Aegex Collaborates with Verizon, Nokia, Guardian Centers on Unique Event
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To Demonstrate IoT and Emergency Response Technologies
ATLANTA, June 07, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon, Nokia and Aegex
Technologies LLC have collaborated on a unique partner and user event at
the Guardian Centers focused on demonstrating a secure Internet of Things (IoT)
ecosystem and emergency response technologies in a "meta-scale" environment with
realistic industrial and emergency response scenarios.
The event, Operation Convergent Response (#OCR2017) is being held June
7-8, 2017, at the Guardian Centers training facility in Perry, Ga., USA. It is
the largest collaborative effort for learning about and testing IoT and
emergency response solutions for very large and complex hazardous areas. In the
case of industrial use, hazardous areas are those where equipment must be
certified "intrinsically safe," or incapable of causing a spark that could
ignite an explosion. For emergency response, cutting edge, "smart" technologies
that can be used in highly explosive and critical environments, such as those
being demonstrated at #OCR2017, can be life-saving.
This event will demonstrate that, whether in a highly combustible chemical
manufacturing plant, a cityscape where a natural disaster has occurred, or a
location where a terrorist attack takes place, a secure, software-defined-
perimeter (SDP)-based, inter-connected and "intrinsically safe" ecosystem of
platforms can significantly aid operations personnel or emergency teams in
responding to situations appropriately and quickly while reducing risk to
responders and citizens.
"Operation Convergent Response puts technology front and center in the crisis
response arena," said Jeffrey Schweitzer, chief innovation architect, Business
Products & New Business Innovation for Verizon. "Today's first responders and
businesses have a broad array of technologies available to them to respond to a
crisis situation. We thank our fellow technology experts for joining with us to
showcase those capabilities."
"Nokia has been a key player in defining the future of the Public Safety
industry," said Ricky Corker, Head of North America for Nokia, "Our technology
innovations - many of which will be showcased at this event - are making
mission-critical mobile broadband a reality for this important sector. We're
pleased to partner with Verizon and Aegex to test the technologies that are most
vital to emergency responders."
"The combination of Verizon's and Nokia's ultra-secure network solutions with
Aegex's intrinsically safe IoT equipment and systems will demonstrate how vital
real-time data and communications are for any hazardous operation, including
emergency scenarios," said Aegex CEO Thomas P. Ventulett. "We are excited to
test our joint technologies in the world's premier realistic training facility
at the Guardian Centers."
Verizon and Nokia are bringing together a global mix of corporate and government
leaders to observe and learn how a secure software-defined network, rapidly
deployable ad hoc network solutions, 4D visualization and other mission-critical
solutions can resolve public/private sector interoperability and connectivity
challenges in various real-world scenarios, even in bandwidth-constrained, GPS-
denied environments, and even while under cyber-attack.
Aegex, developer of the first globally certified intrinsically safe Windows 10
tablet, the Aegex10 IS, and the world's first intrinsically safe IoT Platform
for Hazardous Locations, is inviting its Channel, Technology and Strategic
Partners, plus customers and industry professionals, to participate in this
unique event. Collectively, they will demonstrate how an IoT solution and new
technologies can be efficiently deployed under realistic conditions, including
gas emissions, natural disasters, terrorism scenarios, and more, to improve
operations and emergency response.
Using the Aegex IoT Platform to capture, transmit and analyze myriad data can
help plant operators perform better and more safely, and can also aid first
responders in their rescue and recovery efforts. Participants in the event will
develop an understanding of how various and often unpredictable conditions can
impact the sharing of information, and how consumers of that information can use
it to make safer, more intelligent decisions, especially in critical moments,
whether in manufacturing or public safety.
Taking place at the largest privately held facility in the world for hazardous
area simulation and disaster training, the June 7-8 event will include
participants testing IoT sensors with the Aegex platform installed at the
Guardian Centers. Applying life-saving rules used by military, security
services, and industrial customers, experience simulations of real-life
hazardous area scenarios that can immediately be applied to facilities and
"smart" cities around the world.
Participants may also choose to engage in optional activities with Guardian
Centers trainers, including rappelling from buildings, target shooting, close
quarters combat, and other exciting "mission-critical" activities.
About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) (Nasdaq:VZ), headquartered in New York
City, has a diverse workforce of 161,000 and generated nearly $126 billion in
2016 revenues. Verizon operates America's most reliable wireless network, with
113.9 million retail connections nationwide. The company also provides
communications and entertainment services over mobile broadband and the nation's
premier all-fiber network, and delivers integrated business solutions to
customers worldwide.
About Nokia
We create the technology to connect the world. Powered by the research and
innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we serve communications service providers,
governments, large enterprises and consumers, with the industry's most complete,
end-to-end portfolio of products, services and licensing. From the enabling
infrastructure for 5G and the Internet of Things, to emerging applications in
virtual reality and digital health, we are shaping the future of technology to
transform the human experience. www.nokia.com
About Guardian Centers
Guardian Centers owns and operates an advanced training center that delivers
realistic training and exercises to enhance the operational readiness of
response organizations. Located in Perry GA, approximately 90 miles south of
Atlanta, the center occupies 830 acres and includes 350 acres of a realistic
urban operating environment. Clients include the U.S. Department of Defense,
Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, National Guard
Bureau, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. AID, Office of Foreign
Disaster Assistance and several international clients. For more information,
visit http://guardiancenters.com/ or call +1 478-224-5700.
About Aegex Technologies LLC
With world headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., USA, European headquarters in
Rotterdam, Netherlands, sales offices in Southampton, UK and Dubai, UAE, and
distributors worldwide, Aegex provides intrinsically safe mobile and Internet of
Things (IoT) solutions for hazardous locations in oil and gas, chemical,
pharmaceutical, public safety and other industries with explosive environments.
Aegex is the maker of the first globally certified intrinsically safe Windows
10 tablet and the first IoT Platform for Hazardous Locations, which can be used
for real-time data and communications in hazardous locations where only
specially designed equipment that will not ignite an explosion is permitted.
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Source: Aegex Technologies via GlobeNewswire
Datum: 07.06.2017 - 15:00 Uhr
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