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under any circumstances—to respond dynamically to new technologies, new
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situation—all of our consultants are seasoned professionals with international
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Ten years later—Why so little progress? (7 September 2011)
As the world marks the ten-year anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, it seems that our nation has made scant progress in correcting
the serious problems with public safety communications that hampered the efforts of first responders that terrible day, and that
were subsequently highlighted in the 2004 9/11 Commission Report.
It is not that money hasn't been spent, but there doesn't seem to be much to show in the way of tangible progress.
Furthermore, some of the new radio technologies seem to be falling short, as is highlighted in the article
Firefighters balk
at new digital radios, as failures risk lives authored by Lydia Mulvaney and Greg Gordon. The BiPartisan Policy Center's
Tenth Anniversary Report Card on the Status of the 9/11 Commission Recommendations
also documents the disappointing progress (ref. page 14) made during the past decade towards improving public safety
communications, and highlights the lack of effective political leadership.
As communications systems technologists, we have to wonder how our industry has failed to deliver on promises of reliable,
interoperable communications. Are we rushing to implement standards that were outdated by the mid 1990s? Have the unique
requirements of first responders been adequately factored into the standards and designs? Is there effective third-party
testing and evaluation of communications systems that address real-world operating environments? There is much our industry
has to answer to.
As the smartphones and tablets in the market today clearly demonstrate, we have made enormous progress in communications
technologies over the past decade, but neither the smartphone, nor the traditional brick public safety radio, seems
capable of meeting the essential requirements of first responders. Clearly there is a vital need to achieve more, without
necessarily having to spend more. The right solutions are often the most cost-effective, while inappropriate solutions cost
more than they should in both dollars and lives.
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November 2011
Interisle welcomes Fred Goldstein as a new Principal. Fred has already been working with Interisle for many years. He adds his extensive experience to Interisle, particularly in the telecommunications space.
June 2011
Interisle Consulting Group Selected to Conduct Survey to Identify Potential Participants for a gTLD
Whois “Relay” and “Reveal” Study
June 17 — ICANN has engaged Interisle Consulting Group to survey gTLD domain name registrants, registrars, and privacy and proxy service
providers regarding their willingness and ability to participate in future Whois Relay and Reveal studies. The survey will gauge the
willingness and ability of request originators, privacy/proxy providers, and registrars to participate in future studies, by
identifying factors that would facilitate or inhibit their participation and by developing a list of individuals and
organizations potentially willing to participate. Jim Reid of RTFM Ltd. will collaborate with Interisle on this project.
February 2011
Interisle and Galaxy continue to support the Metro Boston Homeland Security Region in the ongoing evolution
of their regional network to support public safety organizations, or "PSnet."
We are currently working on an extension of PSnet Phase 4 to complete integration with the region's Critical Infrastructure Monitoring System
(CIMS) microwave network, including security hardening and improvements in maintainability. The goals are to continue to
drive down future recurring costs while providing a highly resilient, high capacity network that leverages both fiber optic
and microwave communications in a complementary manner. Network capacity continues to increase as new links are added into
the backbone while overall resilience and survivability improves. Enhancements to network monitoring and management are
being used to improve security and maintainability, while also supporting day-to-day operations and future planning.
March 2008
Chuck
Wade has developed a spreadsheet tool for IP address
planning and inventory tracking. It supports supernetting and
subnetting, and can be used by merely entering CIDR values. It
detects errors, and eliminates the tedium of converting between
binary and dotted decimal notations. You can get more
information and download this tool as an Excel workbook from
this page.
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