Singlewire Software is pleased to announce the release of the InformaCast 8.4 for Virtual Appliance. If you are currently running InformaCast, you will want to upgrade to this release.

Our highlighted list of new features and enhancements include:

Talk-A-Phone press release published on April 8, 2013. Read More >> 

The University of Florida has used an InformaCast system for over a year to help them employ a multi-modal approach to emergency notification. In their most recent addition, the Department of Housing and Residence Education at the school has started using InformaCast to send UF Alerts to Four Winds Interactive digital displays.

Learn more about IP speaker endpoints in this podcast interview with Delora Senft from Advanced Network Devices.

The Singlewire demo room was busy this past week supporting the LIVE demonstrations from the Cisco tradeshow booth at Enterprise Connect 2013. Cisco staff in Orlando connected remotely to our facility in Madison, Wisconsin, via telepresence to provide personalized demonstrations of InformaCast basic paging and advanced notification.

Learn more about AND IP Speakers by watching the short video below. 

Several of our customers use the InformaCast M2M plugin. It's no wonder, since the plugin's ability to integrate InformaCast notifications with many building control and safety systems makes it a great fit for a variety of organizations. Whether you'd like to increase the effectiveness of your fire alarms, integrate with lights and door locks, or be better informed when safety equipment like eye wash stations, chemical sensors, and sirens are triggered, the InformaCast M2M plugin is your answer.     

The sky is the limit when it comes to ways to use the InformaCast M2M plugin. Since it monitors contact closures, you can integrate InformaCast notifications with many building control and safety systems. From door locks to lights, and refrigerators to fire alarm systems, InformaCast can help you get even more value out of your current systems. Here are some examples of ways any organization can benefit from using the InformaCast M2M plugin: 

School security is a complex issue and presents a unique challenge for administrators and staff. It is important to keep staff and students safe, while not causing unnecessary distress to students. Here are a couple of creative ways real schools are using the InformaCast M2M plugin to improve their security.   

Health and Safety Engineers (HSE) at manufacturing companies have the important and overwhelming task of keeping everybody in their facilities safe. With many employees, sprawling facilities, a long list of regulations to follow, and budget restrictions, there are many challenges to doing this. Here are some examples of how real Health and Safety Engineers across the country are using the InformaCast Machine-to-Machine (M2M) plugin to make this task a little more manageable: