System operators within an electric utility control room are responsible for balancing and maintaining the grid and reliably providing critical resources to millions of people over a wide area. Failures in the electric grid, including downtime or malfunction, could mean life or death. In the mission-critical space of control rooms, systems need to be functioning […]
The control room market is changing as operators have access to more content and a more comfortable work environment, and there are now several key things that end users need to consider when building out a control room that is future- proof, says Simon Williams, technical director of CCOMM Integrated Technology Service Inc. Williams says […]
Remote work is now the norm for a large chunk of U.S. workers, but how does that translate into event production? Ask the folks who produced the Democratic National Convention last week. Like countless other professionals that job was done remotely or in a makeshift workstation at home. Now, from a single location, try to […]
The Washington Dept. of Transportation’s Shoreline Traffic Management Center (TMC) is one of six regional operation centers of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) used to make Washington’s roads more safe and efficient. When the TMC outgrew its building – as well as the size of its roadway monitoring system – the staff realized it was time not just for a physical upgrade, but a technological one, too.
NEC Display has built a mission-critical command and control room strategy around its video products’ integration with Hiperwall video wall software.
Tom LeBlanc explains how integrators should be helping customers pull in more data and integrate systems in control room applications.
Central stations are essential for efficiently and effectively monitoring multiple streams of information for organizations in the security and video surveillance industries. They allow for faster and more accurate mission-critical decisions and increase the effectiveness of the entire organization. However, while the technology has improved so that even a budget-priced system might “do the trick,” […]
TruVision Navigator 7, the latest update of Interlogix’s popular video management software, was released at ISC West in Las Vegas.
Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (MTEMC) provides electricity to 205,000 residents within four major counties, and covers a demanding 2,100 square miles of service territory. As a cooperative, MTEMC refers to their customers as members, and with significant growth and 80-year history, has proudly become the state of Tennessee’s largest electric corporation. The Tech Decision […]
Being responsible for the physical security of a campus environment can be a daunting task. Campuses may share similarities, but every campus is different and requires a strategy for master planning before going out and wasting a lot of time and money. Campus security departments are usually under staffed, under budgeted and, historically, have had […]
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