Technology Firsts
Constant innovation to always keep our clients ahead of the curve
Omnilert can offer the world's most advanced critical communications network because we are constantly innovating.
Omnilert's Industry-Leading Firsts
- First mass text messaging service for schools to alert students and parents, called e2Campus
- First ENS reviewed favorably by Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Tech Introduction Panel (TIP)
- First to offer mobile opt-in to emergency notification systems (ENS)
- First ENS capable of same day setup for live implementation
- First ENS capable of 30-minute setup for live implementation
- First to offer opt-out manager to walk clients through bulk registration instead of user opt-in
- First to offer Auto Opt-Out letting users schedule their own removal from alerts during initial signup
- First to offer SmartCode technology enabling clients to display ENS functionality on clients' own website
- First ENS for schools to integrate with the OASIS Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
- First ENS to unify disparate emergency alerting systems into one intuitive screen
- First ENS to integrate with Facebook
- First ENS to integrate with Twitter
- First ENS to integrate with RSS
- First ENS to integrate with digital signage
- First ENS to integrate with alert beacons
- First ENS to integrate with giant voice systems
- First ENS to integrate with public address systems and fire alarm enunciators
- First ENS to integrate with desktop alerting systems
- First ENS to broadcast via TTY/TDD for hearing-impaired
- First ENS to initiate alerts from a smartphone without making a call
- First ENS to offer Single Sign-On with Shibboleth
- First to offer webinar series on best practices in emergency notification and crisis communications
- First anonymous text-a-tip service for schools, called uTip, enabling crime tips to come in via text message
- First to offer bully deterrent system combining technology with psychology to deter bullies, called Bully-Buster
- First to offer free group text messaging service for sports leagues and events, called RainedOut
- RainedOut is first social media network with no requirement for usernames or passwords for subscribers
- First to offer self-serve mobile advertising embedded in another party's text messages
- First to offer FREE+ fundraising capability that allows RainedOut clients to raise money while sending alerts
- First to offer an industrial-grade text message dispatch service for fire fighters, called Amerilert First Responder
- First text messaging dispatch system to integrate with Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems
- First text messaging dispatch system to receive replies from responders with ETA
- First to launch a Multimodal Showcase enabling clients to shop for 3rd party ENS endpoints
- First ENS to offer a character counter for dispatchers to instantly determine proper message length
- First to offer clients a Hotline that answers 1000s of calls without busy signals or load on client's telco network
- First ENS offering instant crisis collaboration, called uConference, allowing clients to create virtual situation rooms via ad hoc secure outbound teleconference calls
- First ENS with "SMS Inbox" that manages ongoing text message dialog with emergency alert recipients
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