AST July 2018 Magazine AST July 2018 Magazine Issue 24 | Page 31

“In Volume the past, 25 new certification applica- tions or renewals took well over a year and often times resulted in customers being limited in their ability to purchase the requirement from a wider spectrum of mass notification vendors.” The Desktop Alert MNS platform is a ‘system of systems’ which unifies inter-agency mass notifi- cation system end-points such as public address systems, e-mail, digital signage, telephone and text messaging and more all within one con- solidated secure Department of Defense (DoD) web-based emergency operation center (EOC) interface. Desktop Alert is also on the DISA Ap- proved Products List (DISA APL) and the 1st First Mass Notification System To Complete USAF AFNet Migration. 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Securi- ty Awards Program AST focuses on Homeland Security and Public Safety Breaking News, the Newest Initiatives and Hottest Technologies in July 2018 Edition Physical & IT Security, essential to meet- ing today’s growing security challenges. The 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is organized to recognize the most distinguished vendors of Phys- ical, IT, Port Security, Law Enforcement, Border Security, First Responders, (Fire, EMT, Military, Support Services Vets, SBA, Medical Tech) as well as the Federal, State, County and Municipal Government Agen- cies – to acknowledge their outstanding efforts to ‘Keep our Nation Secure, One City at a Time.’ 31