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- Software Maker Enhances Product Line With Unified Communications Technologies
- Fortek Computers makes software that helps emergency response organizations manage incoming calls, incident information, and other data. Fortek integrated core technologies from Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 into its product line to help its customers enhance communications with frontline resources and key personnel, improve emergency response times, and reduce...
- Tags: Software, Unified Communications, Emergency Response, Security
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- MBTA published checksum info in court filings
- Something most troubling in the email exchange between Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer Jennifer Granick and MBTA attorney Leuan Mahony, posted by News.com. The essence is that MBTA itself included the MIT students' confidential report PDF to MBTA on their security weaknesses as an exhibit in their complaint and it is...
- Tags: Security, Card, Electronic Frontier Foundation, MBTA, Essence, CharlieTicket, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Spanish Reference for EMS Providers (spems) 11.0.4 (Mobile)
- Spanish Reference for EMS Providerspowered by Skyscape Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall Designed to provide translations for Emergency Medical Services personnel of all provider levels, from First Responder to EMT-Paramedic and is developed to assist individuals in their care and treatment of Spanish-speaking individuals, whatever the emergency care provider''s ability to...
- Tags: Mobile, Translation, Skyscape Inc., PDAs, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-07-30
- Survivor Buddy, a friendly robot rescuer
- The St. Petersburg Times, Florida, reports that a well-known robot designer, Robin Murphy, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Florida USF, 'plans to add a heart to robot rescuers.' As says USF, the goal is to develop 'a robot that will be a companion...
- Tags: Details, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-17
- Hazmat Toolkit 3.8 (Mobile)
- The Hazmat Toolkit is an essential tool for first responders and hazmat personnel. This includes data from the Emergency Response Guidebook ERG and NIOSH Pocket Guide, plus more reference material for dealing with Meth Labs and Weapons of Mass Destruction, a huge encyclopedia of 1200 terms, and four hazmat training...
- Tags: Mobile, Training, Pocket Mobility, Hazmat Toolkit, Pocket PC, PDAs, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Productivity, Handhelds, Hardware, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2008-02-15
- Wearing a computer at work
- The European Union has funded an ambitious project related to wearable technology. This project, named WearIT@work will end in one year and was funded with 14.3 million euros of EU money, even if the total project cost is expected to exceed 23 million euros. For mobile workers, the goal is...
- Tags: Project, Aircraft, Information And Communication Technology, Computer, Aerospace & Defense, Productivity, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- IT success: CA fire-fighting infrastructure
- As fires continue to rage in Southern California, emergency responders and local residents alike are supported by rapidly-deployed IT systems. Government Computer News reports on the important role IT infrastructure plays in helping fire-fighting and communications: 1. Website bandwith...
- Tags: Bandwidth, NASA, Agency, Information Technology, Computer Associates International Inc., Satellite, Cal Fire, Resource Ordering System, Incinet Application, CAD, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Software, Marketing, Networking, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- LAX IT failure: leaps of faith don't work
- LAX IT failure: leaps of faith don't workHow could then not tellA router is down. How do they not notice that? The security guys should have caught that right away. Assuming they have no security the network guys should have caught too.The only way to miss this is to have...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, router, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Last bastion of trust falls
- IT security practices have always been dominated by trust, often myopically. Specialized applications are still deployed with the assumption that end users, be they customers, contractors, or employees, would not attempt to abuse that trust. Lexis Nexis fell victim to this trust as did Choicepoint when they assumed paying...
- Tags: Spyware
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- Turning cars into wireless network nodes
- Everyday, our cars are using more computing technology, primarily for safety reasons. So why not turning them into computer nodes of a mobile network? This is what UCLA engineers are working on. According to them, this would just need the relatively low-cost addition of sensors to the vehicle's roof and...
- Tags: Wireless &, Telecom, Engineering &, Innovation, Computers &, Internet
- Blog posts 2007-06-03
- Federal telework: Blame it on FEMA
- Federal agencies aren't taking advantage of telework options largely because FEMA has failed to specify telework procedures for emergencies, the Government Accountability Office said today, Federal Computer Week reports. “FEMA has not provided specific guidance on preparations needed to use telework during emergencies,” said GAO Comptroller General David Walker,...
- Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Accounting Office
- Blog posts 2006-05-12
- FEMA was warned computers were inadequate
- Departed FEMA director Michael Brown was warned weeks before Katrina that the agency's computer systems were overwhelmed and underpowered to handle its mission. A report by the agency's inspector general reviewed systems performance during the 2004 hurricane system. The IG told Brown that "FEMA’s systems do not support effective...
- Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Blog posts 2005-09-29
- Energy CIO: Communicate by any means necessary
- Rose Parkes, the Dept. of Energy's CIO and former CIO at FEMA, said she learned several important lessons from Hurrican Katrina, where DOE personnel helped identify fuel sources for first responders, Federal Computer Week reports. First, information sharing should be done by any means possible,...
- Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Blog posts 2005-09-22
- Level 3 introduces nomadic E-911 solution
- Today, Level 3 Communications announced what I believe to be one of the more creative solutions to nomadic E-911 access for VoIP users.In this context, "nomadic E-911" means that if you are VoIP user dialing "911" from a different location than the one you've registered with and is associated with...
- Tags: E911
- Blog posts 2005-06-27
- States gang up on Vonage
- States gang up on VonagePeople need to read....If you can read, then this should not be an issue. I have Vonage and read their web site prior to signing up. The disclaimer was easy to find, read, and understand. In addtion, when I received the equipment and welcome package from...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, Vonage Holdings Corp., Dialing
- Discussion threads 2005-04-11
- EMS Responder Toolkit for PPC 2.5 (Mobile)
- Pediatric info and vitals for various age levels, including weight, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, CPR ratios, defibrillation and cardioversion energy levels, ET Tube size, laryn. blade size, chest tube size, NG tube size, foley catheter size. Treatment guidelines and EMS procedures BLS and ALS for most common emergencies List...
- Tags: Mobile, Training, EMS, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2004-11-08
- Hazmat Toolkit for PPC 3.78 (Mobile)
- The new Hazmat Toolkit is an upgrade to our previous hazardous material response software, featuring a hazmat database with over 3800 materials from the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG 2004), NIOSH pocket guide, plus additional reference material for today''s first responder. Pocket Mobility emergency response PDA software products have been field...
- Tags: Mobile, Emergency Response, Training, Hazmat Toolkit, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Security, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2004-11-03
- Hazmat Toolkit 2.0 (Mobile)
- The new Hazmat Toolkit is an upgrade to our previous hazardous material response software, featuring a hazmat database with over 3800 materials from the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG 2004), NIOSH pocket guide, plus additional reference material for today''s first responder. Pocket Mobility emergency response PDA software products have been field...
- Tags: Mobile, Emergency Response, Training, Hazmat Toolkit, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Security, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2004-07-06
- U.S. creates cyberalert system
- U.S. creates cyberalert systemKeep the gov out of itJust what I need the goverment informing my endusers about the latest virus threat. Then they forward it on to their friends telling them to forward on to their friends. Then I put in a filter to trap the fear inducing emails.If...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, virus, e-mail, gonna, virus attack
- Discussion threads 2004-01-28
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