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Victoria ’ s Country Fire Authority to modernise frontline comms with Motorola Solutions smart radios
Motorola Solutions will provide Victoria ’ s
Country Fire Authority ( CFA ) with 16,000 new APX series P25 radios in a significant upgrade to firefighting comms tech .
Included within the package will be approximately 9,000 of Motorola Solutions ’ APX NEXT all-band smart radios .
“ APX radios enable the reliable communication that ’ s critical for fire and emergency agencies to collaborate ,” said Con Balaskas , Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand , Motorola Solutions .
( LMR ) to broadband networks when users travel outside of radio coverage areas , SmartMapping to pinpoint the location of firefighters and vehicles in the field and ViQi voice control to enable first responders to quickly manage radio controls through simple and intuitive voice commands .
Motorola Solutions will upgrade and support CFA ’ s radio equipment relied upon for front-line firefighting communication , strengthening emergency response from brigades as part of a 10-year services contract . The modernisation program will replace CFA ’ s radios used in the field , on fire trucks , in command vehicles and within fire stations .
The new devices will be used on the Victorian Government ’ s Regional Mobile Radio ( RMR ) and Metropolitan Mobile Radio ( MMR ) networks , which provide secure radio communications across regional , rural and metropolitan Victoria .
“ And our APX NEXT radios bring additional capabilities that maximise the use of data in the field , delivering rich insights to further strengthen workflow efficiency and safety .”
APX NEXT data applications include SmartConnect to automatically switch voice communications from land mobile radio
Talbot CFA station , Victoria
Fastly offers new bot management solution to help detect and block threats at the edge
Fastly has introduced Fastly Bot Management to help organisations combat automated ‘ bot ’ attacks at the edge – significantly reducing risk factors .
Network Edge and provides multiple serverside and client-side mitigation techniques .
Customers benefit from :
• Reduced fraud and resource abuse through a multi-layered approach that automatically identifies and stops malicious bots that power fraudulent activity , like account takeover and carding attacks , which can result in bad customer experiences , costly refunds and customer support overhead . Edge deployment and enforcement reduces origin costs by only serving traffic to real customers .
• A safeguarded customer experience with Fastly ’ s edge-based solution helps reduce latency and keeps apps performant , while client-side features like challenge flows reduce buyer friction and promote higher conversion rates .
• Unified bot mitigation , application security , and delivery services through a developerfriendly console that allows teams to quickly deploy and block attacks .
“ Organisations increasingly are delivering more enhanced digital experiences to their users at the edge . Not surprisingly , cyber adversaries have followed so the need to detect – and stop – attacks as close to the threat as possible has never been greater . Fastly ’ s decision to extend and enhance its bot protection capabilities on the company ’ s flagship edge cloud platform is both timely and a natural evolution of the company ’ s overall cybersecurity strategy ,” said Christopher Rodriguez , Research Director , Security & Trust , IDC .
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