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U.S. Army Reserve's 7th Civil Support Command to Implement AtHoc's Network-Centric Mass Notification Solution
AtHoc IWSAlerts to Enhance Force Protection and Provide Unified Emergency Notification Capability for Alerting, Personnel Recall and Accountability
| Source: AtHoc
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - February 2, 2010) - AtHoc, Inc., the pioneer and leader in
network-centric emergency mass notification
systems, today announced that the U.S. Army Reserve's 7th Civil Support
Command (CSC) will deploy AtHoc IWSAlerts™ network-centric mass
notification system for rapid alerting, personnel recall and accountability
during an emergency.
Previously, the 7th CSC relied on a traditional megaphone alerting system
for its emergency mass
notification. AtHoc IWSAlerts will provide the 7th CSC with rapid,
secure and pervasive alerting via networked devices such as computers and
alerts sent via telephone. AtHoc's network-centric capability will support
the 7th CSC commanders with alert response tracking and reporting of
personnel status during an emergency.
The 7th CSC is an operational unit of highly trained forces ready to
provide forward-stationed consequence management, command and control, and
civil affairs capabilities under the direction of the 21st Theater
Sustainment Command. With approximately 1,000 personnel, the 7th CSC is
headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, with subordinate units located
throughout Germany and Italy.
"This implementation demonstrates the confidence the Army has placed in our
technology to meet Department of Defense requirements for notification,
recall and personnel accountability," stated (Ret.) Army Col. David Brown,
director of Army operations for AtHoc. "The 7th CSC deployment is
significant as it represents another substantial DoD adoption of
network-centric mass alerting technology by operational units. These
implementations further underscore the reliability and effectiveness of
AtHoc technology."
The employment of AtHoc's mass notification system by the 7th CSC
represents a growing adaptation by the U.S. Army in Europe. AtHoc solutions
are now used at several installations in Europe, with the Army now
expanding its use of network-centric mass notification systems beyond
garrisons and installations to implementations by operational units such as
the 7th CSC.
About AtHoc
AtHoc is the pioneer and recognized leader in providing enterprise-class,
network-centric emergency notification systems to military, government and
commercial organizations. AtHoc's products are used for physical security,
force protection, personnel accountability, recall and regulatory
compliance. Millions of end-users worldwide, in organizations such as the
U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, NASA, UCLA,
Microsoft, Boeing and PricewaterhouseCoopers rely on AtHoc's unified
notification systems for their emergency alerting and critical
communication needs. AtHoc has partnered with market leaders including
Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, Harris, Siemens, Avaya, MIR3, 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.