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AtHoc Receives Unified Communications® Magazine’s 2010 Product of the Year Award

AtHoc IWSAlerts emergency mass notification solution has been selected as Unified Communications magazine’s 2010 Product of the Year for commitment to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace.

A recent integration with the Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) marks the first Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) integration with a network-centric mass notification system. This unique capability will enable VoIP phones to become a vital component of a pervasive emergency mass notification system. AtHoc IWSAlerts with Cisco integration is an outstanding example of innovative enterprise-class software that has been successfully used to ensure public safety. With CUCM, AtHoc IWSAlerts integrates into an organization’s emergency alerting system, transforming Cisco IP phones into an indoor public address system on every desk to notify personnel if the need arises.

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AtHoc IWSAlerts Net-Centric Mass Notification Wins Security Products’ 2011 Govies Award for Leadership in Homeland Security Category

AtHoc has been recognized by Security Products with the 2011 Govies Award for outstanding government technology, achieving top status for leadership in innovation and customer adoption with the successful deployment of AtHoc IWSAlerts. The cloud-based, net-centric mass notification technology protects property and more than 2 million military and federal government personnel (approximately 40 percent of the U.S. federal government).

AtHoc software is utilized in real-world emergencies, including the recent tragic shooting at Fort Bliss and in response to the Gulf oil spill. Every day, AtHoc is used by hundreds of government, healthcare, commercial, and higher education organizations, including the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security for physical security, force protection, personnel accountability and personnel recall.

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AtHoc is awarded the 2010 Government Security News (GSN) Homeland Security Award for the integration of its Unified Notification Server with Cisco Unified Communications Manager

AtHoc’s ability to integrate its Unified Notification Server with Cisco UCM leverages Cisco VoIP technology and delivers a critical, life-safety application. The results are a comprehensive, seamless solution that transforms all Cisco IP phones into an audio/visual indoor public address system, fulfilling emergency mass communication requirements. This allows the organization to manage, trigger and control enterprise emergency mass alerts and accountability processes across multiple communication devices from a single, unified console. In recognition of this achievement, the Government Security News (GSN) has awarded the 2010 Homeland Security Award to AtHoc.

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The U.S. Coast Guard’s New Alert System, Based on Athoc’s IWSAlerts Garners a 2010 Government Security News (GSN) Award

With the introduction of its new “network-centric” Alert and Warning System (AWS) 2.0, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has implemented a unified, emergency mass notification solution that can quickly alert 50,000 personnel via phone, SMS/text messages to mobile devices,  e-mail and fax. AWS 2.0 was built on Athoc’s IWSAlerts application, providing unifying architecture which allows deployment in a centralized data center. The judges in GSN’s homeland security awards program have awarded the winner’s trophy to the U.S. Coast Guard in the “Maritime/Seaport Security Program, Project or Agency” category. This system has demonstrated its capabilities by managing federal responses to crises, including earthquakes in Haiti and American Samoa and in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

U.S. Coast Guard Wins Government Computer News’ Award for Emergency Mass Notification System Based on AtHoc Technology

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Wins Government Computer News (GCN) Agency Award for its Enterprise-Wide Alert and Warning System 2.0 (AWS 2.0). The USCG is being recognized by GCN for “Outstanding Information Technology Achievement in Government” for its AWS 2.0, which is built on AtHoc’s IWSAlerts net-centric emergency mass notification solution. The system is being used by more than 100 Coast Guard facilities to send alerts to 50,000 Coast Guard personnel and the maritime community.

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AtHoc Wins Security Products New Product of the Year Award for its Innovative AtHoc IWSAlerts software, an Enterprise-Class Net-Centric Emergency Notification System

AtHoc’s innovation centers on the use of IP technology for mass notification and emergency alerting, a capability that traditionally was handled using outdoor sirens and indoor public announcement (PA) systems. The use of IP technology for mass alerting enables reaching personnel wherever they are, on a LAN, WAN or mobile network, using mass bi-directional communication. The Security Products New Product of the Year Award honors the outstanding product development achievements of security equipment manufacturers whose products are considered to be particularly noteworthy in their ability to improve security.

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UCLA Wins Homeland Security Award for its Deployment of AtHoc’s Net-Centric Emergency Mass Notification System

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) wins the Government Security News (GSN) Homeland Security Award for its deployment of 3rd Generation Mass Notification Technology by AtHoc. UCLA is recognized as the “Most Effective State Government Security Program, Project of Agency” for Innovative and Effective Use of
IP-Based Technology to Protect Students and Staff.

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AtHoc Wins the International Stevie Award for its Innovation in the Physical Security and Public Safety Market

AtHoc is honored for its 3rd generation net-centric mass notification solutions that support physical security and public safety markets. By creating a unified and redundant multichannel alerting system, emergency operators drastically reduce the time to disseminate alerts and provide a consistent message across all channels.

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2008 Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation in the Mass Notification Market

This prestigious award acknowledges the success of AtHoc IWSAlerts™, a comprehensive network-centric notification system that utilizes existing IP networks to communicate during an emergency. This enterprise-class solution combines IP and traditional notification channels into a unified platform to quickly and efficiently deliver alerts during an emergency.

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Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley Software and IT Companies

AtHoc's growth and success is due to the unique and groundbreaking approach taken to emergency notification. In 2006, AtHoc recognized the growing use of the IP network for physical security applications and created a solution that leverages an organizations’ existing IP network as the fastest and most reliable way to notify people during emergencies. After pioneering network-centric emergency alerting, the company then focused on integrating its solutions with traditional alerting systems to create a single, unified mass notification platform.

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