1. technology and computing

ALWAYS ON:
CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY
Bruce Lawler – Chief Product Officer, Kodiak
March 19, 2015
IWCE 2015 – Las Vegas, NV
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ALWAYS ON – CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY
§  In personal communications, we expect to “always be
connected”
§  But rarely do we worry about the “how” - 3G/4G/LTE or WiFI, or
the “what” – smartphone, tablet, or laptop
§  LMR is still talking about “coverage” not “connectivity”
§  The complexities of most business operations have grown beyond
the abilities of just one communications technology
§  What’s needed is a “holistic” view of communications
§  Different media/technologies/devices and covering more people
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ALWAYS ON – CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY
§  Always On means…
§  More People – Cost Effective
§  Executives, administrators, off duty personnel, personnel from other groups
§  More Places - Adaptive
§  3G/4G/LTE, LMR or WiFI, wherever connectivity is available
§  More Devices - Convenient
§  Radios, smartphones, feature phones, tablets, low cost ruggedized devices
§  Providing…
§  Communications unbounded by coverage area, network
technology or device type
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ALWAYS ON – CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY
…but that’s only if there is
end-to-end performance,
service assurance, and
support, i.e. RELIABILITY
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RELIABILITY AT THE PLATFORM LEVEL
§  Geographic redundancy with high availability components
§  Voice and signaling encryption (AES 256); FIPS 140-2
§  Security Operations Center monitoring
§  Superior vocoding and voice quality
§  Ongoing use case testing
Communications wherever and whenever needed –
that’s Disaster Continuity
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RELIABILITY AT THE NETWORK LEVEL
§  Carrier-grade
§  Tightly integrated, optimized wireless
performance
§  End-to-end performance monitoring
§  Drive testing
Continuously optimized to provide the highest level of
reliability and performance
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RELIABILITY AT THE DEVICE LEVEL
§  Purpose-built, ruggedized
§  Integrated PTT application for greater
communications efficiency
§  Ongoing Carrier/OEM testing and
certification
§  High quality audio to improve
intelligibility
…and across all three levels, a single point
of E2E support
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ALWAYS ON – CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY
In summary…
Always On – Constant Connectivity
§  Means being able to cost-effectively communicate whenever,
wherever, and whatever -- Location, network, and device
…and Reliability Is the Key
§  To ensure that “constant” really means “constant”—Single Point
for End to End Support
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ALWAYS ON:
CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY
Bruce Lawler – Chief Product Officer, Kodiak
[email protected]
www.kodiakptt.com
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