Another Innovative use of Twitter to connect the public with public safety using “hyper-local” twitter accounts. Incidents, with a few exceptions, such as sexual assault, are tweeted on a one hour delay (to reduce gawking and interference with investigations). Of…
Read Part 1 Software as a Service In the SaaS model, a vendor takes responsibility for not only infrastructure, but also for all of the processes required to manage an entire application solution (patches, upgrades, backups, database management, systems tuning, performance management, etc.).…
Mike Phibbs, of Richmond police, suggests an almost embarrassingly simple way of connecting beat officers with the communities they serve. For the non-twitter-literate: A hashtag is a tag embedded in a message posted on the Twitter microblogging service, consisting of a word within…
Forbes reports AlertLogic’s survey of 70,000 security breaches indicates: “…on-premises Web application systems get hammered more frequently with attacks, the study shows. The average number of web application attacks is 61.4 among on-premise customers and 27.8 on service provider…
The U.S. Federal Government has adopted a “cloud first” policy[1] that requires agencies default to cloud-based solutions whenever a secure, reliable, cloud option exists. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a three volume Cloud Computing Technology…
Is competitive bidding the best way for public safety agencies to buy software solutions? This question is rarely asked. The RFP process is simply a way of life for buyers and sellers in the public safety software business, ostensibly because…
Microsoft is Giving New York City Police an All-Seeing Digital Eye, and 30% of future sales.
Steve Yegge defines software liberals and conservatives here. He writes: … Software engineering has its own political axis, ranging from conservative to liberal. (Note: Technically, you could stop reading right here and be at pretty much 90% comprehension. In case…
The U.S. Federal Government has adopted a “cloud first” policy that requires agencies default to cloud-based solutions whenever a secure, reliable, cloud option exists. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a three volume Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap and…
National AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Registry provider Atrus, announced it will collaborate with PulsePoint, developer of a CPR Notification App. According to their announcement, “The partnership allows data stored in the National AED Registry, a free AED program management tool, to seamlessly…