AGT International Showcases New Urban Management Solutions at Milipol
Global Leader Enables City Managers to Enhance Public Safety and Security
PARIS, October 18, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
AGT International [http://www.agtinternational.com ] one of the fastest
growing public safety and security solutions organizations in the world,
today unveiled a number of new Urban Management Solutions at the Milipol
Exhibition in Paris. Solutions on show include innovative offerings in the
areas of urban management, including emergency response, crime centers, mega
events, safe city and transportation.
"We live in an era of rapid urbanization that presents city managers
with new threats to public safety and well-being," said Mati Kochavi,
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of AGT International. AGT International's
solutions provide municipal and national decision-makers with actionable
information, rendering one of the most complex modern environments - the
21st century city - manageable and secure. The solutions utilize data from
mobile and stationary sensors, social networks, and existing urban
databases, to generate a Unified Situation Awareness Picture (USAP) that
provides intuitive status visualizations, triggers alerts, recommends
actions, and delivers predictive and forecasting capabilities.
"Our urban management solutions enable city managers and other
stakeholders to predict, prevent, prepare, and manage the rapidly evolving
threats and challenges facing cities," said Paul Hucq, President of Sales
and Business Development at AGT International. "With offices established in
the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland and Germany, our solutions and
operations are gaining tremendous momentum throughout Europe. Along with
offices in Brazil and Asia, where we have established offices in Singapore
and India and have pilot schemes underway in China, our solutions will
continue to help communities across the globe."
"AGT International's unique algorithms link traditional data sources
with next generation sensors, allowing individuals to provide a real time
community service," said Professor Lutz Heuser, Chief Technology Officer of
AGT International. "In doing so, we enable willing citizens to use their
smart phones for additional environmental and health services. This shared
data, collected from these citizen's via their personal mobile sensors,
including local environmental and health data, can be measured and analyzed.
The data then gives citizens an individual and local information service in
real-time."
One of the fastest-growing public safety and security solutions
organizations in the world, AGT International has operations across the
globe.
Led by a unique vision, AGT International offers innovative solutions in
the areas of critical infrastructure and border protection, urban
management, cyber security, transportation, law enforcement, and natural
disaster preparedness, helping unlock the world's potential by enabling the
free flow of goods, services, people, and ideas.
Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, AGT International employs 2,000
people worldwide, representing more than 30 nationalities. The organization
was founded in 2007, and is managing $8 billion in projects. AGT
International is led by Founder and CEO, Mati Kochavi, who is also Chairman
of 3i-MIND.