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Free Webinar: Get Back to Work Safely with ServiceNow and CDW

Enable workforce and workplace readiness through four new apps and a management dashboard.

By Andrea Persaud
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June 12, 2020
Software, Digital Workspace, Services

ServiceNow recently announced four return-to-work applications focused on helping customers prepare and manage their employees for a safe return to the workplace. From employee readiness surveys to health screening to PPE inventory management and more, these apps and the complimentary management dashboard will help ensure that the workforce transition from home back to the office is seamless and safe.

In its bid to help organizations return to the workplace in a safe manner, ServiceNow is doing what it does best, helping companies manage the complex workflows that are integral part of keeping employees healthy. The ServiceNow Safe Workplace suite is engineered with that in mind.

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How Emerging Technologies Used in Public Safety Enable Social Distancing

Augmented and virtual reality, drones and thermal imaging protect first responders and the public by reducing the need for direct contact.

By Marisa Dourlain
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April 6, 2020
Software, Other

In my role as product manager at CDW for emerging technologies, I work with vendors that are producing some amazing new solutions. Many of these products are being taken up by emergency response and public safety organizations.

When it comes to emergency response, technologies such as drones and augmented reality (AV) and virtual reality (VR) are capable of assisting frontline workers in safely executing their tasks. Healthcare professionals and first responders can leverage those same technologies to maintain social distance and support early detection of contamination, and can also use mobile devices to stay in contact with non-urgent medical patients. Read about more use cases for emerging technologies.

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Why Drones Will Have a Huge Impact on Public Safety

By incorporating sensors, analytics and other innovations, unmanned aircraft systems can provide a stunning number of valuable use cases.

By Joel Tew
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February 10, 2020
Other

Today’s unmanned aircraft systems — better known as drones — can be programmed to accomplish a slew of important jobs. In fact, drones are poised to radically improve many public safety applications, from fire departments using drones with sensors to locate people trapped by fire, to rescue teams sending drones to locate lost hikers in our vast national parks — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Drones themselves are already highly sophisticated and largely commodity technologies. What makes a drone application special are the sensors, software, flight services and data analytics that users bring to bear.

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New Networking Capabilities Enable On-the-Go Offices

In-vehicle connectivity is helping organizations extend their networks to remote job sites — or wherever their employees’ wheels take them.

By CDW Expert
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March 29, 2019
Networking, Digital Workspace

Not that long ago, most police cruisers had a single internet-connected device: a rugged, in-vehicle laptop that allowed officers to securely connect to back-end servers, run license plate numbers and check for outstanding warrants. Today, the number of connected devices in a cruiser is limited only by police officials’ imaginations — or by the in-vehicle…

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State and Local Governments Focus on New Security Concerns

IoT, public safety and insider threats draw the most attention as localities beef up protection against cyberattacks.

By Dan Fagan
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June 28, 2018
Networking, Security

State and local governments host vast amounts of sensitive data — nothing top secret, but information that contains the intimate details of their citizens’ lives: children’s school records, driving records, voter registration information, contacts with police and paramedics, the list goes on. As more communities lean on the internet and the cloud to create efficiencies…

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Public Safety Agencies Confront a Dizzying Array of Tech Options

Technology purchases have grown more complex for agencies big and small.

By Dan Fagan
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May 17, 2018
Networking, Digital Workspace

FirstNet. 4K. 5G. Drones. These are just a few examples of the numerous emerging technologies that every public safety agency will have to consider in the coming years. As the business lead for strategic markets at CDW, I work with fire, police, emergency medical services and other agencies to help them understand their options, which…

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