Comark Adds Public Safety Group to GSA Schedule; New addition offers wireless technology to law enforcement.Business Editors BLOOMINGDALE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2001 Federal buyers can now purchase Public Safety Group's (PSG PSG, n polysomnograph; polygraph performed during sleep. Physiological variables such as pulse, blood pressure, and respiration are monitored and charted. ) products directly from Comark Government and Education's GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. schedule, Contract no. GS-35F-4044D. PSG makes PocketCop(c), a solution designed to improve law enforcement's crime-fighting capabilities in field location settings. Comark Government & Education is committed to offering solutions which service their public sector marketplaces variety of needs and to providing the procurement mechanisms that make acquisition easy for them. Together, Comark and PSG are able to bring a complete technical solution and an easy, convenient purchasing vehicle for federal customers. Comark Government & Education has been working with PSG in the Sunbelt Region offering solutions and services to state & local government law enforcement customers. With the addition of the products to the GSA schedule, Comark will now introduce the solution to its federal customers. The PocketCop(c) uses hand-held wireless PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). to allow officers instant access to state and federal databases as well as secure e-mailing and messaging. Authorized users authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal can access vehicle license registration, drivers license information, stolen vehicle information, wants/warrants information and miscellaneous information such as articles, boats, guns, etc. from virtually any location served by the coverage area of the wireless network. Electronic messaging See e-mail and messaging system. and peer-to-peer communication is also available. Various encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. methods are implemented and required to provide secured transactions Business dealings that grant a creditor a right in property owned or held by a debtor to assure the payment of a debt or the performance of some obligation. A secured transaction is a transaction that is founded on a security agreement. between the handheld device and the local agency's server. "PSG's solution meets a very real need for a large number of Comark's customers in the public safety market, a niche in which Comark adds value," said Alan Bechara. He continued, "By combining the application software from PSG with the handheld hardware, server products and integration services needed, Comark can offer its customers a complete solution from a single source with strong government sales and service experience." "PSG is pleased to formalize its relationship with Comark and to bring its products and services to Comark's federal marketplace. PocketCop, PocketPDC and PocketFIO will meet the need for wireless PDA access to important law enforcement data among Comark's public safety customers, " said Ramzan Janmohamed, a PSG co-founder. "Comark's introduction of the PSG product line to its customers will mean that the benefits and features currently being reaped by those in local and state law enforcements will now be extended to the federal arena." About PSG Based in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. , Public Safety Group, Inc (PSG) is a national company providing specialized public safety computer-related products and independent consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" . Its founding partners have more than 100 years of experience in public safety both in the public and private sectors. For more information on PSG or any of its products and services, call 407-277-6311 or visit their Web site at www.psginc.cc. About Comark Comark Government and Education is a reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. of hardware, software, peripherals and networking products to the government. It is an affiliate of Comark, Inc., a privately held information technology solutions and services reseller with 2000 revenues of over $1.6 billion. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Bloomingdale, Illinois Bloomingdale is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, approximately 25 miles west of Chicago. The population was 21,675 at the 2000 census. Points of Interest . It has over 1400 employees nationwide. Federal government customers and prime contractors can purchase products from Comark through its GSA schedule contract no. GS-35F-4044D, or through the company's Blanket Purchase Agreements and agency-specific contracts. The company also holds a broad array of state and local contracts as well as a U.S. communities government purchasing alliance contract. Comark Government and Education sales can be reached at 800-788-4688, e-mail: comarkgovernment@comark.com or www.comark.com. |
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