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The shift from analog to Internet Protocol (IP) surveillance cameras has changed the way that video surveillance systems are built. Instead of running lengths of coax cable from multiplexers out to cameras, an IP-based surveillance system involves...
Resources - 01/29/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security
The municipal governments of three villages in the German state of Baden-Württemberg -- Beuren, Bühlertal, and Steinenbronn -- needed to better support their volunteer firefighters and communities with more efficient administration. To address these...
Resources - 01/23/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Policy and leadership
Video evidence solution provider IRSA wanted to help police departments scale to store more video data in a cost-effective way. To do that, IRSA developed Veretos Cloud, an evidence management solution based on the Microsoft Azure Government cloud....
Resources - 01/23/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Data management
Copenhagen, Denmark is considered by many to be the most sustainable city in the world -- and it plans to be carbon neutral within 10 years. In this brief case study from Council Associate Partner Silver Spring Networks, you can learn about the...
Resources - 12/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Public safety and security, Connectivity
Cost isn't the only reason many cities are switching to LED lighting systems. They're less expensive to operate and maintain, but think of them as a gateway too. Integrated lighting technologies from Council Lead Partner Verizon offer a way to...
Resources - 11/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Connectivity, Interoperability
This video from Council Associate Partner Veolia illustrates how the company has used waste management and environmental services to help New Orleans and other areas affected by Hurricane Katrina to recover.
Resources - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Water and wastewater
Council Lead Partner Qualcomm was honored by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America for its work with Honda to improve pedestrian safety. Learn about the technology which uses smartphones and car-based technologies to make drivers and...
Resources - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security
There are several risks associated with mutual aid programs in which a city experiencing a major emergency such as a large power outage calls upon other cities and contractors for help. The vehicle operators and contractors are often unfamiliar with...
Resources - 09/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Data management
Hawaii's Punahou School was designed on an open plan to take advantage of the mild climate. That means an open campus with no interior hallways. Because of the open design, numerous entry points must be monitored by video security equipment. The...
Resources - 09/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security
Students and faculty at the University of Puerto Rico Humacao have an additional layer of safety thanks to the UPRH Alert security system from Invid, a software development and consulting company servicing the Caribbean region and a partner of...
Resources - 09/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity
In December 2014, a fire broke out at the Maldives Water and Sewerage Co. generator unit located on the island capital Malé, cutting off drinking water to over 150,000 people. Read in this case study how communications giant Ooredoo, a Council Lead...
Resources - 08/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Cities must adapt to the challenges that modernity has brought along with it in this news digital era. One of these challenges is to reconcile technology with all aspects of the city. a concept better known as a smart city.The smart city is a city...
Resources - 07/22/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
Chicago has opened up 600+ data sets that inform citizens and help the city identify needs and opportunities. Chicago's police and public safety uses mobile technology to help first responders get real time information during an emergency or planned...
Resources - 07/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security
Frost & Sullivan analyst Brian Cotton discusses how analytic and collaboration tools can support better decisions and enhance and expand capabilities to enable public safety officials to limit or even prevent harm to people and property.
Resources - 07/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Connectivity
To provide a safer community in fast-growing Surat, the city police department started the ‘Safe City Project,’ an initiative striving to reduce the city’s crime rate using modern technology. Watch this Microsoft CityNext video to learn more about...
Resources - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Connectivity
The safety of both officers and citizens depends on real-time situational awareness and immediate contact with colleagues and support personnel. Learn in this case study linked below how Council Lead Partner Verizon worked with Charleston, S.C. to...
Resources - 05/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management, Examples and case studies
The city of tomorrow is a city of information. Smart cities are greener, safer, faster and friendlier. Watch this video to learn how Council Lead Partner Verizon has been helping to transform cities into smarter cities for more than a decade.
Resources - 05/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity
Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s officers depended on paper-based notes that created an inefficient administrative burden and siloed important information. Read in the case study linked below from Council Associate Partner Intel how a new app and...
Resources - 04/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
Listen to this brief video to hear John Ravitz from the American Red Cross talk about how Council Lead Partner MasterCard-branded prepaid client assistance cards helped people who were driven from their homes by a major fire.
Resources - 04/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Payments, Public safety and security, Examples and case studies
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department relies on modern technology to help protect and serve the citizens of the largest county in the United States. It began to investigate cloud-based IT solutions to replace its on-premises hardware and...
Resources - 04/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity