April 2006
All Hands on Deck
Every year Tampa Bay, Fla., hosts Gasparilla -- an outdoor event spanning approximately seven miles of roadway filled with pirates, boats, parades and more than 400,000 people.
March 2006
Convergence Communications E-SPONDER
Imagine being able to coordinate an inter-agency event through a common Web page, a page that all the players had access to, communicated through, and....
February 2, 2006
Tools Link Up To Form Safety Net
From a helicopter cockpit, Tampa police Flight Officer Todd Curabba can plot his route to any address in four states and estimate his travel time....
February 1, 2006
Gasparilla parade also a homeland security drill
Several agencies testing high-tech tools used the mass event as training in dealing with terrorism or disasters...
January 10, 2006
Technology: The Newest Weapon in Event Planning
This article reviews the uses and benefits of one such technology solution, E-Sponder, at two major events (The 2004 Presidential Debates & The October 2004 Presidential Debates).
December 23, 2005
Tampa region selects Convergence for emergency mgmt. portal
The Tampa region has selected St. Louis-based Convergence Communications to develop its emergency management portal. That and a contract with the state of Wisconsin represent more than $750,000 in new revenue for Convergence
December 12, 2005
Local PDs try out new communications software
The Tampa Bay Urban Area Security Initiative has contracted with Convergence Communications to supply emergency response management software.
December 05, 2005
Tampa Bay Region Chooses Convergence Communications to Develop Emergency Management Portal
Convergence Communications, the leading provider of highly customizable collaborative software solutions to law enforcement, federal and commercial entities, announced it signed a one year contract with the Tampa UASI region. Convergence will deploy its E-Sponder(SM) solution to develop a customized portal for the Tampa Bay Region including Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties and the cities of Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg.
December 03, 2005
Jacksonville plays defense during game
While nearly 73,000 fans watched Florida State University defeat Virginia Tech during the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship game in Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 3, law enforcement officials kept tabs on Alltel Stadium and the surrounding area with Web portal technology.
December 02, 2005
Timothy Daniel, President of Government Services-Convergence Communications, Selected to Speak at Fire Service Technology Symposium
Timothy Daniel, President of Government Services for Convergence Communications has been selected to speak at the Microsoft Sponsored Fire Service Technology Symposium in Redmond, Washington December 6-7, 2005.
December 01, 2005
Convergence Selected to Provide Security Communications at 2005 ACC Football Championship Game
Convergence Communications, the leading provider of highly customizable collaborative software solutions to law enforcement as well as federal and commercial entities, announced today the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has selected its E-Sponder(SM) collaboration solution to provide real-time collaboration among the groups working to secure the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Football Championship Game to be held on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005 at ALLTEL Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.
September 2, 2005
Convergence Joins ESRI's Business Partner Program
Convergence Communications announces that it has joined ESRI's Business Partner Program. Convergence and ESRI are working together to provide an integrated solution for organizations with homeland security, public safety, emergency management, public health or corporate security missions.
July 14, 2005
Selected to Provide Emergency Mgmt. Software for Wisconsin
Convergence Communications has been selected as the vendor to provide Emergency Management software for the State of Wisconsin Emergency Management, Department of Military Affairs. Convergence was selected on June 14, 2005 as the result of a competitive procurement.
July 09, 2005
Convergence announced as Microsoft Partner of the Year
Convergence Communications is pleased to announce that it has been chosen as the Microsoft Partner of the Year in the category of Information Worker Solutions. Microsoft's announcement came at the 2005 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference awards ceremony on July 9, 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Winners were chosen from a group of more than 1,800 worldwide entries from Microsoft partners. Convergence was honored for delivering exemplary solutions to their customers during the past year.
April 29, 2005
Security on Demand
It could have been a scene from an action movie, but it was all too real. Last summer, when President Bush's motorcade was on its way to Washington University for the presidential debate in St. Louis, an air conditioner in a nearby building caught fire. Normally, handling such an incident would be routine for firefighters. But in the post-Sept. 11, 2001, world, in which stolen firefighting apparatuses and uniforms could become tools in a terrorist attack, authorities had to alert the Secret Service that the firetrucks racing toward the presidential motorcade were the real thing.
February 02, 2005
Super Bowl security uses E-Sponder
Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., may wind up being known as the Security Bowl. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is coordinating the security activities of 53 local, state and federal agencies, including the FBI, Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, for the Feb. 6 event through a Web-based collaboration system -- in place since Jan. 5 -- that was also used during a presidential debate and World Series games in St. Louis last year. St. Louis-based Convergence Communications developed the E-Sponder system using Microsoft Office Professional Enterprise Edition and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server collaboration software, which agencies can use to immediately report incidents, share documents, view video surveillance, limit Internet capability and communicate using e-mail and instant messaging in dozens of venues and as far away as 20 miles.
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