Municipal Parking Services & Findability Sciences Announce Alliance For Big Data Analytics

Big Data analytics solutions for a smarter, safer city. This alliance has launched a big data solution powered by Findability Platform® showcasing IBM® Analytics tools. The solution offers advanced analytics to cities, towns and urban planners.
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MPS Parking Meter Sentry
MPS Parking Meter Sentry
July 1, 2015 - PRLog -- (Minneapolis,MN and Waltham,MA) Minneapolis, MN based Municipal Parking Services (MPS), a leading smart parking technology and service provider and a Waltham, MA global big data and cognitive computing solutions company, Findability Sciences, today announced an alliance to offer big data analytics captured with MPS’ innovative smart parking meters.

Making this announcement at the  International Parking Institute’s (IPI) annual conference in Las Vegas, Tom Hudson, Chief Executive of Municipal Parking Services said, “ Our innovative parking meter, Sentry® does ‘more than parking’®. It is a connected device designed and implemented to improve compliance, safety, citywide communications and enforcement”. MPS’ Sentry® meters have 3 video cameras, a large touch screen digital display, internet connectivity and 24X7 access and reliability. “Our strategic partnership with Findability Sciences offers us a unique opportunity to provide our customers deeper insights into the data which our meters and mobile applications generate along with the ecosystem data, which can be used for improved safety, citizen’s engagement and smarter commerce .” added Hudson.

Findability Sciences is an IBM Watson® Ecosystem Partner and IBM Analytics ISV, which has an innovative product, Findability Platform® that connects varied data sources, brings volumes of data together and analyzes streaming data to provide actionable insights.

“In today’s world of Internet of Things (IoT), system of insights from all the varied data including data generated by connected devices leads to effective systems of engagement. With MPS’ innovative parking meters, we have an opportunity to provide a system of insights to MPS’ customers”, said Anand Mahurkar, Chief Executive of Findability Sciences. ”In the past, we could never imagine what a parking meter could do to drive economic value and smarter city applications, beyond facilitating parking turnover and collecting money for parking services. But in the “Insight Economy” we live in, along with the  MPS’ innovative team, we have customized the Findability Platform® to create more customer engagement & revenue asset maximization  for city managers”, added Mahurkar.

MPS’ Sentry® parking meters use patented technology and are installed in the United States and Canada. Cities and Universities in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts have implemented Sentry® total system solutions. Currently, MPS is showcasing this solution at IPI’s 2015 Annual Conference in Las Vegas.

“Our Alliance with Findability Sciences’ powered by IBM® solution, has now increased our ability to process Big Data and provide value added service to our customers”, said Robert Matthews, Municipal Parking Service’s Vice President of Business Development.

Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data are driving the Insight Economy. MPS’ Sentry® parking meter is a connected device and Findability Sciences Big Data platform has a tremendous potential to delivery more insightful and actionable analytics to cities and institutions.

For more information on Sentry® visit http://municipalparkingservices.com  and for more information on Findability Platform® visit http://findabilitysciences.com

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Tags:Parking Meters, Findability Sciences, Mps, IBM Analytics, Municipal Parking Services
Industry:Government, Travel
Location:United States
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