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RainedOut Wins Soccer Product of the Year Award

The FREE+ text alert service wins ‘SPY Award’ for ‘Best Web Application’ by TopDrawerSoccer.com

LEESBURG, Va., January 19, 2011 – Omnilert®, LLC, maker of RainedOut™, the leading provider of event and group communication services, announced today that RainedOut has won the 2011 Soccer Product of the Year Award for Best Web Application. The 2011 SPY Awards, hosted by TopDrawerSoccer.com, recognized all the best products and services that make up the soccer scene. RainedOut was announced the winner during the 2011 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) annual convention in Baltimore last week. RainedOut is a FREE+ text message alerting service used by soccer clubs and leagues across America.

“It is an honor to be recognized as a soccer product of the year,” said Ara Bagdasarian, CEO of Omnilert. “We are excited about 2011 and the introduction of our sponsor-based fundraising model – so leagues not only have the best communication system, but they can also raise funds with every message sent.”

“We are pleased to recognize the efforts made by the soccer innovators at RainedOut. They have created a fantastic product and companies like this are taking soccer to another level in this country. RainedOut can truly benefit everyone involved in soccer – from players to coaches to parents,” said Max Boigon, vice president of operations at TopDrawerSoccer.com.

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About RainedOut
Established in 2004 and used by 1,000s of organizations, award-winning RainedOut is the leading event and group communication service. This FREE+, sponsor-supported service enables non-technical people to send instant alerts to the entire community for improved communication. It is used to cancel events, give directions, recruit volunteers, send reminders, and much more. As a cloud-based service, messages can initiate from a net-connected PC or from the field using a standard cell phone. Through one simple interface, RainedOut instantly and simultaneously broadcasts alerts to subscribers’ mobile phones (via SMS text message) and e-mail accounts, and to the organizations’ own Web pages, RainedOut Page, Facebook Page, and Twitter Account. To learn more, visit www.RainedOut.com.

About Omnilert
Omnilert, LLC develops intuitive communication technologies that help communities stay safe and connected. The company’s flagship service is a Tier-1 unified mass notification system that enables a single person to communicate timely information to thousands of people anywhere, anytime, on any device or service. The award-winning company's 3,000 clients include the U.S. Army, Bayer, Mazda, sanofi-aventis, Arizona State University, Penn State, Marine Corps Marathon, YMCA, American Red Cross, and UNICEF. Omnilert solutions are sold under the brand names e2Campus, Amerilert, and RainedOut. The privately held company is headquartered in Leesburg, Va., and at www.omnilert.com online.