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BlackBerry wins communications deal with U.S. Senate
2016-07-19 11:07 ET - News Release
Mr. John Chen reports
BLACKBERRY SOFTWARE SELECTED FOR U.S. SENATE CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS ON CAPITOL HILL; LED BY U.S. SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS OFFICE, BLACKBERRY'S HIGHLY SECURE ATHOC SOFTWARE TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR CRITICAL ALERTS ACROSS UNITED STATES CAPITOL COMPLEX
The U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms Office has awarded a multimillion-dollar order for BlackBerry Ltd.'s BlackBerry AtHoc crisis communications software to power the Sergeant at Arms' joint emergency mass notification systems (JEMNS) over five years. With full-spectrum enterprise-level alerting and accountability, JEMNS powered by AtHoc provides secure notification and communications in times of crisis for as many as 50,000 individuals working and visiting the United States Capitol Complex.
This announcement marks the second large engagement between BlackBerry's AtHoc and Leidos, which also partnered to provide the U.S. Army its global mass notification under the emergency management modernization program. Full implementation of JEMNS based on the AtHoc solution will be achieved over the coming months, with Leidos providing direct support and help desk support to the congressional community.
"It's critical for the nation's political epicentre to be prepared with a unified communications system to swiftly and securely communicate in the event of an emergency," says John Chen, executive chairman and chief executive officer of BlackBerry. "As the leading provider of crisis communication software to the U.S. Department of Defense and Homeland Security, AtHoc has demonstrated the ability to enable highly secure information exchange for the world's most-demanding organizations. The U.S. Senate is joining more than three million U.S. federal government personnel today in using BlackBerry's AtHoc software for their crisis communications capability."
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