May/Jun 2009
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
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Georgia State Optimizes Emergency Mass Notification
A major urban university with more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students needed a mass notification system capable of delivering immediate notification and instructions if there is an emergency on campus. But timely text, e-mail and phone messages can often be hampered by bandwidth-limitations and lack of flexibility.
White Paper: Mass Notification Start-up Guide
This starter guide to mass notification, provided by AMGAlerts, outlines the benefits of closed-loop, private mass notification systems as opposed to the practices commonly used in K-12 and higher education.
White Paper: 11 Questions About Your Crisis-Response Plan
The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, virus that began in late April created a secondary pandemic of anxiety, as businesses, schools and governments contemplated the prospect of widespread quarantines and shutdowns.
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11 Ways to Relieve Your Mass Notification Headaches |
According to Campus Safety magazine’s second annual mass notification survey, the top three challenges campus public safety officials face are emergency alert system cost, text message system enrollment and throughput. The following solutions just might provide a cure.
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Robin Hattersley Gray
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Web Exclusive! Fleet Management: Finding the Funds to Go ‘Green’ |
Although hard financial times may leave campus fleet managers wondering how they can afford to “go green,” hospitals, schools and universities can learn from the City of Inglewood, which has used funds from a number of government programs to support its eco-friendly fleet efforts.
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Grace Lauron
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Common Problems Your Site Assessment Might Reveal |
A recent security and vulnerability assessment conducted by the Southwestern City Schools (Columbus, Ohio) on one of its campuses uncovered challenges frequently found at academic institutions. If the following scenarios occur at your school, now might be a good time to conduct a review so you can protect your people and property.
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Gary L. Sigrist Jr.
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6 Ways to Communicate with Millennials About Social Networking |
Identity fraud and other illegal Web activities associated with social networking sites are on the rise. School officials must understand the most effective ways to communicate with Millennials so campus online safety programs will have the greatest impact.
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Rodnie Williams
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The Lethal Question: To Arm or Not to Arm? |
These eight considerations can help college and university officials rethink this age-old dilemma.
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Cmdr. Shad U. Ahmed
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Want Stimulus Money? Focus on Jobs |
The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has signaled there will be an increase in campus police resources. Grant writers can create winning grant applications by demonstrating that their proposed programs will help the economy rebound.
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Kurt Bradley
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System Sensor InnovairFlex Accessories
St. Charles, Ill.-based System Sensor now provides a full range of accessories that expand the versatility and usability of InnovairFlex duct smoke detectors into a wide range of applications. InnovairFlex’s new DST sampling tubes install from the front or back of the detector without the need for tools. The sampling tubes come in lengths varying from 1-10 feet.
Another new set of accessories is the RTS2 (pictured) and RTS2-AOS multisignaling devices. These accessories enable quick inspections at eye level and effective audible and visible notification options.
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SAMSUNG | GVI Security SHR-8000 DVR
Based in Carrollton, Texas, SAMSUNG | GVI Security releases its SHR-8000 Series DVRs, which allow users to simultaneously review playback and record in real-time. The DVRs achieve full D1 resolution at 480ips high quality recording. GVI claims that with Net-I client software, users have the convenience of high definition video display while recording live real-time video onto a hard disk. With the standalone DVRs, users can control the entire video system and any camera on the network.
The units provide disk storage of 500GB SATA HDD standard with a maximum 6x 1TB capacity. The built-in DVD-RW option lets users store 4.7GB per disk.
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Tatung X-Series LCD Displays
Long Beach, Calif.-based Tatung Co. of America launches its Triview X-Series LCD displays. The units are comprised of 600 TVL, two composite BNC inputs, S-video and DVI-I input, and anti-reflection glass.
Other features include 3D comb filter, 3D video de-interlaced, fast response time and up to 1,000:1 contrast ratio. The X-Series comes in various sizes including 15 inches, 17 inches and 19 inches.
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