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Desktop Alert Inc. Mass Notification Platform Attains DIACAP Certification and Approval to Operate (ATO) On SIPRNet Networks for Use in Iraq Theater of Operations (ITO)

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:20:00 GMT

Desktop Alert Inc. Becomes the First CENTCOM Accredited Network-Centric Emergency Notification Platform with Approval to Operate (ATO) on SIPRNet Networks and now operating in IRAQ. This COTS capability is ready for immediate deployment.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) October 23, 2008 -- Desktop Alert, Inc. a Premier Department of Defense commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Single Sign-On (SSO) Net-Centric Alert and Notification Technology Company today announces that the company has successfully passed testing under the direction of CENTOM in IRAQ. The Desktop Alert Mass Notification Platform is now available for implementation throughout the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM).

Desktop Alert can deliver thousands of pop-up messages to NIPRNet and SIPRNet with recorded information to computer screens within seconds as needed. Desktop Alert enables the delivery of audio-visual signals that comply with and provide highly effective critical response, readiness and situational awareness operation capabilities for all Multi-National Forces in IRAQ.

"Desktop Alert is now approved and available for implementation throughout the theater. The Desktop Alert ATO and DIACAP milestones document to all CENTCOM networks that Desktop Alert has met the standard process which requires all Department of Defense systems to achieve and maintain their Approval to Operate (accreditation). Having accompanied our engineering team to IRAQ, I personally witnessed the professional commitment and thorough nature of the evaluation and testing process which took several months but the effort was well worth it. Presently, Desktop Alert is providing the only such notification system in IRAQ to have attained these accreditation's. Our company is honored to have the responsibility to provide the first such capability to protect our troops with such an outstanding net-centric emergency notification platform. Desktop Alert now provides enterprise-class network-centric alerting systems for emergency notifications, force protection, situational readiness, anti-terror warnings and critical communications in theater every day." said David Zadick, President, Desktop Alert Inc.

About Desktop Alert, Inc.:

Desktop Alert is multi-media, GIS enabled mass notification platform used to deliver rich media such as live surveillance video, images, audio files, giant voice, interactive Flash files and other applications to desktops and other devices such as telephones, cell phones, e-mail and mobile devices. The Desktop Alert Emergency Mass Notification System utilizes "Actionable Intelligence"; the ability to implement 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 network rules and settings. Desktop Alert enables and provides all of the components needed to securely execute controlled net-centric information management and content distribution.

6 REASONS NOT TO USE A BROWSER POPUP WINDOW FOR DESKTOP NOTIFICATION

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:34:00 GMT

When considering a purchase for a desktop alert type mass notification system avoid a system (or designing a system) that employs the usage of a browser pop-up window as the alert agent.

REASONS

End User Key Macros will close the window (Alt-F4 etc)
The user can minimize the alert
Browser Pop-Up blockers will block alert
Window can lose UPPERMOST window status by something as simple as a mouse click on a document and the user will not see the alert
The pop-up is reliant on scripting which opens a myriad of issues all which may result in the pop-up window not opening at all.
Browsers crash

There are many other reasons. This is a highly ineffective and unreliable method.

U.S. Air Force Space Command Expands Usage of Desktop Alert at Malmstrom Air Force Base

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:46:00 GMT

U.S. Air Force Space Command Expands Usage of Desktop Alert at Malmstrom Air Force Base

Joint Press Release from Team Notification. Desktop Alerts publishes mission-critical interactive alerts to thousands of military personnel for real world scenarios, emergencies and urgent message instruction.

For Immediate Release

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
601 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
WASHINGTON D.C. 20004
202-684-6801

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SOURCE: Desktop Alert, Inc.

Desktop Alert Client Application | No Support Costs Ever! Why? Read More.....

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:50:00 GMT

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.

For example: McGuire Air Force Base has never ever needed an update to to the Desktop Alert client application by Desktop Alert.

The whole process is managed automatically by Microsoft automatically at no charge!

Most if not all other products on the market require updates to sustain operation of proprietary desktop alert client applications. Further, Desktop Alert provides all source code of the client application to its clients. The client is a mere wrapper application which has Microsoft Internet Explorer embedded.

This approach avoided equates to additional support costs AND puts at risk the operational capability of the client application itself.

The lack of update requirements with the Desktop Alert client application has sustained our companies values and vision which state that the best software is software that always works without any additional cost(s).

Our track record with the U.S. Military corroborates these views. McGuire Air Force Base and other military installations have never spent a single dollar on client application upgrades since day one of our first DoD contract.

Our client application being based entirely (100%) on Microsoft Internet Explorer insures to the customer that the Windows Platforms works with the Desktop Alert client application from an authentication and integration standpoint. This benefits the customer as new emerging technologies will work within the client application as Microsoft updates the machines browser. Recently, Microsoft Silverlight was used in a Desktop Alert client. Because Microsoft manages the browser updates. The functionality was automatic. All without an update from our company.

Additional benefits to the customer include the fact that clients can utilize website scripts that have already been created for use on the clients website. Those scripts can be incorporated into the desktop alert itself since the desktop alert client is in essence Microsoft Internet Explorer.

An example of this might be a data collection page on a website such as a comments page/form submission.

That page and script could be cut and pasted directly into Desktop Alerts WYSIWYG html-enabled editor for publication to end-users resulting in data collection from end-users to data repositories, Blackberry's or other data storage mediums.

Because of the Desktop Alert client applications IE architecture, the following list is a mere sampling of the applications capability:

send video alerts
embed flash objects
embed Microsoft Excel documents
embed Microsoft Word documents
embed Microsoft PowerPoint documents
embed jpeg, gif, png and other image formats
embed animated gif formats
embed data collection web pages with custom java/vb scripts
embed Microsoft Virtual Earth GIS Technology!
embed html-enabled chat platforms
embed audio alerts, GIANT VOICE ALERTS
and much much more

If you can do it in a web browser, you can do it in Desktop Alert!

This is the value proposition.

Desktop Alert : Then and Now

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:23:00 GMT

I usually do not post twice in a day but wanted to bring over this video interview between Microsoft Regional Director Stephen Forte and myself which really captures in a nutshell what desktop alert is about. It's about 30 minutes but an excellent resource as the unscripted session delves into the beginnings of the internet itself and explains the weave of events and technologies which took place that led to the eventual formation of Desktop Alert.

IP-Based Mass Notification Proliferates

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:07:00 GMT

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Unified intelligence, actionable intelligence and situational awareness are critical processes within the United States Military 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The success of a mission or exercise is totally reliant on an effective chain of command and its deployment capability of effective communications.

The United States Military has always been a leader in its embrace, support and utilization of information technology for the warfighter machine and that trend continues. The military is now utilizing innovative communications systems that less than 10 years ago were totally unimaginable.

Enterprise implementations of ip-based alerting platforms at many military sites worldwide have sprung up and enabled command leadership to instantly notify all personnel equipped with computer workstations, mobile laptops, pagers, Blackberry's, RF devices, loud speaker systems and telephones with intelligently routed unified information.

With the advent of notification platforms operating on ip-based networks within minutes thousands or even millions of nodes on the network can receive intelligently routed unified information. Unified communications have taken center stage within corporate and industrial organizations too who seek to bolster general communications and mitigate emergency scenarios. The good news is that some of these systems are available for costs comparable to the cost of a few in office copy machines.

Rather than manage and administer to the dissemination of critical, secret or top secret information across multiple publication channels with separate interface inputs, web-based administration consoles now corral and manage all notifications within a single interface.

The Desktop Alert 4.0 interface solution works for the U.S. Army in both small and large scale deployments based on requirements. For example, an administrator at The United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA), New York can alert all personnel on base with emergency or non-emergency situational data. In a recent past performance analysis conducted by USMA the Desktop Alert 4.0 system attained an E grade (Excellent) based on tests, exercises and actual installation emergencies during 2008. The USMA is protecting tomorrow’s leaders today.

The United States Army Garrison HQ At Heidelberg Germany has now in-placed Desktop Alert 4.0 with a capability to notify over 40,000 personnel using the system in Europe.
Peterson Air Force base Command, Colorado has utilized Desktop Alert for over two years for sending alerts across the entire network to all personnel with resounding success and most recently the Multi-National Force-Iraq at COB Speicher procured Desktop Alert for usage in battle zones for emergency alerting, personnel recall and personnel accountability.

The implementation of ip-based notification technology has also reduced communication costs dramatically. None more so evident in that of the reduction of costs associated with premised based auto-dialer solutions. In the old days the best way to communicate was with a phone call. Making 10,000 phone calls instantly equated to spending a fortune on telephones, lines, clunky and prohibitively priced auto-dialer servers and substantial money allocations for recurring maintenance support for these legacy systems. Whereas the costs to make such calls instantly could costs millions of dollars, the cost can now be reduced to a fraction of the original and less effective cost by utilizing ip-based notification technology.

Ex:
A desktop alert can be published to 10,000 desktops instantly with one mouse click or automatically. The Desktop Alert 4.0 accountability report indicates that only 8500 of the messages were actually seen or "engaged" by the end-user. The resulting 1500 user’s information is then rolled up into a report and sent to the premised based auto-dialer which then has the task of making 1500 calls as opposed to 10,000 calls it would have had to make if the desktop alert capability was non-existent.

Thus there is clear and unambiguous proof that unified communications are not only bolstered but the more communication requirements demanded the lesser the resulting cost. This is a departure from notification platforms that while reliable, restricted maximum capability due to staggering costs.

IP-Based technology is also a doorway to new and undiscovered technologies. Ip-based desktop alerting is now available utilizing a newly released GIS capability where an administrator or operator of the Desktop Alert Platform can use Microsoft Virtual Earth to select a named area of interest (NAI) with polylines to a map and quickly send an alert.

The resulting synopsis is that ip-based notification technology is bolstering communications while bringing the cost to do so down as well as opening new doorways to new and exciting technological capabilities.

Desktop Alert Establishes Washington D.C. Presence

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:00 GMT

Desktop Alert has established a office presence in Washington D.C. located at:

Desktop Alert Inc.
601 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington D.C. 20004

Customers in the D.C. Area can contact Desktop Alert at 202-684-6801.

The new office represents an expansion of Desktop Alert's Federal Division Sales and Support teams to serve our expanding clientele base in the nations capital, Maryland and Northern Virginia.

The sales team is available between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. EST.

Support is available 24x7 both on-site and by e-mail support.

E-mail support for Maryland, Virginia and Washinton D.C. is:

DCsupport@desktopalert.net

DESKTOP ALERT BASELINE UNVEILED

admin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:06:00 GMT

Desktop Alert has completed its baseline configuration for usage on network rollouts.

Designed with UML methodologies the Desktop Alert Baseline (DAB) deployment instantly rolls out command-wide deployments of the Desktop Alert Mass Notification Platform to all nodes on the Active Directory/LDAP. Additionally, disparate networks can extend to DAB by virtue of a service application which runs on each network and shares data and commands using XML via web services.

This is enabled with Microsoft’s’ Group Policy Editor in the Trusted Sites Zone Template. In seconds cooperating networks become federated with the deployment of Desktop Alert and instantly become unified through the Desktop Alert web services extensibility.

Active Directory site topology is a logical representation of a physical network.

While disparate Active Directory’s (Networks) may not share directory information directly, they may share a unified deployment, management and presence process with the Desktop Alert Mass Notification Platform using DAB.

This is a paradigm shift in the deployment architecture of legacy systems which fail to OR do not yet utilize web services for all aspects of platform deployment and maintenance.

The deployment and maintenance at all nodes is a top down architecture which provides quality assurance at levels that virtually eliminate heaps of unnecessary and staggering recurring maintenance costs.

By virtue of the fact that all deployments are identical regardless of hierarchical placement on the network node structure, unification is seamless and management replication is effortless due to the standardized deployment using a strict typecast.

In the management hierarchy process the permissions roles, scenario response capabilities and all other aspects of the platform are managed by the top node, Head Quarters.

HQ may OR may not enable some or ANY of the alert platforms management features to certain locations as ALL locations share the SAME CODE BASE.

This is truly a unified and distributed approach to mass notification that goes beyond sending unified alerts to multiple devices. The tightly distributed typecast of the platform enables quality assurance standards that are both state-of-the-art and highly affordable as the maintenance costs actually plunges with each installation.

As more nodes (locations) are introduced to the network, the cost goes down.

Stephen Forte, our resident architect and Microsoft Regional Director set the vision for the DAB project initiative. While the Desktop Alert cost goes down, the profit margin for the company actually goes up.

This results in one thing at the end of the day. Happy Customers.

Desktop Alert Completes SDK 2.0 Kit For Rapid Partner API Integration

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:57:00 GMT

Desktop Alert has completed Integration Software Development Kit (ISDK) 2.0 which enables rapid integration with 3rd party IP-based applications. Source code has been developed for compatibility with SQL Server 2005 and 2008. Versions are available in Visual Studio 2005 for C# and Vb.Net.

With the new SDK Desktop Alert provides RAPID integration with other IP-based platforms which utilize Microsoft Web Services.

Current and prospective clients can now integrate with the Desktop Alert Notification Engine in a snap.

The Desktop Alert SDK Integration Took-Kit provides excellent sample applications which show how instantly integrate your application.

Desktop Alert GIS augments information sharing like never before

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:42:00 GMT

Desktop Alert has recently started implementing its first to market GIS technology and the results have been pretty decent. The new capability uses Virtual Earth for mapping coordinates and the accuracy of alert targeting has not only been able to handle static IP ranges (and subnet masks) but DHCP also.

Our clients have installations which are often on the move. An installation might pick up and relocate over night requiring an immediate network configuration change. Going one step further, an installation might have numerous IP ranges. The Desktop Alert GIS Interface provides a series of options that enable RAPID administration of these tasks.

The new Desktop Alert GIS technology also provides a complete interface for integration with many devices including hand held wireless radios equipped with GIS mapping coordinates. If a soldier is down or otherwise, the coordinates can be sent with a zoom-able map image as well as audio directly to select laptops/workstations as. Battle zone video can also be sent directly to a laptop/workstation.

This changes the entire scope of GIS in how it relates to desktop alerting.

GIS alerting will become the standard requirement in no time. Desktop Alert is first-to-market with this exciting and new frontier of satellite mapping capability for content delivery to select and approved machines/devices screens/monitors by virtue of a desktop pop up.

IP addressable devices equipped with GIS capability instantly become extensible! Data transfer of actionable intelligence to the desktop and other/mobile devices is clearly an awesome augmentation of information sharing across the network. This is a substantial contribution to the science of “unified notification”.

Forward Operating Base Washinton DC

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:20:00 GMT

Desktop Alert just returned from Washington D.C. on business and while there I went down to a special shrine of a past President to commemorate the visit and reflect on America after having just returned from IRAQ. The statue looked different this time, I can tell you that much. The Lincoln Monument is a place I could go every day for lunch. Its more refreshing with each subsequent visit. Rapturing.

Later on that day I attended a Nationals baseball game and met the immortal N.Y .Met himself, Rusty Staub. I grew up watching Rusty. I will never forget the shoulder injury. This man played a World Series as an outfielder having to throw underhanded. He was the fans baseball player. Highly engaging and altruism like one has never seen.

(Wikipedia) Staub was instrumental in the Mets' upset over the 1973 Cincinnati Reds in the National League Championship Series where he socked 3 home runs and drove in 5 RBIs. He was outstanding defensively, when he robbed Dan Driessen of an extra-base hit in the 11th inning. However, while making the play in right field, he crashed into the fence extremely hard and separated his right shoulder. The resulting injury to his shoulder forced him to throw underhanded and rather weakly in the World Series.

A humanitarian, he established the "Rusty Staub Foundation" to do charitable works, and in 1986, founded the New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund. During its first 15 years of existence, the Fund raised and distributed $11 million for families of policemen and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Since September 11, 2001, Staub's organization has received contributions in excess of $112 million,and has played a vital role in helping many families affected by the disaster.

CONUS At Last

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:08:00 GMT

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The Desktop Alert Team has arrived back in the United States in what was nearly a month long road trip which took the team to IRAQ, Kuwait and Germany with a flight transfer through Bahrain International Airport. We were truly amazed out how well received AMERICANS were everywhere we went. You'll not read this in many of the press publications and media outlets, but it's true. We know it, we saw it and experienced it.

The Kuwaitis remembered what America did for their nation in the 1st Gulf War and the Germans have not forgotten the Berlin Air Lift. The success of the Berlin Air lift was humiliating to the Soviets, who had repeatedly claimed it could never possibly work.

Likewise, pundant's who claimed IRAQ was wrong for America could not be further from the truth. The surge has been a resounding success for America, IRAQ and for all those who seek democratization of the country of IRAQ and beyond. Desktop Alert is proud to serve America with its software for its contributions to America's Information Warfare machine.

The troops morale was very high. We thanked all the troops we met for their contributions and they all acknowledged and appreciated our statements. Every soldier we met seemed to both know and be proud of their calling, a calling to serve America and the cause of freedom albeit in a time where some politicians are non-supportive. America and America's future is alive and well. Our nation has risen to a higher calling.

We thank GOD that we are American's and thank GOD for those who know what to do, when to do it, where to do it and why to do it. Its entirely unpopular to do the right thing when it is unpopular. America must unite across party lines and support our soldiers. They are among this nations most precious and coveted assets.

"I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861, From His First Inaugural Address.

Desktop Alert Mass Notification Introduces GIS Capabilities

admin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:53:00 GMT

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Desktop Alert Inc. First To Introduce Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Capability For Alert Notification To Computer Workstations

See the Video!!

Our team has been hard at work pioneering the first release of GIS alerting to desktops and devices for some time. This tool will enhance force protection and situational awareness for our troops in harms way and we are proud to lead the way with the release of Desktop Alert GIS!!!! Click here for larger image.

Desktop Alert Deutschland - U.S. Army Heidelberg HQ

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:41:00 GMT

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Desktop Alert now finds its team in Germany after a successful trip in IRAQ. The team is installing mass notification systems at new U.S. Army bases and we have just completed our install upgrade at Heidelberg HQ for the U.S. Army.

The Desktop Alert system now delivers GIANT VOICE alerts to computer workstations. The city is absolutely spectacular. Below is a picture of the city.

Forward Operating Base Desktop Alert in IRAQ

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:26:00 GMT

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Our President, David Zadick has done a spectacular job at documenting our crusade across IRAQ by taking videos and pictures when and where permissible.

His site is http://www.davidzadick.com . Click on Photos and Videos when at his site.

Below David and I celebrate the Victory Tour for Desktop Alert as we travel with Americas Finest Hero's.

The base BDOC's are reporting to us that Desktop Alert has increased situational awareness and force protection at the FOBS installed by a minimum of 50% and also, that they now can finally understand the GIANT VOICE announcements!

The installs have went flawless and Desktop Alert is receiving letters of appreciation from battle zone bases. WHAT AN HONOR!!!!!!!

The bases are especially appreciative of the new GIS capabilities that Desktop Alert is providing. Now alerts can be sent to soldiers in harms way, not just soldiers by their CAC'ed in / Logged in user account.

The team is getting a natural high knowing that we are all participating in helping our troops, on site, on location, in battle zones when and where it counts.

You need to be among the soldiers, the leaders, and the civilian contractors to truly grasp the enormity of the situation as well as the requirements to truly deliver a effective and affordable solution. What good is a mass notification system if its not affordable? ZERO.

Our standard at Desktop Alert is making affordable software without charging the military millions to pay an over bloated and unnecessarily large staff. It has to be what is best for the troops as opposed to making bank accounts gush with cash for purchase of these systems combined with audacious recurring yearly maintenance programs. WE DO NOT ROLL LIKE THAT AT DESKTOP ALERT.

HOOAH!! WILLCO. OUT HERE.

Here are two favorites of mine below:

AMERICA! WINNING THE WAR ON TERROR

HAPPY TO BE THERE, HAPPY TO HELP, BLESSED TO BE AMERICANS