Singlewire Software
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Singlewire Software, LLC develops and supports ip-based voice applications for emergency communication with mass notification capabilities. The company is located in Madison, Wisconsin in the United States of America.
in 1998. The mission of the group was to create software applications for the IP or data network of an organization. InformaCast, the group's flagship application, was used extensively as an emergency mass notification system after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Berbee was acquired by CDW Corporation on October 11, 2006. In April 2009, the group formed a company, Singlewire Software, which repurchased the assets it had developed. while all other portions of the former Berbee Information Networks Corporation remain with CDW and form the heart of CDW’s Advanced Technology Services offerings.
Its suite of applications is designed to detect incidents within an organization, notify people or systems of such incidents, and activate the necessary systems to resolve the situation. Product features include enterprise-wide paging, emergency mass notification, remote detection of incidents on an IP network (i.e. activating RFID tags and IP video cameras and sending audio and text messages to IP phones and desktop workstations), and remote control of IP phones for training and support. Singlewire Software applications are presently used by over 2,000 businesses in 47 countries.
History
The Berbee Software engineering and sales team was originally formed under Berbee Information Networks CorporationBerbee
Berbee Information Networks Corporation, until its purchase by CDW in 2006, was a privately-held company in the United States of America. Berbee was founded in 1993 by James G. Berbee and it grew to over 300 million USD in revenue and more than 800 employees at the time of its sale in October 2006...
in 1998. The mission of the group was to create software applications for the IP or data network of an organization. InformaCast, the group's flagship application, was used extensively as an emergency mass notification system after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Berbee was acquired by CDW Corporation on October 11, 2006. In April 2009, the group formed a company, Singlewire Software, which repurchased the assets it had developed. while all other portions of the former Berbee Information Networks Corporation remain with CDW and form the heart of CDW’s Advanced Technology Services offerings.
Applications
Singlewire continues to enhance the InformaCast platform to include the integration of its notification technology into the physical security space.Its suite of applications is designed to detect incidents within an organization, notify people or systems of such incidents, and activate the necessary systems to resolve the situation. Product features include enterprise-wide paging, emergency mass notification, remote detection of incidents on an IP network (i.e. activating RFID tags and IP video cameras and sending audio and text messages to IP phones and desktop workstations), and remote control of IP phones for training and support. Singlewire Software applications are presently used by over 2,000 businesses in 47 countries.