Rochester Institute of Technology selects RecoveryPlanner.com and 3n for Integrated Emergency Planning & Response System

Glendale, CA. --[Emergency Notification News]-- October 30, 2007 – 3n has announced today that Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has officially selected the combination of 3n’s InstaCom 5.0 mass notification solution and Recovery Planner’s RPX business continuity software to expand RIT’s continuity planning and emergency communications capabilities.

RIT had a vision of an emergency planning and response system that could address all imaginable scenarios for their geographically diverse campus. “The more comprehensive and effective the emergency plan and the more accurate the data is that respondents rely on for immediate action, the more lives might be saved,” said Jonathan Maurer, Director of Business Operations at RIT. After an extensive review and system evaluation, RIT’s management found that the combination of RecoveryPlanner RPX and 3n InstaCom 5.0 was the complete solution to make their vision a reality.

“We needed a system that would provide us with the flexibility and integration that were a ‘must have’ requirement in our environment”, said Jonathan Maurer. “Recovery Planner’s RPX delivered on those needs through its flexible Enterprise Modeling Engine and BCP 2.0 architecture with real time integration facilities. By linking our student information system and Oracle HR straight into RPX we were able to reflect campus wide changes in real-time. From the time a student updates their information in our portal, it’s literally seconds before the changes are reflected in our emergency response plans. This means that our worst case scenario has gone from thousands of bad contacts to just a few. Given what’s at stake, this is monumental.”

RIT discovered that the best continuity and emergency response software programs typically integrated with “best of breed” dedicated two-way emergency notification systems. RIT decided that their ideal solution would be the combination of RecoveryPlanner RPX and 3n’s InstaCom 5.0. RPX and InstaCom 5.0 leverage the most technologically sophisticated platforms available today, with SaaS (Software-as-a- Service) architectures designed to provide the highest possible service levels and delivery speeds for urgent communication at an extremely low cost-per-message.

About RecoveryPlanner.com – Enterprise Continuity Management^SM
Since 1999 a singular vision of - “True Continuity” - has propelled RecoveryPlanner.com. RecoveryPlanner.com supports institutions of all sizes through their Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for enterprise continuity management. Please visit www.RecoveryPlanner.com, or call 1- 866-925-3950.

Source: Vendor Press Release

Brown University Implements MIR3’s Emergency Notification System

SAN DIEGO -- [EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS] -- October 16, 2007 – MIR3™, the technology leader in Intelligent Notification (IN®) solutions for global enterprises, announced today that Brown University in Providence, R.I., has enhanced campus safety and communications with the implementation of inCampusAlert™, an emergency notification system that supports all types of voice- and text-based communication devices.

Brown University will use MIR3’s Web-based inCampusAlert to deliver two-way advisories and instructions to nearly 20,000 students, faculty, staff and others via cell phones, satellite phones, land lines, wireless PDA, text pager, email and other communication devices.

Walter C. Hunter, vice-president of administration and chief risk officer at Brown University said, “The MIR3 emergency notification platform improves our ability to communicate quickly and effectively with our community in emergency situations.”

“We’ll emphasize the importance of keeping contact information, such as cell phone numbers and email addresses, current,” said Hunter. “We’ll also be testing the system regularly so that our students, staff and faculty know what to expect and can appreciate the speed and power of the system first hand. By periodically testing the system, we’ll also know what contact information needs to be updated.”

Brown University began exploring faster, more reliable communication solutions several months ago. After evaluating the technology of several emergency notification vendors, the contract with MIR 3 was signed during the summer, and the system is already operational.

According to Amir Moussavian, MIR3 president and CEO, “Using inCampusAlert, a school can set up a secure, high-speed notification system in minutes without having to purchase or install software, hardware or extra phone lines. Its flexibility and ease of use allow customers to send messages from almost anywhere, any time and to any type of device. Additionally, inCampusAlert can be used for both urgent and important message delivery to the entire campus or to selected groups, such as specific schools, buildings, dormitories or academic departments.”

Additionally, through its OEM partnership with Edulink Systems, Inc. in Anaheim, Calif., MIR3 has shown strong performance and market leadership in the K-12 arena. Edulink has helped more than 50 school districts dynamically build emergency call lists straight from their student information system and incorporate emergency notification capabilities into their parent communication plans. These districts include some of the largest in the United States, such as Prince William County Schools, San Bernardino USD and Arlington ISD.

Source: Vendor Press Release

Send Word Now and BNET Partner to Deliver Emergency Notification for Corporate Emergency Access System Members

System Members Successfully Notified During Manhattan Steam Pipe Explosion Emergency

LAS VEGAS --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- September 24, 2007 - Send Word Now, a provider of on-demand alerting and response services, has announced a partnership with Business Network of Emergency Resources Inc. (BNET) a to integrate BNET’s CEAS with Send Word Now’s real-time mobile alerts via text and voice messages on cell phones, BlackBerry and Treo devices.

Created by BNET, the Corporation Emergency Access System (CEAS) uses a “critical employee access card” system to mitigate the economic loss incurred through unforeseen emergencies such as the recent steam pipe explosion in Manhattan, which resulted in travel and access restrictions. By enabling business to initiate a re-entry and recovery process as quickly as possible, CEAS allows companies to maintain core IT systems, meet regulatory requirements and secure critical data and records in the aftermath of an emergency; all with the aim of continuing the functions of business throughout or soon after a disaster.

During this summer’s steam pipe explosion on Lexington Avenue in New York City, steam and mud were forced from the ground near Grand Central Station on East 41st Street from Third to Lexington Avenue forcing people to evacuate the area. With the Send Word Now service, BNET was able to send text or voice alerts to CEAS members’ cell phones and PDAs. They were notified immediately when CEAS was activated by the City and were given status updates on the situation.

“We were extremely impressed with the deployment of the CEAS program at the site of the Manhattan steam pipe explosion, and were pleased that the Send Word Now on-demand alerting and response service was such a vital part of our communications,” said Peter Picarillo, Executive Director of BNET, Inc. “Response to an emergency is clearly more than just evacuating people; it is also about getting people back in. This emergency situation demonstrated to us and to all the CEAS participating businesses that the City of New York takes business recovery very seriously.”

In addition to New York City, BNET’s CEAS program has also been implemented in Buffalo, New York, Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Stamford, Connecticut. More cities like Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are expected to participate in the near future. Any city, county or state can adopt CEAS through a written agreement with BNET. Once adopted by a municipality, any business can elect to participate in the program, assigning a designated number of CEAS cards to critical employees or contractors, prior to any emergency or disaster.

Source: Vendor Press Release

MIR3 Announces International SOS OEM Medical Alerting Agreement

MIR3's inWebServices integration to provide Intelligent Notification to International SOS global network of Medical Assistance Alarm Centers

SAN DIEGO, CA --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- September 19, 2007 – MIR3™, the technology leader in Intelligent Notification (IN®) solutions for global enterprises, has signed an OEM agreement with International SOS, the world's leading provider of medical assistance, international healthcare, security services, and outsourced customer care to deliver MIR3's Intelligent Notification technology--two-way phone, cell, SMS, email, and pager capability at any time, any where - to clients globally through International SOS Online Services.

"When combined with the International SOS global network of Alarm Centers, the joint solution ensures the accuracy and availability of the latest client information, such as medical condition, family contact details, and certification for air evacuation." Todd Schofield, chief technology officer of International SOS, said, "At International SOS, we are constantly looking for innovations that can further improve our emergency response infrastructure. Delivered through our Online Services tools, the coupling of the MIR3 intelligent notification engine with our global network of 27 Alarm Centers will enhance the speed and cost efficiency of our emergency response infrastructure."

“The MIR3 fast, secure communication platform is a natural solution to the demanding notification requirements of a leading global enterprise operation such as International SOS,” said Dan Long, chief technology officer at MIR3. “Our global infrastructure ensures the success of our partners.” MIR3’s inWebServices™ product allows OEM partners to tightly integrate MIR3’s communication engine into their applications and infrastructure. Built on secure, enterprise-grade technology, inWebServices bridges the gap between all standard forms of communication to enable high-speed two-way communications to tens of thousands of users and devices across all modalities, including email, wireless pager, PDA, landline, mobile phone, satellite phone, TDD/TTY, fax, and two-way SMS. MIR3's notification capabilities can also be used for routine high- volume messaging and all-purpose broadcasting such as administrative notices to employees, messages for coordinating staffing and schedules, and delivering important, auditable information to customers.

About International SOS
International SOS is the world's leading provider of medical assistance, international healthcare, security services and outsourced customer care. With 5,000 professionals operating in over 70 countries, International SOS helps organizations manage the health and safety risks facing their travelers and global workforce. Working in some of the most inhospitable places on earth, International SOS offers international standards of medical care where it is not available or where cultural and language barriers exist. For more information , visit www.internationalsos.com, phone Petrina Ong at +65 6330 9826 (Singapore) or email petrina.ong@internationalsos.com

Source: Vendor Press Release

e2Campus Partners with Alertus Technologies to Offer Emergency Notifications to Radio Controlled Alert Beacons

Latest technology empowers colleges and universities to easily push urgent news to mobile recipients and fixed high-traffic areas around campus

HOLLYWOOD, FL --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- July 30, 2007 – From the ACUTA 36th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Omnilert™, LLC, maker a mass notification system for higher education called e2Campus™, today announced that their e2Campus technology will simultaneously broadcast urgent messages to radio controlled Alertus Notification Beacons. This will enable a wider transmission of time-sensitive mass communication to reach all visitors, students, faculty, and staff in campus buildings. Through a centralized interface, any authorized campus official can conveniently push an urgent message to the campus Web site, to Alertus Notification Beacons and digital signage systems around campus, and to the mobile phones, email accounts, and RSS readers of the entire campus community.

This new mass notification delivery method is available today for purchase and implementation. Current e2Campus customers should contact Alertus Technologies for details to install alert beacons on their campus. Current Alertus Technologies customers should contact Omnilert to learn how they can setup a mass notification in less than an hour.

About Alertus Technologies
Alertus Technologies, LLC helps campuses solve the emergency response challenge of notifying thousands of students and staff occupying dozens or hundreds of buildings of a threat or crisis. The Alertus solution is a simple, easy to use, essential tool for instantly communicating with your campus community in any emergency – violent acts/terrorism, natural disasters, hazardous materials incidents, and epidemics. In seconds, safety leaders can deliver a clear, informative message to all or a select group of areas, buildings, or corridors by activating wireless wall-mounted Alertus Notification Beacons. Alertus Technologies was established in 2002 after a tornado ravaged the University of Maryland campus killing two students and threatening thousands of other students and staff. To learn more, visit http://www.AlertusTech.com.

Source: Vendor Press Release

Partnership Integrates Send Word Now Services with iJET’s Worldcue® Global Control Center

Integrated solution provides on-demand two-way notification and response worldwide

ANNAPOLIS, MD --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- July 23, 2007. iJET Intelligent Risk Systems, a provider of global intelligence, business resilience technology and integrated emergency response services, today announced a partnership with Send Word Now, a provider of on-demand alerting and response services. Through this partnership, iJET clients will benefit from enhanced capabilities for communicating with traveling employees, expatriates and emergency response teams in any part of the world using multiple devices, at a moment’s notice.

Send Word Now alert services are now directly accessible from iJET’s Worldcue® Global Control Center, enabling joint clients to monitor threats to their people and assets as well as send two-way urgent notifications from a single portal platform.

“The global scope of our operations requires actionable intelligence, asset tracking capabilities and reliable emergency communication,” said Mark Cheviron, Corporate Vice President of Security and Services at Archer Daniels Midland. “We appreciate the convenience of accessing Send Word Now and Worldcue Global Control Center through a single platform, saving us valuable time in responding to urgent situations.”

“Business exposure goes well beyond security and health concerns in one region, extending instead to a range of threats around the world,” said Tom Shoemaker, CEO of Send Word Now. “iJet and SWN customers can now send two-way alerts using both voice and text to quickly communicate with personnel at risk and require a response to rapidly assess the situation in real-time.”

Worldcue Global Control Center provides corporate and government organization users with timely, predictive intelligence around operational threats, a unified view of their people and assets around the globe, immediate access to key employee and asset information and integrated communication capabilities and coordination. The system offers corporate users a single platform for immediately relating threats to travelers and assets and initiating the most appropriate notifications and responses.

“Business resiliency calls for organizations to establish systems for effectively avoiding and responding to a range of operational disruptions around the world,” said Marty Pfinsgraff, COO of iJET. “Integrating Worldcue and Send Word Now helps to fulfill the emergency communication needs of our clients.”

About iJet Intelligent Risk Systems
iJET Intelligent Risk Systems provides operational risk management, helping multinational corporations and government organizations monitor, protect against and respond to global threats. iJET’s Worldcue® solutions help clients monitor and assess global threats relative to their key people, facilities and supply chain assets; track and communicate with travelers and expatriates; and deploy emergency response services throughout the world. Providing a unified view of threats to assets, iJET enables clients to mitigate risks, reduce corporate liability and prepare for and respond to crises. For more information about iJET, please visit www.iJet.com


Source: Vendor Press Release

MIR3 Intelligent Notification to Provide OEM Emergency Notifications for COOP Systems

SAN DIEGO, CA [EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- July 18, 2007 – MIR3™, the technology leader in Intelligent Notification (IN®) solutions for global enterprises, has signed an OEM agreement with COOP Systems, a leading provider of software and services for continuity planning in the public and private sector. COOP Systems’ myCOOP™ product is a next-generation Business Continuity Management (BCM) software package, designed to support distributed and global BCM programs.

When combined with the MIR3 global enterprise communication infrastructure, COOP Systems will be able to provide a powerful, seamless, real-time solution that quickly and effectively sends alerts and gathers responses when a critical BCM event occurs. “Adding the functionality of MIR3’s Intelligent Notification solution, coupled with its global infrastructure, enables us to deliver a superior product with fault tolerant communications,” said Chris Alvord, chief executive officer of COOP Systems. “We are pleased to partner with a market leader as strong and innovative as COOP Systems,” said Dan Long, chief technology officer at MIR3. “We are confident that the addition of the multimodal two-way communication system will benefit COOP Systems’ clients.”

MIR3’s inWebServices™ product allows OEM partners to tightly integrate the MIR3 communication engine into their applications and infrastructure. It is built on enterprise-grade technology that bridges the gap between all standard forms of communication to enable high-speed two-way communications to tens of thousands of users and devices across all modalities, including email, wireless pager, PDA, landline, mobile phone, satellite phone, TDD/TTY, fax and two-way SMS. MIR3's notification capabilities can also be used for routine high-volume MIR3 to Provide OEM Emergency Notifications for COOP Systems messaging and all-purpose broadcasting such as administrative notices to employees, messages for coordinating staffing and schedules, and delivering important, auditable information to customers.


Source: Vendor Press Release

Siemens and AtHoc, Inc., Partner to Deliver Emergency Network-Notification to First Responders and the Military

Partnership adds emergency network-notification to Siemens HiPath Dispatch command and control console, extends Open Communications to public sector and military emergency responders

BOCA RATON, Fla. (June 18, 2007) --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- Siemens Communications, Inc.,[NYSE: SI] and AtHoc, Inc., a provider of network-centric (notifications delivered to computers/PDA's connected via WAN/LAN) emergency notification systems, today announced a partnership to integrate AtHoc's IWSAlerts™ into Siemens' HiPath Dispatch command and control console. The new partnership extends Siemens Open Communications to federal, state, local and tribal public safety responders, K-12 and higher education, and the military. The partnership enables first responders and the military to save more lives and property through improved communications coordination and interoperability.

HiPath Dispatch operators can send alerts through IWSAlerts at the touch of a button on their consoles. The HiPath Dispatch console enables command center and emergency operations center personnel to communicate with virtually any communications device anywhere, anytime through an IP network.

"Failures in emergency communications systems have exacerbated every major disaster of the last decade," said Charles Jennings, Chairman of Regional Alliances for Infrastructure and Network Security (RAINS), a nonprofit public-private alliance dedicated to developing and deploying Internet-based homeland security systems. "Internet-based systems-which offer increased survivability, greater flexibility and inherent interoperability-are the clear solution. Industry partnerships such as Siemens' and AtHoc's are essential to deliver the next-generation emergency communications capability that our country urgently needs."

"Siemens' commitment to improving public safety and military communications is based on meeting public safety organizations' and the military's needs, not just technology, and applying technology to best serve the public good," said Mike Lewis, Vice President of Federal Solutions at Siemens Communications. "This is our key role, to understand our customers' business and become their trusted partner and advisor. With technology as an enabler, we help our government, military, business and educational partners operate more easily and effectively during a crisis, when every moment counts."

About Siemens Communications, Inc.
Siemens Communications, Inc. is one of the world's leading vendors of Open Communications solutions for enterprises of all sizes, enabling business processes to be more productive, faster and more secure - with any device, network or information technology infrastructure. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG with about 15,000 employees globally and headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.

For more information, please visit http://www.usa.siemens.com/communications.



Source: Vendor Press Release

MIR3 Selected by AtHoc as its Service Provider for Telephony Notification

MIR3 to provide Global Telephony Notification Services to AtHoc via inWebServices.
inWebServices Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification Initiative Continues to Grow.

San Diego, California --[EMERGENCYNOTIFICATIONNEWS] -- April 12, 2007 – MIR3™, the technology leader in Intelligent Notification™ solutions for global enterprises, today announced the company has entered into an agreement with AtHoc, Inc., a leading supplier of enterprise-class network-centric alerting systems, to provide AtHoc and its customers with telephony notification subscription services.

Under the terms of the agreement, MIR3 will provide AtHoc with the ability to trigger telephone notifications using MIR3’s global telephony alerting capabilities. As part of inWebServices, MIR3 exposes its products’ application programming interface (API) as a Web service, making it easy for partners and customers to integrate MIR3 alerting capabilities into their own alerting applications.

“Many of our customers use AtHoc’s IWSAlerts™ net-centric alerting system to fulfill their requirement for a single central notification system that manages and triggers all forms of alerting simultaneously. By partnering with MIR3, we now have a strong option for triggering telephony alerting,” stated Aviv Siegel, chief technology officer for AtHoc. “By connecting the MIR3 service via Web services, telephones act as an extension of our IP-based notification management system. This complements our ability to alert all IP-connected devices, send SMS messages, activate public announcement systems, trigger the national Emergency Alert System (EAS), and provide many more alerting capabilities.”

“After evaluating the notification services market,” continued Siegel, “it became clear that MIR3 has expertise with services oriented architecture and Web services – they know how to deliver on both. They have provided us with a true ‘plug-and-play’ solution that allows us to integrate and ship our products faster.”

MIR3’s chief strategy officer (CSO), Frank Mahdavi, commented, “AtHoc’s unmatched success in the DoD, government and large commercial enterprise markets makes them an ideal partner for MIR3. We believe that AtHoc is positioned to become the alerting standard in the DoD and within the government physical security and force protection market, and we’re excited to be part of the solution. Our Intelligent Notification platform has been widely adopted by system integrators, developers and communication solution providers, due in large part to our commitment to a service oriented architecture, ease-of-implementation, scalability, security and reliability.”

MIR3’s president and CEO Amir Moussavian said, “We came into 2007 with the clear goal of delivering our emergency-ready global notification capability technology to developers and partners through the inWebServices Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification initiative. AtHoc’s partnership is important to us and we believe that this agreement illustrates MIR3’s technology lead in global enterprise notification. We’re deployed by the largest businesses across diverse corporate functions such as sales and marketing, corporate communications, supply chain management and business continuity, and we look forward to additional partners joining us.”

MIR3 inWebServices is built on the SOAP 1.2-compliant XML J2EE standard. The inWebServices Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification program costs nothing to join, but registration is required. Developers and integrators can register for the program here.

Source: Vendor Press Release

MIR3 Intelligent Notification Unveils Industry-first Global Emergency Notification System

• 'Anywhere Enterprise' features Preferred Call Routing, Incident Management and Topic Subscription.
• MIR3 Accelerates inWebServices Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification™ Initiative with PHP Toolkit.

San Diego, California --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- March 27, 2007 – MIR3™, the technology leader in Intelligent Notification™ (IN®) solutions for global enterprises, today introduced a first-of-a-kind global emergency notification system at this week's Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) Spring World 2007 conference in Orlando, Florida. MIR3's new Intelligent Notification v2.8 introduces technologies developed directly for the global outbound notification requirements of Global 500 petroleum, financial and consumer-product companies. Designed to make critical emergency and non-emergency communications of multi-national companies private, more efficient and cost effective, MIR3’s Intelligent Notification v2.8 now includes preferred routing, incident management, topic subscription and multi- language support, among others.

• The preferred routing feature works in concert with geo-dispersed MIR3 telephony and application servers to reduce operating costs and protect data privacy via tighter control over global telephony routes.
• Incident management offers better visibility into events that threaten continuity of operations throughout all business units of the company, no matter where they are located.
• Topic subscription increases productivity and information sharing by enabling individuals to easily keep abreast of job-relevant, critical events outside their local sphere of operation.
• Integrated multi-language features enable Global 500 companies to meet the communication challenges of international operations and government agencies to communicate with non-English speaking employees, customers, partners and citizens during emergency situations in their native language.

“The largest corporations in the world have driven the latest developments of version 2.8,” said Amir Moussavian, president and CEO at MIR3. “This represents an important step toward a complete set of global emergency and non-emergency notification and management tools.”

According to Ken Landoline, program manager for Yankee Group's enterprise research group, “We believe that the next two to three years will bring an explosion of growth in the intelligent notification segment of the enterprise market. MIR3’s technology platform, already proven in many Global 100 companies in terms of scalability, reliability and protocol independence, makes it an ideal offering for enabling the vision of an 'anywhere enterprise' requiring ubiquitous connectivity.”

MIR3’s enterprise-grade technology bridges the gap between all standard forms of communication to enable high-speed two-way communications to tens of thousands of users and devices across all modalities, including email, wireless pager, PDA, landline, mobile phone, satellite phone, TTY, fax and two-way SMS. MIR3's notification capabilities can also be used for routine high-volume messaging and all-purpose broadcasting such as administrative notices to employees, messages for coordinating staffing and schedules, and delivering important, auditable information to customers.

New PHP Toolkit Demonstration Accelerates inWebServices Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification Initiative

“Our new multi-language online demonstration created with our inWebServices PHP Toolkit brilliantly shows the unlimited deployment possibilities for Intelligent Notification by Web developers worldwide,” Moussavian added. “Our inWebServices Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification initiative has been received enthusiastically by the OEM and system integration communities. With the release of our inWebServices PHP Toolkit to Web developers, we have accelerated the adoption of two-way, interactive, multi-modal communication into every business unit all over the globe.”

The MIR3 IN platform is powered by inWebServices, an advanced technology built on the SOAP 1.2 compliant XML J2EE standard. This API, which is also available for downloading from the MIR3 Web site, allows the MIR3 IN platform to integrate with a wide variety of third-party enterprise systems supporting Web Services and Service Open Architecture. For complete information on integration with the MIR3 IN platform and the inWebServices Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification™ initiative, please click here.

Source: Vendor Press Release

MIR3 Announces inWebServices Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification Program to Expand Global Enterprise Solutions

MIR3 empowers Integrators and Developers to deliver Global-Ready Applications with Innovative Proactive Messaging and Multiple-Language Support.

MIR3 Debuts New inWebServices Powered by Intelligent Notifications™ Mark.

SAN DIEGO --[EmergencyNotificationNews] -- February 15, 2007 – MIR3™, the technology leader in Intelligent Notification™ solutions for global enterprises, today launched an OEM marketing program for developers and integrators called in®WebServices™ Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification™. Membership in the program will streamline the use of the MIR3 Application Programming Interface (API) and provide on-demand access to an API user group, and API developer and technical support forums. MIR3 will also offer co-marketing assistance and an Intelligent Notification Solutions Directory, listing members’ Web services-enabled solutions.

The Intelligent Notification Solutions Directory is aimed at energizing and formalizing a community of developers that are creating web services-based solutions to link emergency and routine notifications with business processes, databases, web services and workflows within an enterprise and across the corporate value chain.

MIR3 inWebServices is built on the SOAP 1.2-compliant XML J2EE standard. The program does not cost anything to join but registration is required. Developers and integrators can register for the program here.

Frank Mahdavi, MIR3 chief strategy officer, said, “We believe the program will enable members to explore new business models, expand their current offerings into global enterprises and importantly - save development dollars. MIR3 has wide global deployment, used by some of the largest businesses across corporate functions such as sales and marketing, corporate communications, supply chain management and business continuity. The technology will bring an emergency-ready global notification capability into the web services arena for all program members.”

MIR3 Debuts 'inWebServices Powered by Intelligent Notifications™' Mark
In conjunction, MIR3 also launched the new inWebServices Powered by MIR3 Intelligent Notification™ logo, which identifies a wide range of web services solutions using the MIR3 API engine. As part of MIR3’s co-marketing program, MIR3 licenses the logo to OEMs for placement in their qualified services, technology and marketing materials.

Frank Mahdavi added, “MIR3's technology and software product portfolio cover a wide array of functions from comprehensive global enterprise notification solutions to OEM developer solutions and related services, to individual applications that support specific market segments like emergency notification and community alerting. The new inWebServices Powered by Intelligent Notifications™ logo provides a way to easily identify those solutions built with MIR3's API engine.”

Publishing a Press Release, Changes and Deletions

We accept vendors into our vendor library that have emergency notification 'Client-Success' releases, and announcements from related clients with 'Introduction of Service' press releases.

Our suggestion is for vendor and clients to collaborate for the most successful press:

1) Publish your Emergency Notification Implementation Announcement Promptly.

• Send us your original press release - if we don't have to search for it? It gets published faster. We don't publish releases from copyrighted wire services.
  
• Publish your press release as an HTML file without line breaks. PDF-only is a barrier to publishing and ultimately indexing.
  
• Vendor? See #2
• Client? See #3

2) Vendors: Help your clients succeed.

• How do e.n.n. prospects contact you if they want to engage your service or acquire your product?
• After purchase, provide your clients an FAQ and a standard press release so they can publish to their city/campus page. Include instructions to forward this to emergenews(at)gmail.com.
• Issue a real press release via HTML into your press section - not a "news" section accessible only via MS i.e 7 asp browsers with links to third party news.
• Be sure to include a test plan and test metrics that you can provide to your client to publish in a press release. Provide the test results in a clear statistical read-out and and an appropriate press release template.
  
• Please omit the hyperbole. The market leaders are obvious here.
  

3) Clients: Help your end-users understand emergency notification.

• By far - the largest amount of searches during the 2007 San Diego Fires were - "SIGN UP- OPT- IN - SAN DIEGO - UCSD - PEPPERDINE - MALIBU" - that is - disaster victims looking to “opt-in” to almost-impossible-to-find database entry forms. Where do the students/city residents log in to add their cell #'s? They and we, searched and for the most part couldn't find the correct opt-in pages.
• Ask your vendor for a generic press release that allows you to publish the facts and "where-do-i-go. " We daily track down many cities that rely on local news to publish the details - however, we can’t cross-publish due to copyright restrictions. Please help.
• Be sure that your vendor includes a test plan and test metrics that you can publish in a press release. Ask for previous client test results, a sample of the test to be provided, and finally the test results in a clear statistical read-out and and an appropriate press release template.
  
• How do your constituents opt-in RIGHT-NOW during the emergency ? Add the details in your press release. Make them clear. These instructions will index here and allow your citizens to the find them in an emergency.

Send Request-for-Changes, Deletions, Press Releases or Inquiries here.

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