United States Military Academy at West Point Awards Contract for their New Giant Voice Systems to ATI Systems

East Boston, MA (PRWEB) July 25, 2012

Acoustic Technology Inc. (ATI Systems) of East Boston, MA is pleased to announce its mass notification system was successfully installed at the United States Military Academy at West Point for a comprehensive mass notification solution. The system will assist and alert personnel in the event of an emergency and allow leadership to rapidly communicate critical response information.

The United States Military Academy at West Point is a major military icon. The United States Military Academy has been educating, training, and inspiring leaders of character for United States Army and for the nation for more than 200 years. With 600 admin staff and approximately 5,000 undergraduates, the academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic sites, buildings and monuments.

ATI Systems was awarded the contract to install a complete turn-key notification system capable to provide real-time emergency and essential information through a Giant Voice (GV) alert systems to personnel located on the West Point, United States Military Academy. The system consists of 11 High Powered Speaker Stations (HPSS16), 2 Outdoor Speaker Units (OSU) and controlled by 3 Central Control Stations (CCU).

The installed system has excellent intelligibility of speech and voice clarity, natural sounding and free of distortion so that personnel easily understand information and directions. The GV system is activated via wireless radio frequency. The GV system speakers were installed on freestanding poles and on existing buildings. The speakers are weather resistant and can operate in all environmental conditions consistent with the geographical areas of West Point, NY.

The central control stations are used for activating, controlling and monitoring the entire system. The control stations provide an interface to allow a typical CD to connect to control station using an audio jack to allow the user to play external music using a CD player, MP3 player or connect to a computers audio output to play .wav files. The control stations are fully integrated with the existing DesktopAlert software. The integration with the DesktopAlert system allows the operator to send emergency notification messages to network computers in addition to activating the ATI system from any computer on the school network.

The central control stations are configured with ATI Systems proprietary MassAlert

United States Military Academy at West Point Awards Contract for their New Giant Voice Systems to ATI Systems

Datto Inc. Introduces Datto Academy to Partners and the IT Channel

Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) June 19, 2012

Datto Inc., an award-winning provider of hardware based on-site and off-site backup, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions is pleased to announce the launch of Datto Academy. This training program will consist of both technical online tutorials and on-site training seminars that will be available to all Datto Partners.

Datto Academys online training program is free of cost to all Datto Partners and directly ties into Dattos Partner Portal. Online training modules cover device setup, configuration and support for Tier 1 issues. Interactive training modules contain how-to videos, detailed tutorials and quizzes for gauging competency. There is no limit on this training, so Partners can go back and review materials as often as necessary.

Datto Academys on-site training program is a two-day seminar that covers advanced, Tier 2 topics that include, learning how to run device level commands and more advanced troubleshooting topics and scenarios.

Datto Academy Training Seminars are designed for technicians and engineers that install, service or monitor Datto SIRIS units and would like to enhance their troubleshooting experience and abilities. Seating is limited and is assigned on a first come, first serve basis.

Kevin Danis of Remote Technology Management, LLC recently completed a training seminar and summed up his experience, Datto Academy hosted a great training seminar. I learned how to troubleshoot certain scenarios and gained a much better understanding of the SIRIS device. Since completing the training seminar I haven’t opened a single ticket with Datto support!

To register for a Training Seminar, Datto Partners should reach out to their Sales Executive or visit: http://www.dattobackup.com/seminar-registration.

The Datto Academy is essential for our Partners because it will provide them with the tools they need to fix and maintain the devices they sell. The training will help them provide predictable and impressive SLAs to their respective clients, said Ian McChord, Datto Product Manager.

Datto is also offering an optional Private Cloud Training that will occur after the second day of the Training Seminar is completed. Datto encourages Partners that are planning to implement a Private Cloud solution attend this session and learn the necessary steps and best practices to ensure smooth a deployment of the solution.

To learn more about Datto Academy, please visit: http://www.dattobackup.com/academy

About Datto Inc.

Datto Inc. is a leading provider of hardware based on-site and off-site backup and disaster recovery solutions. Founded in 2007, Datto is a profitable and growing channel-only company changing the way MSPs and VARs deliver complete business continuity. Dattos offerings range from small data storage systems to large, enterprise-class business continuity solutions. Easy and affordable pricing, no recovery or incidental fees, generous upgrade plans and US-based technical support are just a few ways Datto is changing the channel. To learn more about Datto, visit http://www.dattobackup.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and our Blog.

Becoming a Datto partner is easy and free. Simply visit the partner page of the website at http://www.dattobackup.com/partners/join and fill out a resale partner form to get started today.

Datto Inc. Introduces Datto Academy to Partners and the IT Channel