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January 9, 2022

Far Forward Edge Micro-Services for Emergency Management

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Cognitive Services, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Disaster Response, Discovery, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Fire, GIS, HAZLOC, International, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Linux, Location, Occupational Safety, Police, Safety, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance

While cloud-based analytics and AI services can provide high-value recognitional services across imagery and data, too often data communications back to the cloud are jittery and quite often denied due to the crush of requests related to the incident, hampering access. Moving recognitional and computation services to the edge ensures access, but also delivers an ultra-low latency solution in time constrained environments. BlueforceEDGE is our autonomous...

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November 27, 2021

Blueforce eBook: 5 Delivery Worker Safety and Security Essentials

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, BlueBeacon, Command, Emergency Notification, Fusion, GPS Denied, Location, Lone Worker, Occupational Safety, Safety, Security, Situational Awareness

It is most assuredly not our parent's world. We suddenly find ourselves in a new world where the pandemic and serious spikes in crime have implications to our critical infrastructure, our schools, our businesses, and our people. Cybersecurity remains a concern, but physical security in our personal and professional lives is now front and center. Recent attacks and attempted attacks internationally present a diverse and...

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November 14, 2021

New eBook: 4 Mission Essentials for Stadium Security, Safety, and Enhanced Fan Experience

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, C2, C4ISR, Cognitive Services, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, International, Interoperability, IoT, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, Radar, Retail, Safety, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Video

Our nation’s stadiums, arenas, and concert venues host millions of people each year for special events. The majority of these venues will not contend with an extreme emergency during any given year. However, as we have seen in Las Vegas and more recently in Houston, consequences of extreme activity at these events, whether caused by human violence, natural disaster or another factor can be devastating...

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September 22, 2021

Operational Sustainment: The Role of IoT, AI, and Cued Autonomous Platforms

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Fusion, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Location, Machine Learning, Medical, Mobility, Police, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Stream Analytics, Surveillance, Wearables

Battlefield, disaster response, and public safety sustainment is both art and science; it's about synchronizing, integrating, and transporting commodities in a highly "just-in-time" manner to provide maneuver and incident commanders with freedom of action, extended operational reach, and prolonged endurance. As it turns out, the "science" of sustainment is not terribly difficult as it is grounded in basic math and computation, based on real-time time...

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September 7, 2021

Blueforce Announces EAGL Gunshot Detection Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Efficiency, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, Police, Safety, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Stream Analytics

Every day,  our physical and digital worlds become increasingly intertwined, presenting huge opportunities for investments in a future of continuous and lasting change.  This is true of Smart Cities, but also intelligent retail and smarter buildings.  This digitalization of the cyber-physical world is especially promising for municipalities to uncover opportunities and overcome challenges specific to the ever present goal of creating "safer cities".  Critical to...

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August 25, 2021

Blueforce supports Clark Atlanta University’s commencement ceremony

by James Alvord
in AI, autonomous agents, C4ISR, Cognitive Services, COVID-19, Discovery, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Fusion, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, Location, Low Latency, Machine Learning, Retail, Sensors, Stream Analytics

During the Spring of 2021, we supported The Digital Decision by donating and installed public safety technology solutions on the campus of Clark Atlanta University (CAU) to support their commencement ceremony held in mid-May. The technological solutions installed improved situational awareness as many events were being hosted on the campus. “With numerous activities going on all at one time, I wanted to be able to pinpoint...

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August 15, 2021

3D People Counter Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, C4ISR, Cognitive Services, COVID-19, Discovery, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Fusion, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, Location, Low Latency, Machine Learning, Retail, Sensors, Stream Analytics

Technology for smart buildings, retail, and intelligent entertainment districts deliver useful services that make experiences for occupants and shoppers more intimate, safe, and satisfying. Smart buildings use information technology during operation to connect a variety of subsystems, which typically operate independently, so that these systems can share information to optimize productivity and experience. Smart buildings look beyond the building equipment within their four walls. They...

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July 15, 2021

Hyperlocal Weather Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, AWS, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Common Operating Picture, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, Fusion, Heat, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, K9, Location, Lone Worker, Machine Learning, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Police, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

The relationship between weather and emergency management (not to mention emergency preparedness) is fundamental and can be quite complicated. Weather causes many of the disasters that require an emergency response, yet awareness of conditions is essential for management of incidents unrelated to weather as the cause. For sure, meteorological awareness can have a profound effect managing the extent of destruction to life and property to...

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July 5, 2021

IoT Intelligence Driven Outcomes for Retail and Sports Venues

by Blueforce
in AI, autonomous agents, AWS, Cognitive Services, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Interoperability, IoT, Location, Retail, Sensors, Stream Analytics

The last 18 months have yielded unprecedented disruption to businesses, with retailers in particular experiencing a vastly changed consumer buying environment. Consumers have become quite comfortable with buying online, requiring retailers to now reimagine the customer experience. Experiences that focus on building "relationship" which is now as important as "transaction". Critical to becoming customer-obsessed and reigniting growth, is technology and data which fuel intelligent outcomes...

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June 21, 2021

Tactical Video Link Plugin for Blueforce Linux: Edge-based Streaming with Shared Awareness

by Blueforce
in AI, C2, C4ISR, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Disaster Response, Edge, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, K9, Linux, Low Latency, Machine Learning, Mobility, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Video

Ask any soldier or first responder and they will tell you of the importance of shared tactical video for decision-making during edge operations. Drones can now be cued to launch in real-time for overwatch. Military working dogs routinely carry low light infrared imagers that enable off-leash shared awareness for what the dog sees even though he is 200 meters forward. Video is core to intelligence...

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