Code Blue Emergency Communications Profile

Author: Brian Karas, Published on May 05, 2017

Code Blue is a US-based manufacturer of emergency call stations, call boxes, and incident management software. Over time, the company has shifted from building metal enclosures to providing turn-key products for emergency communicates or visitor management. IPVM spoke with executives of the company to understand their product portfolio, go to market strategy, and pricing, which we detail in this report.

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Comments (4)

Undisclosed Integrator #1

05/05/17 03:21pm

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05/05/17 10:33pm

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05/06/17 12:36pm

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Ross Vander Klok

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed End User #3 | 05/08/17 01:22pm

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