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Automating multi-channel communication for school bus delays

AWS Public Sector Blog

Communication with parents is a must for school districts. However, some challenges can hinder streamlined and immediate exchange of information, like when a school encounters an unforeseen event, especially during times of low-staffed administration like before and after school hours.

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Maximizing satellite communications usage with Amazon Forecast

AWS Public Sector Blog

Satellite communications (satcom) serve a wide range of industries such as telecommunications, broadcasting, military, aviation and maritime, and emergency services. It uses Amazon Forecast to build a time series predictor model for each satellite beam in the ship(s) path, accounting for the impact of weather conditions in a given location.

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US government agencies can communicate, collaborate securely with AWS Wickr

AWS Public Sector Blog

Driven by the need for convenience, real-time conversations, and anywhere, anytime access, electronic messaging has become a go-to means of communication. In fact, instant messaging has become the preferred form of internal workplace communications, including email, according to Gartner’s 2022 Channel Benchmark and other research studies.

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How AWS IoT services address NIST 800-183: Networks of ‘Things’

AWS Public Sector Blog

In our previous posts about how public sector organizations can secure their Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, we introduced the AWS IoT family of services in Secure your organizations Internet of Things devices using AWS IoT , and we dove deep into IoT communications with 4 common IoT protocols and their security considerations.

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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

Pictured: The AWS 2023 Justice and Public Safety GovTech Accelerator cohort at Amazon’s HQ2 for Week Zero, a three-day onboarding event to kick off the accelerator. This event provides an opportunity for Accelerator participants to showcase their cloud-powered solutions to justice and public safety agency leaders.

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Strengthening public safety collaboration with AWS Wickr and the Android Team Awareness Kit

AWS Public Sector Blog

First responders need secure, uninterrupted communication to help them get oriented quickly and support complex coordination efforts. Wickr is an end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration service with features designed to help keep communications secure, private, and compliant.

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Creating satellite communications data analytics pipelines with AWS serverless technologies

AWS Public Sector Blog

Satellite communications (satcom) networks typically offer a rich set of performance metrics, such as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and bandwidth delivered by remote terminals on land, sea, or air. Network layout for a typical satellite communications service with analytics applied.