Over the past few months, we have all had to adapt to the biggest and most unexpected challenge most of us will ever see. Globally everyone is adapting to the new normal.
On the frontlines of managing the changing world are healthcare workers and first responders. Their dedication and sacrifices to protect us is apparent now more than ever. At Motorola Solutions, our purpose is to help people be their best in the moments that matter. We’re honored to partner with the people on the frontline as they tirelessly serve communities around the world.
As our partners and customers adapt, they are increasingly telling us that what they need right now is the ability to work remotely and to change the way they interact with the public. They need technology that scales in crisis, and they don’t need or want to have people working side by side at their sites managing the large scale system they use to keep us safe. They increasingly want us to move them to the cloud and to enable remote distributed work.
The good news is we’ve been investing and preparing for this moment for some time. We’ve built our command center software suite — CommandCentral, to be the first and only end-to-end mission-critical software solution for public safety. We’ve been taking our proven solutions and bringing them together into a single, integrated solution. And we have invested in moving (in some cases completely re-writing) our solutions to run on our cloud platform. This cloud platform supports the entirety of our public safety offerings — from the recently launched APX Next™ radio system to our 9-1-1 call taking, computer-aided dispatch (CAD), records, video and evidence management, and mobile solutions. Secure, compliant, scalable, and resilient. And, a platform that customers are live on today with fully featured, first responder-tested solutions that deliver without compromise.
We know for the first responders we work with that all moments matter. This is particularly true for 9-1-1 call takers and the CAD operators. The first, first responders…the first person you speak to when you call for help. A call to 9-1-1 is — more than anything — a call for help.
The speed, efficiency, and knowledge those operators bring to that call saves lives. That’s where we do our part…by delivering technology that is secure, up-to-date, and cost effective so that they can protect the communities they serve. We have a dedicated team of human factor engineers who work closely with first responders understanding the 9-1-1 workflow. They have spent years sitting with first responders at their workstations to build technology that is more intuitive, more intelligent — focused on the task at hand. We hire people who have been first responders, so that we know what really matters and what saves lives. Most importantly, we know that this job is never done and that we will be here to support first responders so that they can do what they do best, every day. And, to adapt to meet the ever-changing needs as they evolve.
In the coming weeks, you’ll hear more from me about exciting innovations from Motorola Solutions’ public safety software platform in the cloud and how first responders across the globe are implementing them.
As first responders, you stand in the moment with the public. We stand with you as the experienced partner you trust. Our promise is simple: we will be with you in the moments that matter and will deliver, without compromise.
