Super Simple New Mass-Notification

Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on Apr 01, 2014

Getting the word out in an emergency is critical. For large facilities like schools or hospitals, having alerts heard can be the difference between life and death.

Historically, these systems have been complex and expensive, but one company aims to change that.  Instead of multiple zones, proprietary networking, and multiple devices meaning expensive systems., Barix has released a platform that they claim takes minutes to setup, uses existing LAN, and can even use smartphones as paging stations.

In this note, we break down the features, pricing, differences and competitive positioning of the offering.

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John Honovich

IPVM | 04/01/14 06:51pm

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