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Victorville Water District Achieving 7-200 Mbps Throughput for SCADA With Firetide Mesh!
Victorville Water District in California is in the process of upgrading their SCADA communications to a Firetide HotPort mesh network. The SCADA system consists of 79 sites including wells, booster pump stations, storage tanks, and four treatment plants. Key criteria … Continue reading
Firetide Blog’s New Home
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When City Surveillance Cameras Aren't There To Monitor Crowds: 1993 vs 2011
While checking up on the goings-on in Dallas related to Mavericks Victory Parade on June 16, I came across a pretty disturbing report on the 1993 parade following a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl victory. It turned from celebration to riot … Continue reading
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Criminals ‘Caught On Camera’ Using Bethlehem PD’s Wireless Video Surveillance System
Muggings, home break-ins, armed robberies, drug deals and even medical emergencies have been caught on Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s police department’s wireless video surveillance system since it was first deployed in September 2009 and has dramatically helped improve the city’s safety. Police … Continue reading
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Orlando City Surveillance Cameras Capture Altercation, Alleged Police Brutality
City surveillance cameras work both ways: not only they capture perpetrators, but also the police doing somethings questionable. View the video and decide for yourself whether it’s police brutality (the shoving incident happens towards the end of the video). The … Continue reading
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Firetide Named Finalist for 2011 Red Herring Top 100 N. America Award
Firetide announced today it has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 North America award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region. The Red Herring editorial team … Continue reading
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Corporate Twitter for B2B: Who Should You Follow?
I’ve been asked a few times on whom corporate accounts should follow. The post below shares my thinking on a “Follow Policy” – hope that it’s helpful. Early on, you have to follow people and hope they follow you back. … Continue reading
City Surveillance System Proves its Worth in Carlisle, PA
The 5-camera wireless surveillance system has just been installed, but it’s already in local news, having caught a road rage incident, which lead to charges being filed against the allegedly guilty party. The system uses Firetide’s wireless infrastructure mesh equipment, … Continue reading
Corporate Twitter for B2B: How to Create an Event Archive or Chat Transcript
So you’ve attended, or managed, a conference, or participate in a Twitter chat, and want to save the tweets for archival purposes or to review them later. How do you capture the tweets in a user-friendly format? With the demise … Continue reading
Firetide Launches an Aggressive Campaign Targeting WLAN for Education
Yesterday we announced an aggressive campaign targeting education wireless LAN (WLAN) market. Firetide’s MIMO and non-MIMO access points (APs) and WLAN controller bundles are now available at significant discounts to North America based educational institutions, where the need for multimedia-capable … Continue reading