AlertMedia, a world-leading threat intelligence and emergency communication provider, and New Platinum ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner for Best Mass Notification Solution – Software in the AST 2021 Homeland Security Awards Program, saw massive demand for its solution in 2021, especially among enterprise organizations.

As of December 2021, the company supports more than 3,000 organizations, making it one of the most widely used emergency communication solutions in the world.

Aided by a continued commitment to product innovation, extensive industry recognition, and strategic hiring, the company onboarded more than 600 new organizations onto its platform since the beginning of the year, including dozens of Fortune 500 organizations.

AlertMedia’s exceptional customer growth can be attributed to more global organizations recognizing the impact of emergency communication software on improving employee safety.

With an increasing number of threats facing businesses and their people, timely and efficient communication has become critical, and companies that offer exemplary safety, health, and environmental programs outperform the S&P 500 by between 3 and 5 percent.

“The momentum we saw in 2021 is further evidence of AlertMedia’s leading position in this market,” explains Brian Cruver, CEO and Founder at AlertMedia.

“Emergency communication is essential for helping organizations navigate an increasing number of threats that put their business and their people at risk.”

“AlertMedia offers an innovative yet simple way to keep employees safe, informed, and connected no matter the situation.”

“We’ve built an incredible team, best-in-class product, and we’re well-positioned to further unlock the potential of our brand.”

AlertMedia has modernized the mass notification market through an unrivaled focus on simplicity, mobility, and innovation, as every day, businesses face an increasing number of threats to their people and operations

Whether from severe weather events, security incidents, or global health crises, keeping employees safe during these critical events requires a modern and reliable emergency communication solution.

AlertMedia’s Emergency Communication Software is more than just a mass notification system.

(Learn how AlertMedia can help you quickly identify emerging threats and send fast, effective emergency communications to employees in harm’s way. Courtesy of AlertMedia and YouTube.)

AlertMedia’s robust solution integrates with internal systems and connects an entire organization to allow them to communicate with precision, interact with their audience, and confirm a resolution.

AlertMedia Emergency Communication Software Features Include:

• Intuitive user experience (UI): Perform under the pressures of an emergency with an intuitive experience that requires little to no training.

• Multichannel notifications: Increase message visibility via voice call, text message, email, mobile app push, desktop takeover, Slack, and more.

• Two-way communication: Give your people a voice and confirm safety with “message read” confirmations, surveys, notification replies, and “help” requests.

• Delivery insights & reporting: Track message delivery and audience responses in real-time and gain valuable insights through detailed reporting.

• Integrated global threat intelligence: Identify threats to your people faster with analyst-vetted intelligence, location-based impact calculation, and automated alerts to impacted individuals.

Beyond features, AlertMedia focuses on customers-first and provides an unparalleled level of service to their customers through an effective product, personalized support from a dedicated technical expert, and immediate responsiveness 24/7.

As a result, organizations gain an ability to respond faster to any emergency or business-critical event, ultimately improving their ability to ensure employee safety, mitigate loss, and guarantee business continuity.

It’s why companies in more than 130 countries across a range of industries—from Fortune 500 companies to small and mid-size organizations—have turned to AlertMedia for help.

Driven by accelerating product adoption and customer success, AlertMedia saw the following company milestones in 2021:

Employee Growth:

• AlertMedia grew its headcount to 300 employees, onboarding more than 100 since the beginning of 2021.

• To accommodate its growing workforce, AlertMedia also announced its new headquarters at RiverSouth, a newly designed high-rise in downtown Austin the company will move into in Spring 2022.

• Lastly, AlertMedia welcomed several new executives to its leadership team, including its first Chief People Officer Laura Woolford, and Laura Setlak, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Sales.

Product Innovation:

• Throughout 2021, AlertMedia introduced significant new features to its product suite to help its customers identify risks and navigate emergencies more effectively.

• In March, the company launched its Global Threat Intelligence division, a dedicated team providing real-time, analyst-verified intelligence about a wide range of threats occurring near customers’ employees or locations.

• Additionally, in June 2021 the company announced new mobile app features designed to help companies improve the safety of anywhere workers.

• The company also introduced enhanced threat warnings subscriptions, providing both safety leaders and employees the ability to easily stay informed of relevant events impacting any group or location, further accelerating access to critical information.

Industry Recognition:

• Throughout 2021, AlertMedia continued its momentum by earning industry recognition as one of America’s best places to work by national and local business publications, including earning recognition on Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2021, Forbes, Inc.’s America’s Best Startup Employers for 2021, and for the sixth consecutive year, Austin Business Journal’s 2021 Best Places to Work.

• Earlier this year, AlertMedia was recognized as one of the fastest-growing software companies in the U.S., making the Inc. 5000 list for the third year in a row.

• Recently, it was also selected as a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 winner, ranking #172.

• It won three of G2 Crowd’s “Best In” Awards for the “Leader in Emergency Notification Software”, “Most Implementable,” and “Best Relationship” categories.

• Lastly in November, AlertMedia took the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Platinum Award for Best Mass Notification Solution – Software in the AST 2021 Homeland Security Awards Program.

Get ready for your safest year yet. 🦺

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— AlertMedia (@alertmedia) December 23, 2021

Expanded Investment:

• In March 2021, AlertMedia received a strategic majority investment from Vista Equity Partners, a leading global investment firm focused on growing industry-leading enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses.

• The investment will continue to help AlertMedia rapidly hire, accelerate its product roadmap, and expand into new markets.

AlertMedia is one of the world’s leading emergency communication providers, with award-winning, two-way multichannel messaging and threat intelligence solutions that help organizations protect their business and people through all phases of an emergency.

AlertMedia supports critical communication for thousands of leading businesses which includes DHL, JetBlue, Coca-Cola Bottling, and Walmart in more than 130 countries.

To Learn More about what AlertMedia can offer your organization, please visit www.alertmedia.com. To experience AlertMedia firsthand, request a demo here.

AlertMedia Takes Platinum in 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program

American Security Today’s Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program, and now in its Sixth Year, continues to recognize industry leaders of Physical and Border Security, Cybersecurity, Emergency Preparedness – Management and Response, Law Enforcement, First Responders, as well as federal, state and municipal government agencies in the acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to Keep our Nation Secure.

AlertMedia

Best Mass Notification Solution – Software

• AlertMedia Emergency Communication Software

•  Every day, businesses face an increasing number of threats to their people and operations—from severe weather events and security incidents to global health crises.

• Keeping employees safe during these critical events requires a modern and reliable emergency communication solution.

• It’s why companies in more than 130 countries across a range of industries—from Fortune 500 companies to small and mid-size organizations—have turned to AlertMedia for help.

• AlertMedia‘s emergency communication software is more than just a mass notification system. Their robust solution integrates with internal systems and connects an entire organization to allow them to communicate with precision, interact with their audience, and confirm a resolution.

(Every day, organizations face a wide array of threats. Learn how AlertMedia can help you quickly identify emerging threats and send fast, effective emergency communications to employees in harm’s way. Courtesy of AlertMedia and YouTube.)

• *AlertMedia was also recognized with Multiple ‘ASTORS’ Awards in 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Programs.

The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards highlights the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today, to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.

The United States was forever changed 20 years ago on September 11th, and we were fortunate to have many of those who responded to those horrific tragedies join us at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon.

In the days that followed 9/11, the critical needs of protecting our country catapulted us into new and innovative ways to secure our homeland – which is how many of the agencies and enterprise organizations that are today ‘ASTORS’ Awards Champions, came into being.

Our keynote speaker featured a moving and informative address from TSA Administrator and Vice-Admiral of the United States Coast Guard (Ret), David Pekoske; to our attendees who traveled from across the United States and abroad, on the strategic priorities of the 64,000 member TSA workforce in securing the transportation system, enabling safe, and in many cases, contactless travel.

Legendary Police Commissioner William Bratton of the New York Police Department, the Boston Police Department, and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department was also live at the event, meeting with attendees and signing copies of his latest work ‘The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America,’ courtesy of the generosity of our 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Premier Sponsors.

The 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program was Proudly Sponsored by AMAROK, Fortior Solutions and SIMS Software, along with Returning Premier Sponsors ATI Systems, Attivo Networks, Automatic Systems, and Reed Exhibitions.

Why American Security Today?

The traditional security marketplace has long been covered by a host of publications putting forward the old school basics to what is Today – a fast-changing security landscape.

American Security Today is uniquely focused on the broader Homeland Security & Public Safety marketplace with over 75,000 readers at the Federal, State, and local levels of government as well as firms allied to the government.

American Security Today brings forward a fresh compelling look and read with our customized digital publications that hold readers’ eyes throughout the story with cutting-edge editorial that provides solutions to their challenges.

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AST Digital Publications are distributed to over 75,000 qualified government and homeland security professionals, in federal, state, local, and private security sectors.

‘PROTECTING OUR NATION, ONE CITY AT A TIME’

AST Reaches both Private & Public Experts, essential to meeting these new challenges.

Today’s new generation of public safety and security experts need real-time knowledge to deal with domestic and international terrorism, lone wolf attacks, unprecedented urban violence, shifts in society, culture, and media bias – making it increasingly difficult for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Military and Private Security Professionals to implement coordinated security measures to ensure national security and improve public safety.

These experts are from Government at the federal, state, and local level as well as from private firms allied to the government.

AST provides a full plate of topics in our AST Monthly Magazine Editions, AST Website, and AST Daily News Alerts, covering 23 Vital Sectors such as Access Control, Perimeter Protection, Video Surveillance/Analytics, Airport Security, Border Security, CBRNE Detection, Border Security, Ports, Cybersecurity, Networking Security, Encryption, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Campus Security, Security Services, Corporate Facilities, and Emergency Response among others.

AST has Expanded readership into integral Critical Infrastructure audiences such as Protection of Nuclear Facilities, Water Plants & Dams, Bridges & Tunnels, and other potential targets of terrorism.

Other areas of concern include Transportation Hubs, Public Assemblies, Government Facilities, Sporting & Concert Stadiums, our Nation’s Schools & Universities, and Commercial Business Destinations – all enticing targets due to the large number of persons and resources clustered together.

(See just a few highlights of American Security Today’s 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon at ISC East. Courtesy of My Pristine Images and Vimeo.)

To learn more about ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winners solutions, be on the lookout for the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS Edition Fully Interactive Magazine – the Best Products of 2021 ‘A Year in Review’.

The Annual CHAMPIONS edition includes a review of Annual ‘ASTORS’ Award Winning products and programs, highlighting key details on many of the winning firm’s products and services, including video interviews and more.

It will serve as your Go-To Source throughout the year for ‘The Best of 2021 Products and Services‘ endorsed by American Security Today, and can satisfy your agency’s and/or organization’s most pressing Homeland Security and Public Safety needs.

From Physical Security (Access Control, Critical Infrastructure, Perimeter Protection, and Video Surveillance Cameras and Video Management Systems), to IT Security (Cybersecurity, Encryption, Data Storage, Anti-Malware and Networking Security – Just to name a few), the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS EDITION will have what you need to Detect, Delay, Respond to, and Mitigate today’s real-time threats in our constantly evolving security landscape.

It will also include featured guest editorial pieces from some of the security industry’s most respected leaders, and recognized firms in the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.

• For a complete list of 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Award Winners, begin HERE.

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