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OnSolve Expands Partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and LexisNexis Risk Solutions

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Monday, February 5, 2024
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ALPHARETTA, Ga., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OnSolve®, a leading critical event management provider that enables organizations to mitigate physical threats and remain agile when a crisis strikes, today announced an expanded partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and LexisNexis® Risk Solutions that greatly enhances the Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children (ADAM) Program. By leveraging OnSolve CodeRED®, ADAM Program missing child alerts will now be distributed through SMS for the first time across more than 10,000 communities; greatly expanding the reach of the ADAM Program to millions of residents across the United States.

Key Points: 
  • ALPHARETTA, Ga., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OnSolve ®, a leading critical event management provider that enables organizations to mitigate physical threats and remain agile when a crisis strikes, today announced an expanded partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children ® (NCMEC) and LexisNexis® Risk Solutions that greatly enhances the Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children (ADAM) Program.
  • The ADAM Program supports all types of missing children cases reported to NCMEC, including cases that extend beyond the criteria needed to issue an AMBER Alert.
  • "Our partnership with OnSolve and LexisNexis Risk Solutions advances our mission to find missing children and bring them home safely," said Callahan Walsh, child advocate for NCMEC and sibling of Adam Walsh, for whom the program is named.
  • "We are thrilled to partner with OnSolve to extend the reach of the ADAM Program to increase the visibility of these detailed missing children alerts," said Trish McCall, Senior Director, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Co-Founder of the ADAM Program.

ClearCaptions’ New Emergency Alert System Leads the Way to Ensure Safety and Inclusivity

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Monday, December 18, 2023
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ROSEVILLE, Calif., Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ClearCaptions is proud to announce the launch of their pioneering emergency alert system feature.

Key Points: 
  • ROSEVILLE, Calif., Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ClearCaptions is proud to announce the launch of their pioneering emergency alert system feature.
  • This new feature uses bright flashing lights and loud alerts to deliver text-based emergency weather notifications from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
  • Additionally, FEMA’s Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system has been used more than 70,000 times to warn the public about dangerous weather and other critical situations.
  • Studies have shown that this group is less likely to adopt mobile phones that typically have the emergency alert feature.

TD SYNNEX Achieves AWS Migration Services Competency Status

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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TD SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX), a leading global distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Migration Services Competency and Amazon EC2 for Microsoft Windows Server Delivery Partners (SDP) status with the AWS Partner Network.

Key Points: 
  • TD SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX), a leading global distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Migration Services Competency and Amazon EC2 for Microsoft Windows Server Delivery Partners (SDP) status with the AWS Partner Network.
  • “TD SYNNEX has invested in building consistent AWS migration capabilities globally, leveraging the best practices, tooling and processes that AWS has instilled in their Migration Acceleration Program (MAP),” said Matt Fox, Vice President, AWS Cloud Solutions, TD SYNNEX.
  • “As a Migration Competency Partner, TD SYNNEX will work with our AWS partners worldwide to ensure successful cloud migrations for their customers, using approaches that have been proven by AWS across thousands of previous successful migrations.”
    AWS launched the AWS Migration Services Competency to allow customers to easily and confidently engage highly specialized AWS Partners with proven customer success and technical proficiency in migration and application modernization.
  • Achieving the AWS Migration Services Competency differentiates TD SYNNEX as an AWS Partner with deep domain expertise delivering migration services that accelerate the customer cloud adoption journey by providing business expertise, infrastructure and application migration expertise, migration tools, education, and ongoing support to customers in the form of professional services.

Arizona Selects Motorola Solutions’ Rave Alert As State Emergency Notification System

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Monday, October 30, 2023
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Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) today announced that the state of Arizona has selected Rave Alert to enable emergency notification and reverse 9-1-1 alerting in its 81 public safety answering points (PSAPs).

Key Points: 
  • Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) today announced that the state of Arizona has selected Rave Alert to enable emergency notification and reverse 9-1-1 alerting in its 81 public safety answering points (PSAPs).
  • With the deployment of Rave Alert, 9-1-1 centers throughout Arizona can now work together to issue consistent public safety notifications, resident polls, emergency evacuation notices, Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) messages from FEMA and other timely communications.
  • “Our collaboration with Arizona marks the 15th statewide deployment of Rave technologies,” said Todd Piett, corporate vice president, Command Center SaaS Operations at Motorola Solutions.
  • The state of Arizona also uses Motorola Solutions’ ASTRO® P25 radio network and APX™ radios for voice communications, VESTA® 9-1-1 for call handling and Flex for dispatch and records management.

Tablet Command and Genasys Partner on Real-Time Evacuation Insights for Fire Agencies Nationwide

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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This partnership marks the first time agencies using Tablet Command will have real-time access to evacuation zones via Genasys Protect™.

Key Points: 
  • This partnership marks the first time agencies using Tablet Command will have real-time access to evacuation zones via Genasys Protect™.
  • This integration provides first responders with zone-specific data and insights to enhance interagency situational awareness and communication during fire-related incidents.
  • “At Tablet Command, we are always looking to provide more value and innovation for fire leadership and their agencies,” said William Pigeon, CEO and co-founder of Tablet Command.
  • No other company has the native integration that Genasys does with Tablet Command, WAZE, IPAWS, and Esri.

OnSolve® Strengthens Government Security and Compliance with FedRAMP® Authorization as Risk Hits an All-Time High

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Thursday, May 18, 2023
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ALPHARETTA, Ga., May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OnSolve, a leading critical event management provider that enables organizations to mitigate physical threats and remain agile when a crisis strikes, today announced its Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization, certifying its technology has successfully gone through a rigorous review and assessment process to meet stringent federally defined standards. With the news, OnSolve continues to offer federal agencies cloud-based, secure technology to keep them ahead of risk and streamline communication during a disruption or crisis.

Key Points: 
  • With the news, OnSolve continues to offer federal agencies cloud-based, secure technology to keep them ahead of risk and streamline communication during a disruption or crisis.
  • "Government agencies are facing significant challenges from a dynamic risk landscape and need secure technology to help them mitigate all manner of threats," said OnSolve Chief Executive Officer Mark Herrington.
  • "Our recent Global Risk Impact report found staggering increases across infrastructure, severe weather and transportation threats.
  • FedRAMP authorization enables the federal government to accelerate the adoption of cloud-based vendors by creating transparent standards and processes for security authorizations, including a C-level security evaluation from the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.

Intellisense Systems and HAAS Alert Provide Flood Alerts to Commuters and Emergency Services Through Mobile Navigation Apps Like Waze

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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TORRANCE, Calif., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Intellisense Systems Inc., a leading provider of environmental monitoring solutions, and HAAS Alert, innovators in digital alerting for connected vehicles, are collaborating to deliver flood warnings to drivers nationwide through mobile navigation apps like Waze. This project will address the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) mission to cultivate a "weather-ready nation" that is resilient to extreme weather events. With funding through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Intellisense and HAAS Alert are developing an integrated solution that will disseminate real-time flash flood information via mobile apps and built-in navigation software distributed by automotive manufacturers.

Key Points: 
  • HAAS Alert will ingest data from Intellisense's IoT AWARE Flood System to send flood alerts to drivers and first responders through mobile navigation apps like Waze and emergency vehicle alerting systems.
  • With funding through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Intellisense and HAAS Alert are developing an integrated solution that will disseminate real-time flash flood information via mobile apps and built-in navigation software distributed by automotive manufacturers.
  • The AWARE Flood System monitors flood-prone areas and automatically sends real-time flood alerts, data, and images via cellular or satellite communications.
  • Intellisense and HAAS Alert field-tested the system in Fredericksburg, Virginia where AWARE Flood units were fed real-time flood data and the system automatically generated flood alerts through Safety Cloud into Waze.

City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department Purchased Six High Powered Outdoor Mobile Speaker Trailers from ATI Systems, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The City of Los Angeles (LA) Emergency Management Department (EMD) recently purchased six high powered outdoor mobile speaker trailers from ATI Systems, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Jan. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The City of Los Angeles (LA) Emergency Management Department (EMD) recently purchased six high powered outdoor mobile speaker trailers from ATI Systems, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts.
  • These mobile speaker trailers will be incorporated into outdoor emergency alerting by the LA City EMD to broadcast instant warnings to residents and visitors in emergencies.
  • Carol Parks, General Manager of the City of LA Emergency Management, says, “These mobile speakers are an important part of providing emergency alerting for the City of Los Angeles.” Jennifer Lazo, Innovation and Development Division Chief of City of LA Emergency Management Department, calls these mobile speaker trailers “another tool in the toolkit of City of LA Emergency Management.”
    City of LA Emergency Management has the complex task of keeping the city safe in all kinds of circumstances, including natural disasters or human-caused emergencies.
  • ATI’s Mobile Speaker Trailers are an important component of the City of LA’s Emergency Management Department’s Instant Warning System for City of Los Angeles residents.

Genasys Inc. Secures Emergency Management and Evacuation Software Services Contract from Utah Counties

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in critical communications systems and solutions that help protect and keep people safe, today announced a Genasys Emergency Management (GEM) and Zonehaven software-as-a-service (SaaS) contract from three contiguous Utah counties.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, Jan. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in critical communications systems and solutions that help protect and keep people safe, today announced a Genasys Emergency Management (GEM) and Zonehaven software-as-a-service (SaaS) contract from three contiguous Utah counties.
  • "Eastern Utah counties Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah join 39 counties in five Western states employing Genasys public safety software services under multi-year contracts to better protect their residents during disasters and critical events," said Richard Danforth, Chief Executive Officer, Genasys Inc. "A national monument, a large dam in a national recreation area, and extensive oil and natural gas production facilities are located in these Utah counties.
  • Emergency management officials will use GEM and Zonehaven to alert and evacuate people endangered by wildfires, flooding, oil and natural gas incidents, and other life safety hazards."
  • Genasys life safety solutions help ensure at-risk individuals and populations receive critical communications before, during, and after crisis situations.

Phillips Exeter Academy Campus Lockdown Drill Using ATI Systems’ Mass Notification Solution

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022
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The Campus Lockdown Drill took several minutes to perform, and the ATI Systems speaker solution performed flawlessly.

Key Points: 
  • The Campus Lockdown Drill took several minutes to perform, and the ATI Systems speaker solution performed flawlessly.
  • The Campus Lockdown Drill was presided over by Phillips Exeter Academy Director of Campus Safety Services and Risk Management Paul Gravel and by Safety Operations Manager Andrew Pixley.
  • Phillips Exeter Academy and ATI Systems look forward to continuing their longstanding partnership.
  • ATI Systems Mass Notification Systems easily integrate with other warning systems, such as IPAWS and National Weather Service as well as with digital alert systems to provide more complete alerting solutions.