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The Future of GIS for Public Safety: It's More than Just a Map

Using modern Esri technology, authoritative GIS data, and powerful search capabilities, public safety telecommunicators can now reduce the number of screens in front of them - eliminating the constant head-turning normally required. PSAPs can...

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Are You Ready to Step into the Public Safety Cloud?

Not All Clouds Are Created Equal We can all attest to a general shift toward cloud computing amongst the services and applications that touch our...

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Transform 911 Call Handling with GIS Technology

Map-based 911 Call Handling with Authoritative GIS Data Last week we announced the launch of Spatial Command & Control, an exciting new addition to...

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Connecting to the 911 of Things

Getting relevant data from the Internet of Things to 911 from any “Smart” device When first introduced, the process of dialing “911” for emergency...

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No Lone Rangers in Public Safety: Optimize Your Information Technology Resources

There are no “Lone Rangers” in public safety. It is just as important for public safety answering points (PSAP) to collaborate with technology...

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The Internet of Things for the 911 of Things

Supplemental data from many IoT providers can be transmitted to public safety with 911 calls to create greater situational awareness and actionable...

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Leveraging NG911 to Support UCaaS

Managing locations for Unified-Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) deployments that scale into the hundreds or thousands of phones while supporting...

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E911 Location Management: The Challenge of Shifting to the Cloud

Unified-Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) provides enterprises with capabilities and flexibilities that on-premises environments cannot compete...

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If Texting to 9-1-1 was Easy

The magic of 9-1-1 is its simplicity; just three digits that anyone can easily use to get help in an emergency. Callers don’t know–or need to...

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Delivering Critical Data to Solve 911 Location Challenges of Smart Devices

No one can predict when or where a serious emergency will occur. They can happen at home but also at school, in the workplace, throughout the...

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