The Crystal Ball Utilities Have Been Looking For
Utilities have gotten faster at assessing storm damage after it happens, and Bill Meehan, PE, argues that sensor networks, GIS, and AI can help them see it coming.
BES Engages Electric Utility GIS Pioneer Bill Meehan for Executive Consulting
BES is working with utility GIS pioneer Bill Meehan, PE, through WJM Electric Consulting LLC as an independent Executive Consultant on select utility engagements.
BES Welcomes 30-Year Geospatial Leader Terry Martin to Its Data Services Program
Terry Martin, who helped the U.S. Air Force build its GeoBase enterprise GIS, joins BES as Data Services Sales Executive to grow its live, ArcGIS-ready data feeds.
Common Data, Mission-Specific Pictures: Rethinking the Common Operating Picture for Multi-Agency Crisis Response
The common operating picture forces every agency to see a crisis through one lens. Jim Featherstone argues for shared data, not mission-specific pictures.
BES WELCOMES FORMER FEMA ADMINISTRATOR DEANNE CRISWELL AS EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
Former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell now advises BES clients on readiness, activation, and recovery, joining Craig Fugate and the Executive Consulting Team
Web AppBuilder is retiring. Your hazmat response tool might be, too.
Web AppBuilder apps freeze in Q4 2026, months before the 2027 retirement date, and if your responders rely on it through widgets, the time to plan is now.
Bent Ear Solutions Named to INC. 5000 for Fifth Consecutive Year
BES recognized by Inc. Magazine for five straight years of exponential growth.
Shrinking the Red Slice
Every emergency plan has a red slice: the unknown unknowns you can't see. Jim Featherstone discusses the two mechanisms that shrink it before a disaster finds them.
BES Data Services & Ting Insights on The Big Stage
Geospatial data services are becoming operational infrastructure, and BES's Ting-powered power outage feed, featured at Esri UC 2026, is the first entry in a growing catalog built for the tools practitioners already use.
BES Partners with Balor Analytics to Expand New Generation of Operational Data Services
BES has partners with Balor Analytics to deliver a new generation of data services that gets clean, validated, decision-ready information to public safety leaders.
Case Study of Kentucky Emergency Management: Why KYEM Replaced Its Legacy Incident Management System with KERMIT
KYEM worked with BES to replace a legacy system by building KERMIT on ArcGIS and Microsoft 365 tools the state already owned, giving all 120 counties a scalable common operating picture.
BES Strengthens Leadership with Appointment of Jamie Jacobs as Director of Technical Services
Jamie Jacobs joins the growing BES team as Director of Technical Services.
A forced fit: Why HSEEP Is the Wrong Framework for Executive Crisis Leadership
Your last crisis exercise probably ran flawlessly. That's a problem. Validating what your organization already knows how to do is not the same as preparing when the scenario goes off-script.
Inc. Names Bent Ear Solutions to Its 2026 List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Mid-Atlantic
BES ranks on Inc. Regionals Mid-Atlantic list for the third consecutive year, driven by growth in GIS consulting and data services.
The Disaster Always has a Vote
What happens when your emergency plan's assumptions fail mid-crisis? Jim Featherstone draws on three decades of experience to answer that question.
Deploying Real-Time Power Grid Intelligence during Winter Storm Fern
Learn how, during Winter Storm Fern, BES published Ting Insights’ hyper-granular outage data in a freely accessible Esri ArcGIS dashboard.
Stop Automating Chaos
Before you sign up for another platform, software, or AI solution, map your workflows. Learn how a process-first approach turns existing tools into faster, clearer decisions when minutes matter.
Why Power Outage Data from Ting Insights Is the Right Choice for Emergency Managers
Get earlier, street-level outage signals—GIS-ready—so your EOC can act faster, target the most vulnerable, and move from awareness to action.
Signal over noise: what consulting should actually look like.
Tired of consultants selling ‘signal’ while delivering noise? Craig Fugate explains how to spot the real operators—the ones who cut through clutter, tell hard truths, and leave results, not slide decks.
The Future of Crisis Management Solutions: Tailored to Unique Requirements and Built to Go Beyond Situational Awareness
Discover why Craig Fugate and the BES team argue that real crisis readiness goes far beyond one-size-fits-all software.