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Arizona State University and Others Make Switch to e2Campus for Improved Multimodal Emergency Notifications

Plus new ENS Conversion Service allows schools to upload data from previous ENS into e2Campus at no extra charge

LEESBURG, VA – August 21, 2008 – Omnilert®, LLC, maker of e2Campus®, the leading emergency notification network for higher education, announced that Arizona State University, King's College, University of Toledo, and other institutions have made the switch to e2Campus for improved multimodal emergency communications. e2Campus also announced a new program called the ENS Conversion Service that allows schools to bulk upload data from their previous emergency notification system into e2Campus at no extra charge.

Paul Moran, Executive Director of IITS at King's College said, "We upgraded to e2Campus because it gives us a centralized interface to broadcast emergency alerts to our campus PA system, our web page, and as SMS text messages, voice calls, RSS feeds, and emails. It helps us cover all our bases because e2Campus automatically broadcasts to everyone's email address and the PA system whether people have opted-in or not. Their solid reputation and long history of reliability makes me feel confident we made the right choice with e2Campus."

Arizona State University also recently switched to e2Campus from another provider. Adrian Sannier, Vice President and University Technology Officer, stated, "e2Campus allows ASU to provide both emergency notifications to the ASU Community as well as other messages for a variety of campus services. This kind of flexibility becomes increasingly important as the population of college communities like ASU become progressively mobile."

Ara Bagdasarian, President of Omnilert, LLC, said, "We have received numerous calls from colleges and universities that want to upgrade to e2Campus. Because we require recipients to opt-in to receive alerts, these schools were concerned about going through the collection process again. With our new ENS Conversion Service, clients can now import data from their existing ENS into e2Campus free of charge.”

The ENS Conversion Service allows schools to upload vetted data from their existing emergency notification system into e2Campus at no extra charge. Under the new program, e2Campus will waive the requirement for subscriber opt-in and waive the fee for an e2Campus technical engineer to manage the database uploads. For more information, visit: www.e2Campus.com/convert.

About e2Campus
Endorsed by Security On Campus Inc. and used by more than 500 campuses around the country, e2Campus is the 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), e-mail accounts, and RSS reader, plus 3rd party campus infrastructure such as loudspeakers, fire/security systems, digital signage, alert beacons, and relevant Web pages. To learn more, visit http://www.e2Campus.com.

About Omnilert
Omnilert, LLC is leading the way in multimodal mass communications for sending time-sensitive information to large groups of people. The self-service, Web-based system enables a single person to communicate timely information to thousands of people anywhere, anytime, on any device. It is ideal for announcing school closings, game cancellations, weather warnings, terrorist alerts, and marketing promotions. Omnilert’s multimodal network sends content directly to a mobile phone (SMS), traditional phone (voice), e-mail address, Web page, RSS reader, digital sign, alert beacon, or loudspeaker. Omnilert solutions are sold under the names e2Campus, Amerilert, RainedOut and through resellers. The privately held company is headquartered in Leesburg, Va., and at http://www.omnilert.com online.