Vocal release SafeText and SchoolAlert software for schools to enhance communication between schools, parents and pupils.

Colchester, Essex -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/09/2010 -- Vocal announce the release of their new software for schools. SafeText and SchoolAlert are innovative solutions that allow parents and pupils to contact their teachers and the school out of hours quickly and simply without exchanging any personal contact information. Messages can be sent to individual parents, teachers, pupils or specific groups regardless of their location.

SchoolAlert ensures that email and SMS messages are delivered directly to parents and guardians, making sure important information cannot be ignored or mislaid. Parents are kept up to date with key information on anything from school closures and emergencies to addressing truancy or pupil behaviour issue.

Using a secure and fully auditable system, SafeText enables a pupil to send an SMS to the schools dedicated number and automatically get through to the teacher of their choice. Pupils can receive teacher support out of regular school hours for help with studies and social problems such as bullying. All messages are tracked and monitored to ensure the ultimate protection is given to students and teachers in line with government legislation.

SafeText and SchoolAlert reduce the time and cost of school administration staff who would previously have been tasked with making phone calls and writing letters to contact parents. These solutions provide a secure and reliable two way connection between schools and homes - increasing the support available to teachers, parents and pupils.

Vocal are a trusted provider of award winning communication solutions to local authorities and emergency services, as well as across private industries. SchoolAlert and SafeText are Vocal's flagship solution for the education sector, providing schools, pupils and parents with a comprehensive and fully auditable SMS and email service.

For more information contact Vocal on 0800 0350081 or sales@vocal.co.uk

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The Cumbria and Raoul Moat shootings have left the public vulnerable to unexpected attacks. Information provided by the Police using Warn and Inform could provide regular updates to improve public safety.

Colchester, Essex -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/03/2010 -- Over the last two months there have been serious incidents which have directly affected the well being of the public. The Cumbria shootings and the Raoul Moat shootings have left the public vulnerable to unexpected attacks. Police forces in both circumstances found it challenging to keep the public informed with up to date with information and attempts made through police website updates and radio announcements did not reach the population as a whole.

Throughout the week long search for Raoul Moat, the community of Rothbury were kept on high alert of danger, a situation that could have been diffused with direct and regular communication from the authorities. BBC Newcastle Radio tried to 'keep the public informed without any sensationalism that was occurring in the media', however these attempts were limited to direct listeners, not reaching the wider community. The media did not always give clear facts or updates leaving the public vulnerable of continual speculation.

Similarly the Cumbria shootings also experienced information failure. According to The Guardian during the Cumbria shootings 'Three unarmed police officers tried and failed to follow the car of mass murderer Derrick Bird before he killed a further nine people', 'Lives could have been saved if police had got to Bird or got a handle on his movements sooner,".

Many police forces around the country have employed messaging platforms to allow them to send authorised, critical information directly to the local population via email and SMS, allowing them to quickly sign up to receive alerts through an 0800 number or website registration. When public safety is threatened, a key part of the police force's job is to use information to keep people safe. A poorly or mis-informed population can be heavily influenced by the sensational nature of the tabloid newspapers, and some of the public backlash felt by the police forces after these two shooting sprees could have been mediated by keeping the public informed on issues concerning their safety.

Vocal's messaging solutions have been used in by police forces and local authorities during high profile events that threatened public safety, such as the London 7/7 bombings and G20 Protests. Vocal's Warn and Inform system can be used during such incidents by the police, emergency services or local councils to accurately inform the public on a large scale during events that concern their safety and well being.

Warn and Inform is a fully supported desktop and web hosted solution providing business and community based information displayed within a fully customisable environment. The system provides a feature set and modular expansion enabling emergency services and users to communicate in real time and for recipients or viewers to have access to permission based information.

Vocal is a provider of critical information communication through our award-winning iModus system, trusted to provide the public and private sectors with the tools to deliver necessary information to staff, residents and stakeholders.

For more information visit http://www.vocal.co.uk or contact our Accounts Team on 0800 035 0081 or sales@vocal.co.uk

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Vocal's CaptureCall wins 'most innovative product of the year' at the 2010 Emergency Planning Society Awards.

Colchester, Essex -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/19/2010 -- Vocal have received another award for innovation as CaptureCall won 'most innovative product of the year' at the 2010 Emergency Planning Society awards. CaptureCall was also shortlisted at this years CIR awards, showing Vocal's commitment to technological excellence and to the innovation of the business continuity and emergency planning industry.

The Emergency Planning Society said:

"This product is designed to make it as easy as possible to keep an accurate mass communications capability in place. By making it possible for the users to administer their own entries in the messaging system, it overcomes the hurdle of accurate phone numbers. Keeping up to date records for the community around them is a major problem for many local authorities, COMAH operators and responders. CaptureCall takes that problem away."

Vocal are proud to be recognised as innovators, having won and been shortlisted for awards for innovation every year for the last four years and hope to continue this with the launch of iModus 2 later this year.

Vocal are a leading supplier of business continuity solutions, business critical messaging and emergency communications to the corporate and public sector. The iModus system is the power behind Vocal, an industry award winning platform that provides a global network of advanced, easily accessible technical infrastructure.

To celebrate CaptureCall's success this year, Vocal are offering this award winning product as part of a free iModus trial. For more information visit http://www.vocal.co.uk , call 0800 0350081 or email sales@vocal.co.uk

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