NEW YORK, NY, Dec 04 (MARKET WIRE) --
Send Word Now, the leading provider of on-demand alerting and response
services, today
announced that they have been selected by the City of New York to provide
emergency email and SMS notifications to residents in Lower Manhattan and the
Rockaways as part of the Notify NYC pilot alert program. For the pilot
emergency notification system, information will be limited to events that
directly impact the pilot communities, but anyone can sign up for the
service, regardless of residency. This service will notify residents of
emergency situations in their area, either via an SMS text message to
theircell phones, or an email.
Although Notify NYC is only using SMS and email initially for these two
pilot
regions, the Send Word Now's Alert Service uses multiple modes of communication
including text messaging, telephones, mobile phones, email, pagers, BlackBerry
devices,and other PDAs to initiate two-way, interactive communications to
thousandsof people within minutes.
"Send Word Now is the only NY-based alerting and response firm and we are
pleased to have been selected to participate in this high profile engagement
right in our backyard," said Michael J. Sher, Chief Strategic Officer at Send
Word
Now. "We support a number of NY-based government agencies and corporations with
the
capability to reach thousands of people within minutes, anywhere in the world."
Send Word Now has a 7x24x365 world-class customer support center as well
asthe redundancy, security and scalability required for all types of
time-sensitive situations.
For a demonstration of Send Word Now's Alert Service, please click on the
following link:
-- Demonstration of SWN Alert Service
About Send Word Now
Send Word Now is the leading provider of on-demand alerting and response
services
driving effective communication during time-sensitive situations. The
easy-to-use,
web-based services are used by corporations, government agencies, and
educational
institutions to ensure fast, effective, two-way communication in real-time,
ensuring continuity during time-sensitive events -- anywhere, anytime,
regardless of
location, device or connection. The company is headquartered in New York City.
More
information about Send Word Now can be found at www.sendwordnow.com. Send Word
Now. Get Word Back. See the Results.
Send Word Now and Send Word Now Alert Services are trademarks of SWN
Communications Inc.
Contact:
Maria Doyle
Red Javelin Communications, Inc.
(781) 964-3536
maria@redjavelin.com
www.redjavelin.com
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