AtHoc Inc., San Mateo, Calif., a developer of network-centric emergency notification systems, has announced the company has fully tested interoperability between AtHoc IWSAlerts and Internet Protocol Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS) from Cisco Systems, San Jose, Calif., a network technology solutions provider. This integration allows the AtHoc system to trigger emergency notifications through the Cisco platform to quickly reach people on land mobile radios, IP phones, landline telephones and mobile telephones.

The integrated solution allows customers to extend their physical security, public safety and emergency response networks through desktop and mass-notification capabilities while also speeding the dissemination of incidents detected by Cisco’s physical security products, which include video surveillance, access control, and incident response and notification. With the new integration, a single notification, or system alert from an access control violation, video surveillance camera or an IP network integrated sensor, can be sent through the network to all network-connected channels simultaneously.

Source: AtHoc Inc.