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Government Security News Names Send Word Now as Finalist in the Best Mass Notification System Category in GSN's 4th Annual Homeland Security Awards Competition
NEW YORK, NY, Nov 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Send Word Now, the leading global provider of emergency notification
and on-demand alerting and response services for federal agencies,
announced today that Government Security News has named the company a
finalist in the Mass Notification Category in 4th Annual Homeland
Security Awards Program.
The annual contest celebrates the public-private collaboration that
makes up the United States homeland security apparatus by presenting
awards to leading vendors of IT and physical security products and
solutions, and to federal, state, county and municipal agencies for
notable achievements in government programs, projects, strategies and
initiatives. The finalists and winners were selected by a panel of
objective judges, according to Jacob Goodwin, Editor-in-Chief of
Government Security News.
"We are very proud to be a finalist in this year's Homeland Security
Awards competition," said Tony Schmitz, President and CEO of Send
Word Now. "Send Word Now has been a technological leader in the
notification industry for years. This selection is a further
testament to our company's demonstrated excellence, innovation, and
commitment to homeland security and to our many clients in the
federal arena."
Send Word Now's DIACAP certified alerting service continues to lead
the emergency notification market in feature development,
international support and security. Send Word Now was the first mass
notification vendor to release features such as single-sign on (SSO),
full encryption of data at rest, digital signatures and two-factor
authentication. Send Word Now was also the first emergency
notification provider to offer native mobile applications for
iPhone(R), Android, and BlackBerry(R), integrated weather alerting,
and incident management services.
A complete list of Homeland Security Award finalists can be found at
www.gsnmagazine.com. All winners will be announced -- and celebrated
-- at a gala dinner GSN is hosting at the Washington, DC Convention
Center on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.
About Send Word Now
Send Word Now is the leading provider of
on-demand alerting and incident management services for both routine
and emergency communication. The easy-to-use, web-based emergency
notification service is used by government agencies, municipalities,
universities, non-profit organizations and businesses, including many
Fortune 500 companies, to ensure fast, effective, two-way
communication in real-time. Send Word Now's Alert Tracer(R) provides
a full audit trail of messages sent and received for after-action
reporting and follow-up. Designed to reach anyone, anywhere, anytime,
with any device over any type of connection, Send Word Now's mass
notification system is capable of transmitting hundreds of thousands
of voice and text messages in minutes. The company is headquartered
in New York City. Visit Send Word Now on the web at
http://www.sendwordnow.com or email us at info@sendwordnow.com.
Follow Send Word Now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sendwordnow and
check out our new blog for industry news and insights at
http://www.sendwordnow.com/Company/Blog.
About GSN: Government Security News
Founded in 2003, GSN: Government Security News is the standard of
editorial quality in the homeland security field and a rich source of
news, analysis, interviews, new products and technologies in all
aspects of homeland security, from access control and airport
security to biometrics, border protection, disaster recovery,
emergency preparedness, IT security, maritime and port security, rail
security, security services, state and local governments and urban
security.
Marketing Contact:
Sheri Ann Laza-Schmitz
Send Word Now
(212) 379-4937
slaza-schmitz@sendwordnow.com
SOURCE: Send Word Now
mailto:slaza-schmitz@sendwordnow.com
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