MADISON, WI – January 22, 2010 – Singlewire Software, LLC, (www.singlewire.com), developer of innovative voice applications centered around secure, fast, and reliable mass notification, today announced a partnership with Valcom (www.valcom.com), manufacturer of loudspeaker, telecommunications, and intercom paging systems, for producing InformaCast-compliant speaker endpoints.
Singlewire InformaCast is a full-featured notification system that allows users to simultaneously send an audio and/or text message to a variety of endpoints including IP speakers and overhead paging systems. It is implemented by over 2000 organizations in 35 countries worldwide.
Valcom, the largest provider of telephone-integrated paging systems, will be manufacturing an extensive line of IP-based, PoE (Powered over Ethernet) speakers utilizing Singlewire’s InformaCast-compliant protocols for delivering emergency notification, mass notification, and overhead paging. InformaCast-compliant IP speakers from Valcom will enable customers to take full advantage of the many notification products offered by Singlewire’s network-centric solutions, facilitating the transition from an analog-only paging environment to an IP-based paging solution.
“Valcom has a great reputation in the industry for manufacturing and delivering high-quality speakers and paging systems,” states Paul Shain, CEO of Singlewire Software. “By making these systems compliant with Singlewire InformaCast, Valcom customers will gain the value of industry-leading software tools to manage and deliver a host of next generation notification solutions.”
“This partnership is a big win for building managers as well as public safety officials,” states Ken Bywaters, Executive Vice President of Product Development at Singlewire. “Valcom worked closely with us in the development of their speaker firmware to ensure compliance with our InformaCast protocols. Schools, government agencies, healthcare facilities, and any organization deployed with Valcom paging can now easily extend notification to new endpoints and systems on their IP network.”
“We are excited to offer an array of 24 InformaCast compatible audio endpoints including IP speakers with features such as built-in clocks and talkback capability, IP Paging Horns and InformaCast compatible paging gateways. The InformaCast endpoints are PoE and made in the USA,” states John Mason, President of Valcom, Inc.
Valcom’s endpoint products are available through major communication distributors or through Valcom directly. Singlewire InformaCast can be ordered through registered partners or ordered direct.
About Valcom: Since 1977, Valcom has been providing the highest quality loudspeaker paging and telecommunication system enhancement intercom products. For nearly 15 years, Valcom has supported IP loudspeaker paging to thousands of customers including large corporations, universities, State and Local governments, the military and smaller companies that have widely spread operations. Valcom IP Solution provides highly reliable IP communications, IP Intercom Systems and IP based Multimodal Mass Notification Systems. Valcom’s products are manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities in Roanoke, Virginia USA and include an extensive line of IP and analog page control interfaces, gateways, ceiling/wall speakers, paging horns, clocks, background music, power supplies and door entry systems. To learn more, please visit www.valcom.com
About Singlewire: Singlewire, based in Madison, WI develops and supports innovative voice applications centered around secure, fast, and reliable mass notification capabilities. Main offerings include: InformaCast, InformaCast CK, PushToTalk, and DORA, and allow customers unprecedented control in designing mass notifications, assigning them to specific recipients, and determining the medium for dissemination—IP phones, IP speakers, email, etc.—all with the peerless capacity for customization to our customers’ specific environments. To learn more, please visit www.singlewire.com.
Media Contacts:
Brad Parkel
Director of Marketing
Singlewire Software, LLC
608.661.1154
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