Software that saves lives

Hertfordshire University and Extent Software are developing software dubbed Collaborator that will allow the police and emergency services to share and update incident information more effectively.

Dr Guy Saward at the university’s School of Computer Science is working with Chris Pine at Extent Software to develop the pilot software.

‘In the past, government systems could not share information with one another,’ said Pine. ‘Collaborator will allow these agencies to share information which will be updated automatically across the board.’

The software is being trialled with Gloucestershire Police, where Hertfordshire University associate Ruoyu Wo will spend six months refining it.

The deployment of Collaborator is being supported through a Knowledge Partners East of England (KEEP) project, funded by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA), which is a three-way partnership between a business, a local university and a recent graduate.