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September 30, 2006
Virtual Shield in Chicago
Virtual Shield is Chicago's project to create an extensive fiber optic network. It will serve as a "virtual shield" for homeland security, public safety, and traffic management.
According to the consulting group Catalyst, the ($25 million) contract was awarded to IBM and is being run by Chicago's Public Building Commission. It will consist of 1000 miles of fiber and be able to integrate cameras into the 911 center.
The current work appears to be focusing on assessing the fiber network and deploying an initial set of IP cameras.
I haven't seen much about this in the press, so if you know anything, please drop me a line.
Posted by rshah at September 30, 2006 03:33 PM
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