Aquis Communications Expands LockDown, a Comprehensive Emergency Notification System for Schools and Universities, to Include AM

YORKTOWN, Va., May 1  /PRNewswire/ -- Aquis Communications, a full service telecommunications company, today announced that they have expanded "LockDown", their crisis communication system for schools and universities to include the AMM platform.  The Advanced Message Manager Platform, or AMM, is an integrated communications service platform that allows an organization to combine various communication infrastructures into a single management application.  Enabling immediate mass notification, LockDown is a complete solution employing multi-sensory alerts to notify students, faculty, authorities, and vehicles in transit.  School and University administrators can simultaneously and immediately communicate a crisis situation within seconds to thousands of individuals through messages to cell phones, pagers, e-mail, LED boards and audible and visible alarm devices.

The addition of feature-rich AMM to LockDown provides a reliable source for both delivering and receiving critical communications from wireless or wireline enabled devices, such as cell phones, pagers, Blackberry devices, internal and external phone systems as well as web & PC access. Both easy to use and operator friendly, LockDown with AMM capability features universal PBX connectivity, giving users direct access to the system through any phone in the facility.  Its robust platform stores thousands of users, turning it into an expandable personnel directory.

Brian Bobeck, CEO of Aquis explains, "There are other applications available today but they are limited in their effectiveness and are not complete solutions.  Text messaging has garnered much attention lately, however institutions that rely solely on texting and e-mail in a crisis situation may find its results disappointing. Both text messaging and e-mail are known to have inherent delays, which could cause the notification to be received minutes later.  Cell phones have also proven to be suspect in critical situations where pervasiveness of coverage can be an issue as well as throughput.  A fully threaded solution that communicates multilaterally with any media or communication, instantly and simultaneously is the key. LockDown with AMM accomplishes that."  Aquis launched the LockDown product line in January of 2007.  "The LockDown system was developed in response to school and Universities' critical notification needs as well as the needs of many first responders throughout the country. In a time when unfortunate events have challenged our communication infrastructure, we are moving forward developing products that give organizations the ability to manage and analyze their critical communications more effectively and efficiently," explains Bobeck.

About Aquis Communications

Headquartered in Yorktown, Virginia, Aquis Communications is a subsidiary of ComSoft Corporation. Aquis is a leading full service telecommunication provider of business solutions such as cellular/PCS services, one-way and two- way paging, telemetry, mobile radios, RIM/Blackberry services, data circuits, in-building and campus-wide wireless networks, telecommunication expense & asset management (TEAM), consulting services and a "one source, one invoice" solution for simplifying communications. Client list ranges from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, government agencies as well as mid-sized companies and organizations representing the manufacturing, healthcare, government, public safety, emergency and education industries based throughout the United States. Aquis Communications' offices are located in Freehold, New Jersey, Yorktown, Virginia, Nashville, Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

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