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Texas A&M University Selects AtHoc to Provide Campus-Wide Integrated Emergency Notification Solution
Network-Based Unified Emergency Alerting System Will Help Protect Students, Faculty and Personnel in the Event of an Emergency in College Station, TX
| Source: AtHoc
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - March 31, 2009) - AtHoc, Inc., the pioneer and leader in
network-centric unified emergency
notification systems, today announced that after a thorough review of
available product offerings, Texas A&M University selected AtHoc to provide
an integrated mass notification solution. The use of AtHoc IWSAlerts™
software will enable Texas A&M University to send out emergency alerts to
its campus population through multiple devices, including campus computers
via pop up alerts, Emergency Alert System (EAS) radio broadcast, cable TV,
telephones, mass email and SMS text messages, all from a single Web-based
console.
By unifying multiple forms of alerting through a single integrated system,
the university achieves simplicity while attaining a high percentage of
population reach through redundant systems that alert people campus-wide.
AtHoc IWSAlerts will provide the university with a significant cost saving
by using the university's existing on-site communications infrastructure.
AtHoc IWSAlerts will leverage Texas A&M's IP network to communicate with
desktops and mobile devices, the phone infrastructure, cable TV and campus
radio. All of these devices can now be triggered simultaneously.
"Texas A&M University has exhibited uncompromising commitment to protect
its students and staff," said Ly Tran, vice president of AtHoc. "The
university has demonstrated tremendous vision and technical leadership in
building a campus-wide, integrated emergency notification system, and we're
excited to be part of the team helping to promote campus safety."
The university's emergency managers with alerting authority will be able to
trigger alerts from any Microsoft Internet Explorer browser and send out
information through a wide variety of communications channels. They can
select from predefined alerts or create a custom alert and quickly notify
students and staff about the emergency. Alerts that reach personal devices
(computer desktops, SMS text messages, phone calls) are all tracked in real
time for response and accountability reporting. At the same time, alerts
also can reach the campus cable TV and radio station.
The AtHoc solution addresses one of the biggest challenges of deploying an
emergency notification system -- the seamless integration of disparate
communications channels. To meet this challenge, the AtHoc IWSAlerts
software leverages the new and innovative AtHoc IP Integration Module,
which is based on the OASIS CAP 1.1 industry standard, to maximize
interoperability with the campus' existing communications systems.
AtHoc's award-winning solution has been used by world-class and demanding
organizations to address a wide spectrum of emergency situations to promote
physical security and public safety. Examples of AtHoc IWSAlerts in use
include UCLA's deploying the system during an earthquake, NASA Johnson
Space Center's use during Hurricane Ike, and Camp Slayer in Baghdad
International Airport using the system during perimeter breaches.
About AtHoc
AtHoc is the pioneer and recognized leader in providing enterprise-class,
network-centric emergency notification systems to military, government and
commercial organizations for physical security, force protection and
personnel accountability. Millions of end users worldwide, in organizations
such as the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, NASA, Microsoft, Boeing and PricewaterhouseCoopers rely on AtHoc's
unified management systems for their emergency alerting and critical
communication needs. AtHoc has partnered with market leaders including
Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, Harris, Siemens, Avaya, Lockheed Martin and others
to bring these notification solutions to the public and commercial markets.
For more information on AtHoc, please visit http://www.athoc.com.