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Air Force Reserve Command Awards Contract to AtHoc for Command-Wide Emergency Alerting System
AtHoc Receives $1.2M Software License Order to Provide a Network-Centric Emergency Management System for Emergency Notification and Personnel Accountability
| Source: AtHoc, Inc.
BURLINGAME, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 8, 2007 -- AtHoc, Inc. today announced the Air Force
Reserve Command (AFRC) has awarded a contract worth $1.2M to license AtHoc
IWSAlerts software. The command has purchased IWSAlerts to create a
command-wide, network-centric emergency management system (EMS) for
emergency notification and personnel accountability. The system will be
used to alert up to 76,000 AFRC personnel within minutes of an emergency
event occurring -- including 30,000 active duty personnel and 46,000
reservists and civil service employees located at AFRC locations
nationwide.
The AFRC EMS will work within the command's existing network to deliver
alerts to networked personnel and devices, including desktops, laptops,
PDAs, cell phones and land phones. The command will consolidate all forms
of alerting through AtHoc IWSAlerts, combining a network alerting system
(NAS), telephony alerting system (TAS) and mobile text messaging. In the
near future, they will also integrate their host base Giant Voice public
address systems. All forms of alerting can be triggered through IWSAlerts
with a single click of a mouse, thereby accelerating personnel response
during emergencies.
Using AtHoc IWSAlerts, AFRC can distribute alerts quickly through the
network, dramatically improving the command's ability to get information in
the hands of personnel in a timely manner. The command intends to finish
deploying the first phase of the system in early June 2007, well in advance
of hurricane season.
"By having all AFRC bases use the same system, the command achieves
operational benefits such as centralized management and system maintenance
as well as the ability to alert all AFRC bases simultaneously -- with a
single click of a mouse," commented Guy Miasnik, president and CEO of
AtHoc. "This approach will save the command thousands of dollars in
implementation costs, and even more importantly, it will make the system
more effective."
The contract was awarded through GTSC, and implementation of this
command-wide capability (to include host and tenant locations) began in
early April 2007. The award covers a multi-server main site, a backup site
and communication services to support alerts via telephony and text
messaging to cell phones.
About AtHoc, Inc.
AtHoc, Inc. is a recognized leader in providing enterprise-class,
network-centric emergency notification systems used for force and personnel
protection, facility mass notification, public safety and critical
enterprise communications. Millions of end users worldwide, in
organizations such as the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, the Air
University, Hawaii State Civil Defense, Boeing, PricewaterhouseCoopers and
eBay rely on AtHoc's alert delivery and management systems for their
critical communication and alerting needs. AtHoc has partnered with market
leaders including Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Siemens, Avaya, Unisys and
others to bring these notifications solutions to the public and commercial
markets.
For more information on AtHoc, please visit http://www.athoc.com.