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Kastle Systems Takes Exceptional Measures to Ensure Clients' Security During Inaugural Week
Despite 2 Million People on the Streets, Kastle Clients Report No Issues
| Source: Kastle Systems
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - February 18, 2009) - Many businesses across Washington shut down
during the recent inauguration to spare their employees from nightmare
commutes amidst the millions of people that descended upon the city.
However, closing was not an option for electronic security provider, Kastle
Systems, which operates 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. In fact, Kastle
went beyond business-as-usual to ensure all of their 2,300 Washington, D.C.
area clients were properly secured and serviced before, during and after
the events, and their efforts paid off. They received no reports of
security issues from their clients, despite over 2 million people on the
streets.
In the weeks leading up, a Kastle taskforce met with clients along the
parade route to determine special security requirements and proactively
test system performance. Because the Kastle system is highly
customizable, Kastle was able to create unique security procedures to
remotely lock down and secure buildings and suites during designated times
throughout the events.
Kastle met the request of building owners along the route by having a team
stationed in the city throughout the day. "Starting at 7:30 a.m. a Kastle
representative was positioned in our building at 101 Constitution Avenue,
which housed events for over 6,000 attendees. Not only did it give us
peace of mind knowing he was on hand to immediately address any concerns,
but it demonstrated Kastle's extraordinary commitment to keeping its
clients protected at all times," said Shawn Kyle, Vice President of Lincoln
Property Company.
"Kastle has 37 years of history in the Washington region and has covered
nine inaugurations spanning back to 1972. It's these years of experience
that enabled us to prepare and staff properly for the inauguration, and we
are pleased with how well it was handled," said George Ballman, President
of Kastle's Mid-Atlantic Region. Kastle's service response was exemplary.
Kastle technicians arrived to all service calls in less than 90 minutes
despite the unusual congestion, and its remote monitoring center handled
over 1,800 calls leading up to the event, with no delay in response.
About Kastle
Kastle Systems has been leading the industry for 37 years with smart
technologies and advanced security solutions. Kastle sets the standard for
the design, installation, operation, and management of building and office
security systems.
Kastle is the only company that operates and manages security systems for
its clients offsite, around-the-clock. Currently, Kastle successfully
protects more than 1,800 properties with over 37,000 tenant spaces, for a
total of 316 million square feet of office space nationwide and
internationally.
Kastle's innovative outsourced security services significantly reduce costs
and improve the critically important, 24/7 performance of security systems
for building owners, developers, and tenants.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Kastle Systems has offices in Los
Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Sydney,
Australia. To learn more about Kastle's security solutions, visit
www.kastle.com.