??NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 10/26/12 — Send Word Now, the leading worldwide provider of and , announced today that the company is fully prepared to assist clients and prospects with any and all emergency alerts as the Eastern Seaboard readies for Hurricane Sandy. The effects of the storm, which has already hit Cuba and the Bahamas and is expected to include an unusual mix of a winter storm and a hurricane, will be felt all the way from Florida to Ohio. Some meteorologists have noted that current conditions could put this storm on par with the “perfect storm” that struck off the coast of New England in 1991, and the worst of the storm is predicted to hit New York City and New Jersey.
Businesses, agencies and communities throughout the states that may be impacted have already begun to make emergency preparations and to activate coastal storm emergency preparedness and business continuity plans. Send Word Now customers have the added peace of mind that the company-s robust, on-demand communication platform is available to them to send warnings, updates, and instructions via a variety of devices, including landlines, cellular phones, e-mail, and BlackBerry® PIN at any time. With Send Word Now-s unmatched 100% uptime guarantee, customers know that they can count on Send Word Now during an emergency.
“As a New York City-based company that successfully helped customers through Hurricane Irene in 2011, we are very aware of the dangers posed by Hurricane Sandy,” said Tony Schmitz, President and CEO of Send Word Now. We encourage all customers to determine in advance how they plan to keep their employees, residents, stakeholders, and property safe during the hurricane. Send Word Now is fully prepared to support our customers- emergency preparedness efforts in any way that we can.”
If your company or organization does not yet have an emergency notification service in place and would like assistance or access to a trial account, please contact us at or (212) 379-4900 and we will help you without delay.
For more information on communication best practices during natural disasters or severe weather, download our webinar and slides titled “When Mother Nature Strikes: Communication Best Practices to Help Your Organization” .
Send Word Now is the leading provider of and for both routine and . The easy-to-use, web-based is used by government agencies, municipalities, universities, non-profit organizations and businesses, including many Fortune 500 companies, to ensure fast, effective, in real-time. Send Word Now-s Alert Tracer® provides a full audit trail of messages sent and received for after-action reporting and follow-up. Designed to reach anyone, anywhere, anytime, with any device over any type of connection, Send Word Now-s system is capable of transmitting hundreds of thousands of voice and text messages in minutes. The company is headquartered in New York City. Visit our website at or email us at .
Marketing Contact:
Sheri Ann Laza-Schmitz
Send Word Now
(212) 379-4937
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