29 September 2009

University of Rochester Purchases Campus-Reach™ for Emergency Notification

Rochester, NY- Ashergroup, a leading provider of telecommunication services, announces that the University of Rochester has purchased Campus-Reach (http://www.campus-reach.com), a member of the Hyper-Reach® family of Emergency Notification Services.

The University of Rochester is a premier research university, home to both Eastman School of Music and Strong Memorial Hospital. The University is proud if its high tech reputation. It boasts The Laboratory for Laser Energetics' 60-beam OMEGA laser, the world's most powerful fusion laser.

Ashergroup will be providing Campus-Reach emergency notification services. Campus-Reach can be used to instantly contact staff, students, faculty and parents by SMS, voice, email, and TTY. A unique feature of Campus-Reach is the ability for message recipients to respond to the messages on their phone or computer. Members of the University community will also be able to opt in to a Facebook group allowing further updates directly to this very popular college networking site. This powerful college ENS can send 20,000 voice calls and 50,000 SMS messages per hour.

"Campus Reach is a Hyper-Reach product designed to address emergency notification needs for colleges and universities," says Russ Bell, VP of Sales. "It has the power, features, reliability, and ease of use that colleges need to communicate effectively."

Ashergroup is based in Rochester, NY.

Contact Ashergroup for more information