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AirVisual’s IntelliViewer 2.0 Software Brings Situational awareness to Chicago Public Schools

New York, NY (April 28, 2008) – AirVisual, Inc., a leading solution provider for the enterprise security and public-safety market, today announced it has successfully deployed its IntelliViewer 2.0 software in over 200 Chicago Public Schools in Chicago, Illinois. This important security initiative links cameras installed at each school to the headquarters of Chicago’s Police Department and the city’s 911 center. This comprehensive safety program connects public agencies in a way that has not been done before and allows access to real time information that can be vital during an emergency situation. The integration gives first responders and school security elements the ability to view pre-recorded or live video as well as an array of critical information and content management features and functions. The IntelliViewer 2.0 system was installed to leverage an already existing Honeywell video system and networked utilizing cameras located both outside and inside the schools. The IntelliViewer system was purchased and installed in partnership with RMS Technology Solutions. 

“This was a really big project coordinated between the Office of Emergency Management and Communications,  the Chicago Public School system, Chicago Police Department, RMS  and AirVisual,” said Tom Hansen, AirVisual’s Founder and CEO. I am really pleased to see how working together we were able to deliver a solution that truly works for the benefit of everyone. It works for the children, the faculty, the responders, and the people of Chicago. It just benefits the whole city".

This enhanced security system for the schools is welcomed as part of a city wide plan to further advance the capabilities of its first responders, enabling them to more effectively plan and react when engaged in an emergency or other catastrophic event and to better serve the people of the city on a daily basis.

The IntelliViewer 2.0 system is an open architecture, multi-vendor, IP-based content distribution platform created to deliver live camera and video images and text-based data to desktop and mobile subscribers from a wide-variety of content sources. The platform connects to video sources, access control, RF-ID, sensor networks, and performs adaptive routing, optimization, distribution, and delivery of content based on a rules and permissions based system. The AirVisual Content Delivery Platform accelerates delivery of rich video and supplementary content to mobile subscribers, reduces network traffic, and reduces costs for partner content distributors. The content delivery platform is the foundation of the company’s multitude of integrated products and services.

About RMS Technology Solutions, Inc.

RMS Technology Solutions—headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois— is a global leader in the development, deployment and integration of the latest crime fighting video surveillance technology. RMS has 30 years of experience in the information technology arena, with core competency in video surveillance, video management software, and network and systems integration. With a longstanding commitment to public safety, RMS is recognized internationally for providing effective crime fighting tools as part of an overall strategy that includes law enforcement, the community, and technology. RMS maintains alliance partnerships with top technology companies such as Hewlett-Packard (Enterprise Gold Partner) and Cisco Systems (Advance Technology Wireless Partner), among others. For more information, please visit www.rmstsi.com or www.podss.net .

About AirVisual, Inc.

AirVisual™ manages video and location-based data, including real-time or archived video, access control information, audio and text and transmits the information over any proprietary, cellular, Mesh, or WIFI network to any mobile device such as an MDT in a squad car or a handheld PDA.  AirVisual™ offers real-time communication and multiple system access and command and control for those in the field, as well as, those in the Command Center. The system gives first responders the ability to review and share crucial video of current and past incidents as well as notify personnel of vital alerts from sensors and video analytics software.   Through the ability to dispatch real time video and incident information (including sight schematics and maps), AirVisual offers a platform for establishment of collaborative command and control linking both fixed and mobile operations centers with responders at the incident.  For more information on AirVisual, call 212-822-8851.

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