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Article: NEC Fault Tolerant Server Keeps Lycoming County Department of Public Safety 911 Sector Up and Running.
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- Computer Weekly News
- Article date:
- October 22, 2009
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NEC Corporation of America, a leading provider of network, IT and communications solutions, today detailed the successful results of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania's Department of Public Safety, 911 sector, state-of-the-art automated computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system running on NEC's fault tolerant (FT) server.
Prior to July 2007, Lycoming County had a human-based dispatch system. The dispatchers working in the communications center were local residents with a strong knowledge of the nooks and crannies of county locations, and this, augmented with local maps when needed, formed the core of their dispatch operations. But, there were swaths of unincorporated land ...