Monthly Archives: October 2010

See Firetide at IT Roadmap Event in San Francisco, Nov 3

Next week we will be exhibiting at our first enterprise IT proper event in a few years: IT Roadmap in San Francisco, Nov 3. We used to go to Interop in Las Vegas, but due to our focus on physical … Continue reading

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(Short) Orlando Walking Tour, Video Mesh Edition: Lake Eola

It’s been either luck – or ubiquitous nature of Firetide wireless mesh in municipal settings – but the last four venues I visited for Firetide events all had wireless mesh installs. That helps quite a bit in trade show settings: … Continue reading

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See How Video Mesh Helps Law Enforcement at IACP 2010

The conference season must be upon us, since right after ASIS 2010 in Dallas we are headed to IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) 2010 in Orlando, October 24 – 26, 2010. IACP’s host city no stranger to Firetide’s … Continue reading

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ASIS 2010 Recap, Part 2: New Products, Many Meetings

ASIS show is a great venue to meet users of your technology, and hear first hand about their challenges, projects and feedback. Our booth traffic was equally split between integrators and end users. The integrated video solution (Firetide IVS-100) always … Continue reading

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ASIS 2010 Impressions: ASIS Accolades; Social Media at #ASIS10

ASIS 2010 was a good show for us, and judging by the overall sentiment from the conference attendees and the vendors alike, things are picking up. Our booth traffic was 50% up from a slow show in Anaheim. We were … Continue reading

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Dallas Police Department Tour at ASIS 2010

Dallas turned out to be a great location for this year’s ASIS 2010 Conferences, in part because City of Dallas is a long-term user of Firetide technology for their municipal video surveillance system. The project started in 2006, and the … Continue reading

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Wireless Mesh for OSP, Presented at OSP Expo

As luck would have it, ASIS 2010 is happening at the same time as OSP Expo. Firetide’s Mike Intag, RCDD is presenting there on wireless mesh for OSP environments, focusing on mesh applications for outside plant deployments. The presentation provides … Continue reading

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Social Media For Crisis Communications, Presented at ASIS 2010

It was interesting to be at a physical security conference, but presenting on social media. As a brief background, we at Firetide started our social media efforts about a year ago around ASIS 2009, in part thanks to my co-presenters … Continue reading

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Popular Posts: Chicago Video Mesh; Network Design; Grey's Anatomy

For this Friday post, I’ve compiled some of the most popular blog entries from the past 9 months of Mesh Without Wires. Enjoy! Chicago video mesh Chicago Walking Tour series has been very popular, and is also one of my … Continue reading

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#ASIS10 Giveaway: Firetide Devil Duckie Is Retiring!

Well, technically we retired the “infamous” (as some people used to say) devil duckies a few years ago. At every trade show we’d give out several thousands of them. At Interop 2005 it was mentioned as the most memorable give-away. … Continue reading

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