San Diego, California --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- January 18, 2006 – MIR3™, the technology leader in Intelligent Notification™ solutions, today announced that Shure® Incorporated, a global leader in audio electronics, has contracted with MIR3 to provide notification services. Shure will utilize MIR3’s inEnterprise, which works in conjunction with standard corporate databases such as LDAP, Microsoft® Active Directory®, Oracle®, Peoplesoft®, SunGard® ParagonTM and Strohl Systems® LDRPS®, and allows organizations to consolidate communications across all divisions into a single Intelligent Notification platform. The ability to integrate across divisions simplifies the deployment process and decreases the upkeep time spent on maintaining the integrity of the notification system.
inEnterprise will allow Shure’s designated personnel to notify hundreds of employees simultaneously on any device, including landlines, mobile phones, pagers, PDAs and email, about weather-related office closure information, to convey company news and announcements, as well as for high-priority communications that could affect business continuity in the event of a regional or facility-related crisis.
According to Shure’s Chief Information Officer, Paul Erbach, MIR3’s business reputation for supplying top-notch customer and technical support, as well as the proven reliability of MIR3’s Intelligent Notification technology, were the key reasons that Shure named MIR3 as its notification service provider.
“We needed a technology solution that would allow us to reach all of our associates in the event of a crisis. Of all the systems we tested, and we did test quite a few, MIR3’s notification was the only one that returned a hundred percent of the notifications successfully,” said Erbach. “It also offered more features than the other service providers which gives us the option of utilizing MIR3 in other departments and applications within Shure. That flexibility was very appealing to us.” inEnterprise features MIR3’s Enterprise Access Control (EAC™), which brings a new level of security to enterprise-wide communications. MIR3’s EAC allows designated users, defined by their role and those security attributes, to send time-sensitive communications only to their defined departmental sphere of influence. It increases the level of accountability and security required of high priority communications for government, military and globally distributed organizations with stringent security policies in IT, corporate security, supply chain / logistics, human resources, and sales divisions.
“MIR3 is extremely pleased to add Shure to our growing list of customers,” said Margi Schmidt, Senior Vice President of Business Development at MIR3. “After 80 years in business, Shure has become an established, globally renowned company in the audio electronics industry. Shure is a also a technology innovator that reap the benefits of our advanced notification technology to make communicating with its employees more effective and in turn, will be able to service its customer base more efficiently.”
About Shure, Inc.
Founded in 1925 as a one-man operation, Shure Incorporated is a global provider of audio electronics. Headquartered in Niles, Illinois, Shure manufactures and distributes audio processing equipment, phonograph cartridges, wireless systems, and personal monitors. Since 1925, Shure’s microphones and electronics have been the tools of choice for politicians, musicians, corporations, churches and broadcasters around the world. Shure’s most visible and well-known users include Grammy® winners such as India.Arie, Nelly Furtado, ‘N Sync, Christina Aquilera, Buddy Guy, Patti LaBelle, Brandy and the Dixie Chicks, among others.
Shure Chooses MIR3’s inEnterprise for Company-Wide Business Continuity and Emergency Communications
United Network For Organ Sharing Implements Emergency Notification System
Emergency Notification For Donor Coordination
New York, NY --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- January 11, 2006 - Send Word Now, an emergency notification and incident management service, has recently signed an agreement with United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to collaboratively build and deliver electronic notifications of available organs between the transplant and organ procurement communities. Send Word Now will offer web services and technology support to UNOS in order to decrease the time it takes donor coordinators to communicate with transplant teams.
"The Send Word Now service helps organizations with time-critical communications and coordination," said Mitchell Orlowsky, President and CEO of Send Word Now. "We believe that our service will help to dramatically improve the placement of organs with patients by more effectively transmitting the time-critical data that is necessary to successfully complete the organ transplant process."
According to UNOS'Assistant Executive Director for Technology Berkeley Keck, "Electronic notification will replace individual phone calls, and donor data posted on UNOS' secure site will replace faxing the same information to multiple transplant centers. The time it takes to place an organ will be reduced substantially."
UNOS'Organ Center staff and procurement coordinators at Organ Procurement Organizations will use Send Word Now's delivery tool to distribute notifications about organ offers to transplant centers using phone- and text-based communications devices. E-mail and text messages will include URL links to UNOS'secure web pages containing medical information about the donor and the organ being offered. Transplant team members can follow these links to view the information they need to decide whether to accept an organ for the patient to whom it is being offered.
"By the beginning of 2007, transplant centers will respond electronically to organ offers. We hope to increase survival rates by considerably reducing the time it takes to place each organ," said Keck.
About UNOS
A private, nonprofit organization, UNOS manages the nation's organ transplant system and oversees the world's most comprehensive database of clinical transplant information under contract with the federal government. UNOS operates the 24-hour computerized organ sharing system, matching donated organs to patients registered on the national organ transplant waiting list. UNOS seeks to increase organ donation through education and improve transplant success rates through outcomes-based research and policymaking. Transplant scientists and health officials recognize UNOS-developed technology applications as the international model for organ sharing.
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