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Franklin County Emergency Services, NY Selects Positron Public
Safety System’s VIPER CAD to Achieve Full Workflow Integration
Montreal, QC and Malone, NY – August 5, 2008
Positron Public Safety Systems Inc. (PPSS), an IPC company, today announced that Franklin County Emergency Services, New York, has chosen to upgrade to Enterprise Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) services via the purchase of PPSS’ VIPER CAD™ . Franklin County Emergency Services serves 25 towns and villages and responds to 27 agencies. VIPER CAD as well as Power 911® and Power MIS® will be deployed at Franklin County’s Emergency center. VIPER CAD is PPSS’ newest and most advanced Computer Aided Dispatch system. With enterprise class architecture, a unique user interface and its integration to existing Positron product suites, public safety professionals have access to everything they need to handle the entire workflow of their emergency response organization.
“The Positron call-taking products have served Franklin County well over the last 4 years and we are very pleased with our choice to bring VIPER CAD into our Dispatch Center, bringing us up to state-of-the-Art functionality”, stated Rick Provost, 9-1-1 Coordinator for Franklin County Emergency Services. “We are most impressed with the level of user friendliness that VIPER CAD provides. We look forward seeing our 9-1-1 workflow to be fully integrated, from taking the call to dispatching resources to the scene.”
VIPER CAD's comprehensive and flexible user interface saves agencies time during mission critical operations. Its enterprise class architecture offers redundancy and efficient network usage, allowing hosted and collaborative configurations. It is a true multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional dispatch solution, supporting configurations tailored to the needs of the individual agencies.
“On the heels of VIPER CAD’s launch at the 2008 National NENA conference, we are honored to bring to our customer, our newest and most advanced CAD offering”, said Darrin J. Reilly, President of Positron Public Safety Systems. “Building on a four year relationship with Franklin County Emergency Services, we are excited to provide our customer true workflow integration. Our VIPER CAD platform is gaining remarkable momentum in the domestic and international markets since its launch. We look forward welcoming many new customers and have them experience the power of VIPER CAD.”
About Franklin County Emergency Services
Franklin County Emergency Services serves 25 towns and villages within the northern region of the state of New York. The Emergency Center serves all branches of emergency first response including law enforcement, Fire and EMS services, in a consolidated operation. The center serves 27 agencies and fields over 19,000 calls per year. The center employs state-of-the-Art technology and is committed to maintain a high system availability rate. To find out more, visit www.franklincony.org.
About Positron Public Safety Systems
Positron Public Safety Systems Inc., a division of IPC, is a leader in fully integrated, end-to-end public safety solutions for call handling and applications that enable end to end dispatching solutions and services. Established in 1970, Positron has more than 38 years' experience delivering indispensable applications and over 25 years of developing public safety solutions. With offices throughout the world, Positron's global footprint extends from the United States and Canada through Europe, Africa, Latin America, Australia, Asia and the South Pacific. Find out more at
www.positron911.com.
About IPC
IPC is a leading provider of indispensable communications solutions to global enterprises. With more than 30 years of expertise, IPC provides its systems and services to the world’s largest financial services firms, as well as to public safety; government; power, energy and utility; and transportation organizations. IPC offers its customers a suite of products and enhanced services that includes advanced Voice over IP technology, and integrated network and management services to over 40 countries. Based in Jersey City, NJ, IPC has over 1400 employees throughout the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit www.ipc.com.
www.ipc.com.
Statements made in this news release that state IPC's or its management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future constitute "forward looking statements" as defined by federal securities laws, which involve significant risks and uncertainties. Many risks and uncertainties are inherent in the telecommunications equipment industry. Others are more specific to our operations. The occurrence of the events described and the achievement of the expected results depend on many factors, some or all of which are not predictable or within our control. Actual results may differ materially from results discussed in these forward looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievement to differ materially from those described or implied in the forward-looking statements, are risks associated with substantial indebtedness, leverage and debt service, risks relating to the performance of our business and future operating results, risks of competition in our existing and future markets, loss or retirement of key executives, risks related to the notes and to high yield securities generally, general business and economic conditions, market acceptance issues, including potential technology changes and the risks inherent in new product and service introductions and the entry into new geographic markets, as well as those risk factors described in our filings with the SEC.
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