Plus, Palantir reveals business details before going public, Tyler debuts product meant to speed property value analysis, Axon to add VR police intervention training and more...
GovTech Biz

TOP NEWS

Motorola Solutions Buys Callyo, Mobile Apps for Police Both GT100 companies, Motorola’s purchase of the police tech provider represents continuing investment in digital evidence tools and management, and a business model of expanding with niche products from other companies.

New Tyler Product Meant to Speed Property Value Analysis By bringing together property data from various systems — and other jurisdictions — Tyler thinks it can quicken mass evaluations. Among other things, that could help show unfair burden placed on some neighborhoods.

Axon to Add Police Intervention Scenarios to VR Training At a virtual conference on Wednesday, the police-tech company promised new products and investment in virtual reality to train officers to deal with difficult people in the field — including each other.

New Dude Solutions Product Forecasts Infrastructure's Aging The SaaS company’s latest asset management tool is focused on capital planning, using data to predict how a government’s assets will age over decades. The tech comes from a company Dude Solutions acquired in March.

Tableau to Provide Data Visualization to Springbrook Users Springbrook Software, which provides technology for government payroll, budgeting and more, will start offering its cloud users access to Tableau early next year so they can use it to analyze and visualize their data.

Olea Aims for User Community Approach for Water Meter Tech After realizing that pointing out faulty water meters is only half the battle, Olea Edge Analytics has announced a new product that comes with more training and professional support for workers in the field.

MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Palantir Reveals Business Details Before Going Public In a regulatory filing, the secretive firm revealed key financial and operational details — including a surprisingly small number of customers and a far greater focus on federal agencies than state and local government.

WATCHLIST

GovTech companies on our radar this week:

Donoma Software: Analytics, archiving and transcription for voice systems, with experience working with local government.

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BIZ NOTES

>Drone monitoring startup Easy Aerial has raised $6.15 million, in a Series A round.

WHAT WE'RE READING

Facebook Chose Not to Act on Warnings About White Militia Group Before Wisconsin Shooting (The Verge)

Wastewater Testing Allows University to Identify, Isolate Students With COVID-19 Earlier (Twitter/Charles Fishman)

Clearview AI Says 2,400+ Police Agencies Use its Facial Recognition Tech (The Verge)

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