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“Metis Secures’ technology www.AmericanSecurityToday.com insures less than 10 second alerting to all emergency command centers,” explains Howard Ryan, Founder of Desktop Alert Inc. “Beacon alert technology with limited LED text mes- sage screens and text-to- speech speakers without bi-directional real-time voice is limited in an active emergency.” January 2019 - Edition 31 Howard Ryan, Desktop Alerts Founder and CEO, accepting two 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards “When lives are at stake, seconds count. Com- call on a computer and send an officer to an mon area alerting for personal safety requires exact location. Today.com instant two way LIVE voice capability.” The boxes can also be used to push out mes- “Reading an alert is one thing, communicating sages to the building occupants. by voice during an active emergency is a must.” Metis Secure users include manufactur- “Our family of alerting systems now provides ing and research facilities, universities this fabulous common area alerting end- and schools, commercial office build- point solution.” ings, large parking garages, and others. Metis Secure is a industry pioneer in net- work-based in-building two-way live voice alerting solutions and continues to be on the forefront of developing unique, innovative solutions that harness the power of IP-Based and wireless technology. In a cri- sis, fast, effective emergency communi- cations can Metis Secure “Call for Help” Boxes make the difference In an emergency, a user pushes a button to between a automatically send a call for help to police. relatively Police can instantly isolate the location of the c o n t a i n e d 45