will be used every day, and some will not likely be as obvious. Forest...

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9 min read

Why NG911 (And Not Not NG911)

Having spent many years as a technologist in the telecommunications industry, I was hoping to see more enthusiasm for the next generation of 911, or...

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Power 911 PSAP Initiated Video

3 min read

Worth a Billion Words – Power 911 PSAP Initiated Video

This probably won’t come as news to you: Something like 3.5 billion people around the world consume some type of digital video, whether streamed or...

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Mass Notification Systems and Lockdown Drills

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Incorporating Mass Notification Systems with Your Lockdown Drills

A lockdown typically takes place when there is a credible threat within the interior or exterior of a building – such as an active shooter or...

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Sonic Edge Computing

8 min read

Why Edge Computing?

In the coming weeks, Intrado will introduce the Sonic EDGE, an alternate configuration of the Sonic G3, and a cutting-edge appliance that gives...

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Why Zero Trust

7 min read

Why Zero Trust?

I was raised with the old adage that you had to “take the bad with the good.” Your heavy-duty pickup truck comes in handy at the lumber yard but...

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Private Wireless

3 min read

Private Wireless: Just One Voice Call Makes You a Regulated Carrier

Hidden beneath the buzz of 5G wireless network rollouts was the FCC auction of a band of spectrum that could spur a wave of private wireless network...

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