2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards
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GSN <strong>2014</strong> <strong>Digital</strong> <strong>Yearbook</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Homeland</strong> <strong>Security</strong> <strong>Awards</strong> Recipients<br />
Vendors <strong>of</strong> Physical <strong>Security</strong> Products and Solutions<br />
Desktop Alert –<br />
<strong>2014</strong> Winner<br />
<strong>Awards</strong> Category:<br />
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Best Mass Notification Systems<br />
Name <strong>of</strong> Nominated Product, Service,<br />
or Program:<br />
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Desktop Alert Global Connect - Interagency Mass<br />
Notification Platform<br />
Reason this entry deserves to win:<br />
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Desktop Alert provides early warning mass notification<br />
alerts to over 1 million federal, military and civilian<br />
personnel daily with ‘less than one minute alerting’ as<br />
certified by our customer base. After an extensive worldwide<br />
vetting <strong>of</strong> vendors, the world’s most crucial peace<br />
keeping organization NATO selected Desktop Alert! Buttressed<br />
by this selection is that <strong>of</strong> the Institute <strong>of</strong> Peace<br />
2012 selection <strong>of</strong> Desktop Alert. http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/04/17/united-states-institute-peace-selectsdesktop-alert-mass-notification-system#axzz3IbIAv3c4<br />
Desktop Alert was chosen over all vendors in this GSN<br />
competition for the coveted mass notification requirements<br />
by NATO HQ in Brussels Belgium. Key in our<br />
selection by NATO was the platforms ability to operate<br />
on the customer’s existing computational infrastructure<br />
thus saving several hundred thousand dollars in both<br />
hardware and burdensome configuration logistics.<br />
RECENT NEWS: DTA commended for its platform during<br />
Recent Shooter event at Fort Hood. (The Backup<br />
ARMY EM2P MNS Program alerted several minutes later<br />
than the DTA system!) Reference: http://www.desktopalert.net/News/fort-hood-update/<br />
DTA / Primary MNS at:<br />
• FEMA HQ- ALL LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE (58K personnel)<br />
• ARMY AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD NATIONWIDE<br />
(500+K personnel)<br />
• NORTHERM COMMAND / NORAD (25K personnel)<br />
• U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) (10k<br />
Personnel)<br />
• AFDW Pentagon (confidential)<br />
• 200+ Army and Air Force locations worldwide<br />
DTA is currently the second largest provider to DoD<br />
and continue to build market share year by year. The<br />
unification <strong>of</strong> alerting between these agencies provides<br />
formidable actionable intelligence during emergent<br />
homeland events. Desktop Alert is the largest provider<br />
<strong>of</strong> MNS to the US Army Worldwide. Desktop Alert is<br />
the Primary MNS used at over 90% <strong>of</strong> US Army installations<br />
including Fort Hood. (NOTE! The US ARMY EM2P<br />
MNS Program is a BACKUP system only!). The nation’s<br />
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