CHATHAM, N.J./PRWEB/October 2, 2008 ---
Desktop Alert, Inc. a Premier Department of Defense Net-Centric alert and
notification technology alliance today announces the award of a network
based alerting system acquisition supporting Air Force Space Command’s
341st Missile Wing today. The U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) has
expanded its usage of the Desktop Alert Mass Notification System at
Malmstrom Air Force Base located in Cascade County, Montana. In support
of the 341st Missile Wing’s command and control mission the award has been
competitively attained by Team Notification’s FSPS Inc., a Colorado
Veteran-Owned small business and alliance member with Desktop Alert. A
key aspect of this win is as a result of Desktop Alerting architecture
driving another technology alliance member,
Dialogic Communications Corporation’s Communicator NXT in
an interoperable modality to accomplish key force protection notification
scenarios. Dialogic Communications Corporation’s Communicator NXT is the
most prevalent telephony mass notification system installed at DoD
locations worldwide.
The Desktop Alert Enterprise Edition Server will guarantee alerts are served to thousands of personnel and machines with critical content delivery to desktops in less then one minute in most scenarios. Desktop Alert is built on the Microsoft .Net Platform. Desktop Alert's open systems architecture will continue to manage the fabric of rapidly evolving alert, notification and response technologies. Desktop Alert integrates with numerous 3rd party vendor technology and our focus is to integrate with and support customers existing mass notification capabilities such as giant voice siren systems, public address, intrusion and alarm systems, surveillance systems and more.
Malmstrom officially entered the ICBM age with the activation of the
341st Strategic Missile Wing (341
SMW) from
Dyess AFB, Texas, where it had
previously operated as the 341st Bombardment Wing. The 341 SMW and
Malmstrom AFB became the nation's first "Ace
in the Hole," dubbed by President John F. Kennedy during
the
Cuban Missile Crisis. The wing has
Minuteman missiles spread across
23,000 square miles (60,000 km2) of
Montana. The 10th, 12th, and
490th Strategic Missile Squadron were
equipped with the Minuteman II, and the 564th has the Minuteman III.
"Desktop Alert was previously installed by Peterson Air Force Base Space
Command as the primary ip-based notification system for the entire base a
few years ago. The system has since been used hundreds of times for
exercises and emergencies at the base. Recently the platform has attained
an evaluation grade of "E" for excellent after several years of usage at
the base. Shortly after the Peterson deployment Desktop Alert was
installed for mass notification usage at The United States Air Force
Academy and Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado. To date, Desktop Alert
has never lost a single bid to the United States Air Force. The
best product and best value is still the number one criteria for selection
within the United States Military and Desktop Alert is highly honored by
the selection and will continue to provide state-of-the-art and affordable
mass notification technology for The United States Armed Forces", said
Howard Ryan, CEO, Desktop Alert Inc.
Desktop Alerts' client application is
built on Microsoft's Internet Explorer Browser and as such the client
application never needs updating now or in the future by Desktop Alert in
order to sustain functionality. This is crucial as the alert system is
only as good as the client application which delivers the alert to a
workstation or laptop. Microsoft handles all browser updates and a such
to date AND in its entire company history Desktop Alert has never had to
update its client applications browser technology for military networks.
This saves the Department of Defense an immense amount of money on
unnecessary bloated recurring maintenance contracts and the U.S. Military
response to our technology is indicative of their acknowledgment of
Desktop Alerts affordable mass notification platform. For example:
McGuire Air Force Base has never ever needed an update to the Desktop
Alert client application by Desktop Alert. The whole process is managed
automatically by Microsoft automatically at no charge!
Alerts are created using the web-based Desktop Alert administration
interface. The interface employs an embedded html editor which enables the
publisher of the alert to create alerts and to preview and publish using
rich text media if desired. External applications easily share data and
commands with the Desktop Alert Platform Architecture, via an easy to a
use web-services application programming interface (API).
Templates may be created using the Desktop Alert administration
interface. Alert format and content can be created and saved as a
template for rapid future usage. Templates can be quickly employed for
publication automatically based on predefined scenarios or manually by any
authorized alert publisher resulting in rapid alert publication.
Desktop Alerts web-based management system provides three levels of access
to the alert interface that include administrator, moderator and
end-user. These accounts are created automatically based on the existing
organizational unit (OU) structure of the Active Directory.
About Desktop Alert, Inc.
The Desktop Alert Emergency Mass Notification System utilizes "Actionable
Intelligence." The ability to in-place intelligent methods, functions and
triggers that interact with and bring crucial data to and from end-users
based on end-user and/or management's predefined business rules and
settings. Desktop Alert enables and provides all of the parts needed to
execute controlled information management and content distribution. The
United States Air Force seeks the best mass notification technologies
available. To date, The United States Air Force has not nominated a
"de facto" standard for any mass notification platform.
About FSPS
FSPS, Inc., is a
certified project management consultant to the commercial and federal
research and development (R&D) sectors with over 20 years experience in
systems-based Project Management. Members of FSPS are internationally
recognized project management researchers and conference speakers, and
have appeared in leading professional management trade magazines. Members
of FSPS are on the Board of Directors of the American Society for the
Advancement of Project Management (www.asapm.org),
as well as the Licensing Executive Society's - Software Licensing Task
Force (http://www.usa-canada.les.org/).
CONTACT:
David Zadick (dz@desktopalert.net)
Desktop Alert
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