ADVISORY/RAINS - Regional Alliances for Infrastructure and Network Security - to Make Significant Announcement Regarding Sensitive Information Sharing and Homeland Security.News Editors/Assignment Desks/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...For Monday Monday: see week. (March 29) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: A national coalition of leading technology companies,
non-government organizations, research universities and
local, state and federal government entities will issue a
significant announcement involving information sharing
across national, state and local homeland security systems.
A conference call with key coalition representatives will
follow the press release.
WHO: The announcement has the support of more than 30 technology
companies and government organizations. Conference call
participants include:
-- James Townley Jr., Regional Maritime Security
Coalition
-- SJ Camarata Jr., Director of Corporate Strategies,
ESRI
-- Gary Haycox, Director of Strategic Initiatives,
Solutions Market Development Group, Intel
-- Allan Rakos, Solutions Market Development Group, Intel
-- Charles Jennings, Chairman, RAINS
WHEN: The press release will be issued Monday, March 29 at 10:00
AM EST. The conference call will follow at 11:00 AM EST.
CONTACTS: For more information about the announcement, or to
register for the conference call, please contact Kelly
Geyer at 253-853-5030 or kgeyer@sterlingpr.com.
About RAINS RAINS is a private/public partnership dedicated to accelerating development and deployment Installing, setting up, testing and running. This military term, which means the placement of troops and equipment in the field, is widely used with computers as an alternate to the word "implementation. of innovative technology for homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . Founded in 2001 and incorporated as a not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. 501 (c) (6) organization in 2002, RAINS has already forged forge 1 n. 1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy. 2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron. v. partnerships with more than 60 technology companies, six research universities, critical infrastructure providers, public agencies and first responders first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency . For more information, please visit www.rainsnet.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. . |
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