Voice for the defense: needing to replace its legacy crash-and-alarm system, Hurlburt Air Force Base chose new teleconferencing technology

Communications News,  June, 2004  

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With no menus to navigate, the GUI requires zero learning curve and touch response is immediate. The crash call can also be initiated by taking the primary crash phone off-hook or with a simple touchtone code sequence from any phone on the system. The versatility of the A.L.E.R.T. allows it to be either a primary or secondary crash system.

"Whether planning and reviewing technology for business continuity, disaster recovery, contingency planning or damage control, the communications/IT team needs to safeguard high-level emergency calls and guarantee immediacy, redundancy and reliability," Larson explains. "The response-management teams cannot afford to be without immediate conferencing, ever."

About Forum Communications

Forum Communications International is a provider of audio conference bridges, supplying emergency communications solutions and conferencing technology for business and government since 1991. Founders Raj Natarajan and Gayne Ek developed and marketed the original CONFER C and CONFER M bridges through DSP Technology Corp. in the 1980s before founding Forum. Natarajan developed his original DSP-driven systems for the small-to-medium business user, bringing teleconferencing in-house.

The CONFER products have been redesigned, with additional expandability, the latest digital processors, remote administrative option packages, Web or GUI controls, and robust emergency response functions. With additional emphasis on instant collaboration, the product family has been expanded to include the Emergency Collaboration System and the A.L.E.R.T. The Windows-based Consortium Conference Server provides instant conferencing with blast dial and blast e-mail, text messaging, real-time reporting and recording. Each provides Forum's enhanced sound clarity and durability.

Thousands of Forum teleconferencing ports have been installed in government installations in the United States and overseas for operations calls, training and "crash" network needs, with more than 7,500 systems in place in governments and businesses worldwide.

For more information from Forum Communications: www.rsleads.com/406cn-250

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