Founded in 2017, Barnacle Systems Inc. is an award-winning manufacturer of boat security and monitoring products. Headquartered in Victoria BC, the company’s products protect recreational, military and industrial vessels around the world. The company set out to develop a product that could provide both security and monitoring for boat owners. Read more…
With wireless hardware in its buses approaching end-of-life support, Seattle-based King County Metro needed a new and scalable solution for invehicle connectivity. Having used often spotty networks with frequent dropped connections, it was difficult to reliably use real-time GPS and Auto Vehicle Location (AVL) data and other critical operational technologies. Read more…
Common and costly connectivity options like satellite are failing to keep up with the newest logistics strategies, IoT technologies, and cloud service offerings. Logistics companies are constantly looking for technologies capable of providing secure, flexible and scalable network solutions for their mobile enterprises. Read more…
The Burbank Police Department’s fleet of high-tech cruisers features the digital tools to help the agency build new levels of public safety and internal efficiency for years to come. However, LTE coverage gaps posed by the geography and terrain of this California community were making it impossible to consistently keep the vehicles’ connected devices and applications connected to the Internet. Read more…
The COVID-19 pandemic created massive challenges within the public transportation sector, including Regional Transit Authorities and the communities they serve. Now that ridership is temporarily limited to essential travel only, RTA’s are discussing how they can support their communities during this challenging time. Read more…
It’s disturbing to think that still today five million households with school aged children are not connected to the Internet — a resource that can be critical for families and student success. Read more…
Mike Robinson is the Chief of a Municipal Fire Department. His team’s only point of internet access out in the field are air card equipped laptops that were installed within the cabs of his departments fire trucks. Today, he is looking for a way for his team to access the internet both inside and outside support vehicles, that will have a minimal impact on his departments IT budget. Read more…
Lt. Daniels is a key member of the Emergency Operations Center in Ocean County. It falls to him to ensure the rapid deployment of critical response teams and to coordinate their efforts in the field. Without the ability to rapidly connect his teams, coordinating those teams is next to impossible. Read more…
While some homes have broadband internet, increases to the home workforce have significantly slowed data rates. Thomas’s school district recently obtained laptops for students who didn’t have one, but now he needs to get those laptops online. Read more…
The Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund is supported by the $30.75 billion CARES Act Education Stabilization Fund. Allocations are determined by each state’s student-aged population and poverty levels. With this cash infusion, schools can fund School Bus Hot Spots and other home-based learning initiatives. Read more…
