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e2Campus Adds ActiveAccess Desktop Alerts to Multimodal Notification System

Enables e2Campus clients to simultaneously push pop-up emergency alerts to every Mac & PC desktop at the same time as mass text messages, emails and phone calls are broadcast

LEESBURG, VA – April 7, 2009 – Omnilert®, LLC, maker of e2Campus®, the leading emergency notification system for higher education, today announced integration with ActiveAccess, a desktop content delivery platform from SpectraRep, LLC. ActiveAccess is the newest endpoint in a growing network of third party technologies that interface with e2Campus. Now that ActiveAccess is an e2Campus Certified Endpoint Provider (CEP), e2Campus clients who have ActiveAccess installed can quickly and easily connect to ActiveAccess with no additional access charge.

This new integration allows clients to send e2Campus alerts automatically and simultaneously to the school's computer desktops as a pop-up alert or text crawl without the need for logging into ActiveAccess separately. This also means students who haven't enrolled in e2Campus will still get the alerts through school computers with the ActiveAccess service.

John Casey, Vice President of Business Development at Omnilert said, “The computer desktop is a critical endpoint for e2Campus to reach because a pop-up alert will interrupt a person from whatever they are doing and force them to read the urgent news. This is vital in classroom or office settings when people are deeply focused on something and may not receive an alert otherwise until it’s too late.”

The ActiveAccess desktop solution is a non-intrusive, light-weight application that requires about as much memory as a single webpage. It can operate in any computer environment and does not interfere with campus servers or network environments. Once installed, the application sits quietly in the desktop tray. When an event does occur, campus officials can issue scrolling text alerts or graphical alerts that are delivered to the application within a few minutes after issuance. Alerts appear in front of any other open programs so they are not missed.

Tom Buono, SpectraRep CEO said, “We are pleased to be collaborating with e2Campus to bring their emergency notification system to the computer desktop. Communicating under emergency situations with a large campus population at any hour of the day is critical; especially when a desktop or laptop computer is often-times the single technology students and staff operate round-the-clock. Our combined systems will provide a comprehensive solution for campuses to secure the well being of their students, faculty and staff.”

Pricing and Availability
The new integrated solution is available today for purchase. Installation of ActiveAccess onto Mac and PC systems can be accomplished within one to two days. The training and integration of ActiveAccess into e2Campus takes about 30 minutes. Prices for ActiveAccess start at $2,500 annually for smaller universities and scale up based on student population. e2Campus prices vary based on the number of users with an average price around a dollar a semester per person for a school of 5,000 users. Contact e2Campus at 1-800-256-9264 for details on setup and installation.

About SpectraRep
SpectraRep® is a leading provider of managed network solutions, applications and systems for homeland security, public safety, education and mass media sectors. ActiveAccess™ is SpectraRep’s solution for delivering emergency alerting to the computer desktop. SpectraRep uses the ActiveAccess solution, in combination with its AlertManager™ and IncidentOne™ solutions, to provide a comprehensive emergency alert notification resource for state and local governments, colleges and universities, as well as businesses and organizations. As an application originally designed for mass notification by state and local governments, ActiveAccess is easy to download and meets the information, security and notification needs of the general public. For more information about SpectraRep’s ActiveAccess, visit www.spectrarep.com or contact Rodger Melchiori at 703-802-2979.

About e2Campus
Used by more than 600 campuses around the country, e2Campus is the Tier-1 multimodal emergency notification network that enables school officials to self-administer and send time-sensitive messages for a fraction of the cost and complexity of existing notification solutions. There is no traditional software to install, no hardware to buy and no additional phone lines needed. A school can set up a secure notification network in minutes to send routine, urgent or emergency notifications to their entire campus community or smaller groups, such as branch campuses, residence halls, or staff-only. e2Campus instantly and simultaneously sends multimodal alerts to a subscriber's mobile phone (via SMS text message), landline phone (via voice message), computer desktop, e-mail accounts, and RSS reader, plus 3rd party campus infrastructure such as loudspeakers, fire/security systems, LCD/LED digital signage, alert beacons, Facebook Pages, Twitter Accounts, and relevant school Web pages. To learn more, visit http://www.e2Campus.com.

About Omnilert
Omnilert, LLC is leading the way in multimodal mass notification systems. The self-service, Web-based system enables a single person to communicate timely information to thousands of people anywhere, anytime, on any device in real time. The company’s 1,400 clients include the U.S. Army, Boeing, Harvard, Tennessee Titans, UNICEF and the National Institutes of Health. Through one simple interface, Omnilert’s highly-redundant network simultaneously sends content directly to a mobile phone (SMS), traditional phone (voice), computer desktop (pop-up), e-mail address, Web page, RSS reader, Facebook Page, Twitter account, digital sign, alert beacon, and loudspeaker. Omnilert solutions are sold under the brand names e2Campus, Amerilert, and RainedOut. The privately held company is headquartered in Leesburg, Va., and at http://www.omnilert.com online.

Omnilert, e2Campus, Amerilert & RainedOut are trademarks of Omnilert, LLC. All other trademarks, trade names, or company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective owners.