Wallingford, CT – The IJIS Institute awarded its 2016 Innovation Award to Intel, Mutualink and the San Mateo County Sheriff's for "The Internet of Public Safety Things: Urban Shield Results". This exciting area of emerging public safety technology is transforming the ways that first responder teams interoperate to accomplish their missions.
"On behalf of Sheriff Munks and our partners at Intel, we are extremely honored to receive the 2016 Innovation Award from the IJIS Institute," said Mark Hatten, CEO, Mutualink. "We collaborated with the goal of equipping the next generation of first responders with interconnected technology that can ultimately save lives in emergency scenarios. Sheriff Munks and his team demonstrated that the Wearable Smart Gateway, our first entry in the Internet of Public Safety Things category, is indeed a game-changer for the public safety community."
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"The possibilities of the tiny Intel Edison module are limitless. We are glad to be honored with Mutualink and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office to help deliver a nationally recognized public safety innovation," said Roger Chandler, Director of Business Planning and Innovation, Software and Solutions Group, Intel Corporation.
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The possibilities of the tiny Intel Edison module are limitless. We are glad to be honored with Mutualink and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office to help deliver a nationally recognized public safety innovation.
About Mutualink
Mutualink, Inc. has developed an interoperable communications platform that enables community-wide multimedia sharing of radio, voice, text, video, data files and telephone communications in a secure environment. Mutualink's system is currently deployed by hundreds of public and private entities worldwide, including homeland security and defense installations, NATO Special Operations Forces, police and fire departments, transit authorities, hospitals, schools, universities, shopping malls, casinos, and more. Mutualink's technology is on the "Approved Products List" for both the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Defense. Mutualink is a privately-held company headquartered in Wallingford, Conn., with R&D facilities in Westford, Mass. and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and Defense Services office near Washington, DC. For more information please visit www.mutualink.net.
For More Information & Further Inquiry:
Beth Clay, Mutualink, Inc.
Phone: (203) 774-3474
Email: BClay@mutualink.net