Interoperability Emergency Standards Successfully Demonstrated.WASHINGTON -- COMCARE, the Emergency Interoperable Consortium (EIC EIC Editor-In-Chief EIC Euro Info Centre (DIN) EIC Earned Income Credit EIC Excellence in Cities (UK) EIC Enterprise Interaction Center (Interactive Intelligence) ), and the International Association of Emergency Managers The International Association of Emergency Managers (abbreviated IAEM) is a non-profit educational organization for emergency management professionals around the world. The organization certifies individuals as Certified Emergency Managers (CEM). (IAEM IAEM International Association of Emergency Managers IAEM International Association for Exposition Management ) announced the successful trial of new emergency data communications standards during the annual IAEM Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The demonstration included the exchange of emergency data messages based on three scenarios: a pandemic flu, a Category 3 hurricane, and a terrorist explosion. Over twenty-two different technology companies participated in the demonstrations that showed how standardized data messages can be exchanged by different emergency agency software systems and tools. Matt Walton, Chairman of EIC, said: "Seeing this many competing companies exchange emergency data using an array of new data standards was truly impressive." Richard Taylor, COMCARE Chair and Executive Director of the North Carolina Wireless 9-1-1 Board, said, "This event showed that data standards are the key to interoperability, and that open standards will improve emergency response agencies' ability to communicate with one another. The Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States has shown great foresight in encouraging the development of these standards." Lewis Stanton, Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing of Roaming Messenger(R) (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :RMSG RMSG Rocky Mountain Survival Group (now Survival & Self-Reliance Studies Institute) ), one of the participating technology companies and co-sponsor of the Interoperability Pavilion, stated: "It was inspiring to see companies who usually compete with one another working together to demonstrate the future of emergency response communications." Using actual and draft standards, over twenty technology companies within the pavilion, in other locations on the exhibit floor, and around the country exchanged alerts, resource requests, and hospital status information during the demonstrations. Participants demonstrated the interoperability value of the OASIS Common Alerting Protocol The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is an XML-based data format for exchanging public warnings and emergencies between alerting technologies. CAP allows a warning message to be consistently disseminated simultaneously over many warning systems to many applications. and three draft data standards being developed as part of a DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) Disaster Management Program-sponsored initiative in which IAEM, EIC and COMCARE are all participating. More information about the pavilion, demonstrations scenarios, standards and participants may be found at http://www.comcare.org/IAEM.html. About IAEM, EIC and COMCARE IAEM is a non-profit organization representing 3,000+ emergency management and homeland security professionals for local communities, state and federal disaster officials, private sector, non-governmental organizations and others involved in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from all types of disasters including acts of terrorism. IAEM provides access to the largest network of emergency management experts who can provide advice and assistance; the Certified Emergency Manager(R) program; annual scholarships; a comprehensive monthly newsletter; and more. For more details on the IAEM 53rd Annual Conference & EMEX EMEX Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment Exhibit, see www.iaem.com. The Emergency Interoperability Consortium (EIC) was launched in October 2002 to address our nation's lack of consistent technical interoperability and standards for emergency and incident management. Now comprised of over 60 private entities, public agencies and non-profit organizations, the EIC is promoting the development and adoption of standards for using Web services, Extensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. (XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. ), and existing relevant standards that will enable emergency industry interoperability. COMCARE is a national non-profit alliance dedicated to advancing emergency response. COMCARE's 100+ organizational members represent the wide diversity of the emergency response community. For more information, visit www.comcare.org. About Roaming Messenger Roaming Messenger is the provider of a breakthrough mobile messaging technology that delivers a completely new and better way for government agencies and corporations to extend information and business processes to the mobile world. The Company, based in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. , has developed a proprietary technology that encapsulates workflow logic and data into smart software "messengers." Unlike regular e-mail and text messages, these messengers are encrypted, and have the ability to automatically move across wired and wireless devices, track down recipients, confirm receipt, deliver interactive content, and transmit real-time responses back to the sending application. The Roaming Messenger product is easily integrated into existing systems. It serves as a communication gateway to the mobile world for a variety of applications such as those used in emergency response, homeland security, logistics, healthcare, business continuity and financial services. Visit the Company's website at: http://www.roamingmessenger.com. Roaming Messenger is certified as a member of the BlackBerry(R) Independent Software Vendor (ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. ) Alliance program and has received Microsoft(R) Certified for Windows Mobile designation. Safe Harbor Statement Matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "may," "intend," "expect" and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein. These forward-looking statements are based largely on the expectations of the Company and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with: the impact of economic, competitive and other factors affecting the Company and its operations, markets, product, and distributor performance, the impact on the national and local economies resulting from terrorist actions, and U.S. actions subsequently; and other factors detailed in reports filed by the Company. |
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