Blackboard Connect Supports Growth of New York City's Successful Notification Program
04 Giugno 2009 - 10:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
Notify NYC expands to bring important alerts to residents citywide
WASHINGTON, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New York City's
closely watched notification and alert program expanded recently to
serve residents citywide, thanks to the success of the initiative's
pilot phase which has been supported by Blackboard Connect(TM) mass
notification technology from Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBB). Notify
NYC began in December 2007 as a pilot program covering four
neighborhoods. Since then, New York's Office of Emergency
Management has successfully delivered important and relevant
messages to thousands of city residents. Last week the program
expanded to cover the entire city, and residents can sign up to
receive alerts - via text, email and voicemail messages - on
everything from public health warnings, natural disasters and AMBER
alerts to subway delays, school closures and alternate side parking
changes. "Anyone will be able to sign up for neighborhood-specific
emergency alerts on their cell phone, email, or home landline,"
said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "You can be just about
anywhere and receive instantaneous information about events of
concern in your community, or any other area of the city. Many New
Yorkers have this technology in their pockets, and I'm glad that
their government can now supply them with timely emergency
information." Drawing on the experience gained in delivering over 1
billion messages for more than 2,500 government and education
organizations nationwide, the Blackboard Connect platform has
enabled officials at state and local governments, federal and
military agencies and K-12 and higher education institutions to
reach residents, students and parents quickly, regardless of their
location or preferred method of communication. "We're proud to
partner with New York in expanding this successful program that can
help New Yorkers be more engaged and aware of events around them,"
Brendan Cotter, President of Blackboard Connect for Government.
"We've worked for years with large cities, agencies, institutions
and systems that have the same goals and challenges that New York
does in making their notification program successful, and look
forward to leveraging that experience to support a greater number
of residents." The Blackboard Connect platform focuses on
multi-modal communication: sending messages through multiple modes
of communication to ensure a greater probability that more
individuals can be reached more quickly. The platform supports
voice messages to land lines, cell phones and satellite phones;
text messages to cell phones, PDAs, networked digital signage and
other text-based devices; text messages to e-mail accounts; and
messages to TTY/TDD receiving devices for the hearing impaired.
Notify NYC is the product of a multi-year mayoral initiative to
enhance and strengthen the City's public communication systems and
improve the coordination of public information during major events.
Notify NYC will integrate information and technology services for
multiple City agencies, and provide the public with a one-stop
destination for time-sensitive and important notifications. New
York City residents can sign up for the Notify NYC alerts online at
http://www.nyc.gov/ or by calling 311. Residents can register
multiple email addresses or phone numbers, and can elect to receive
different types of alerts. For more information about Blackboard
Connect solutions, please visit
http://www.blackboard.com/Alert-Notification/Connect-Platform.aspx.
About Blackboard Inc. Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBB) is a global
leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that
improve the experience of millions of students and learners around
the world every day. Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of
higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government
organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate
campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with
their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in
Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and
Australia. Any statements in this press release about future
expectations, plans and prospects for Blackboard and other
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"expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute
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Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors, including the factors
discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our Form 10-Q filed on
May 7, 2009 with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking
statements included in this press release represent the Company's
views as of June 4, 2009. The Company anticipates that subsequent
events and developments will cause the Company's views to change.
However, while the Company may elect to update these
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company
specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to June
4, 2009. DATASOURCE: Blackboard Inc. CONTACT: Matthew Maurer of
Blackboard Inc., +1-202-463-4860 ext. 2637, , or Kierstan DeLong of
Edelman, +1-916-267-1904, , for Blackboard Inc. Web Site:
http://www.blackboard.com/
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