Everbridge to Provide Mobile Alerts for One of the World’s
Most-Watched Sporting Events
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2019--
Everbridge,
Inc. (EVBG),
the global leader in critical event management and enterprise safety
software applications that help keep people safe and businesses running,
today announced that the City of Atlanta has deployed its
market-leading platform to alert city residents, visitors and attendees
of Super Bowl LIII in the event of an emergency, disruption or need to
share important information during the Big Game. Everbridge powers
Atlanta’s emergency alert system NotifyATL,
and city officials are encouraging both locals and Super Bowl attendees
to text NOTIFYATL to 888777 to receive important updates on their mobile
phones.
Residents and visitors who register for the mobile alerts by texting
NOTIFYATL to 888777 will receive critical updates directly from
emergency management officials. Text messages may include safety,
traffic, weather, and event notifications, including street closures and
detours, transit delays, potential disruptions, and updates throughout
the event.
The New England Patriots take on the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday,
February 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The game is watched by
more than 100 million viewers, who tune in to catch the action on the
field as well as the prestigious half-time show. For their part, City of
Atlanta officials expect 150,000 out-of-town fans, and a total of more
than one million people to attend a series of related events over 10
days leading up to the game, impacting local roads and businesses, and
transportation hubs like Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport and the MARTA public transit system, both Everbridge customers
as well. Everbridge’s Global Intelligence Operations Center (GIOC) has
also released pre-event
analysis on the potential for disruptions in the immediate area
around Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
“The Super Bowl is classified as a SEAR 1 (Special Event Assessment
Rating) event by the Department of Homeland Security, which means there
are heightened security protocols to protect against terrorism or other
criminal activity,” explains Tracy Reinhold, Chief Security Officer for
Everbridge, and former head of the FBI’s intelligence division, where he
also served as a Special Agent for over 20 years. “Atlanta has been
planning for this event for the past two years, and what we’re seeing is
extensive coordination at the local, state, and federal level. In the
event of a security threat or major disruption, the Everbridge platform
is in place to allow officials to quickly alert locals and visitors to
any risk and to communicate an appropriate response.”
Super Bowl LIII is the latest large-scale event to deploy Everbridge’s
market-leading platform and keyword-based alerting solution. The system
was recently rolled out in New York City for both the Times
Square New Year’s Eve celebration and the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade. The technology was also deployed at last
year’s Super
Bowl Championship Parade in Philadelphia, as well as Super Bowl 50
in Santa Clara and the Rose
Parade in Pasadena. Other large events include the Pride
Parade in San Francisco, Mardi
Gras in New Orleans, the March
For Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C., and the Presidential
Inauguration. It is also regularly used by officials during severe
weather situations, including Hurricane
Lane, Hurricane
Irma, and the California
wildfires.
About Everbridge
Everbridge,
Inc. (EVBG)
is a global software company that provides enterprise software
applications that automate and accelerate organizations’ operational
response to critical events in order to keep people safe and businesses
running. During public safety threats such as active shooter situations,
terrorist attacks or severe weather conditions, as well as critical
business events including IT outages, cyber-attacks or other incidents
such as product recalls or supply-chain interruptions, over 4,200 global
customers rely on the company’s Critical Event Management Platform to
quickly and reliably aggregate and assess threat data, locate people at
risk and responders able to assist, automate the execution of
pre-defined communications processes through the secure delivery to over
100 different communication devices, and track progress on executing
response plans. The company’s platform sent over 2.8 billion messages in
2018 and offers the ability to reach over 500 million people in more
than 200 countries and territories, including the entire mobile
populations on a country-wide scale in Sweden, the Netherlands, the
Bahamas, Singapore, Greece, Cambodia, and a number of the largest states
in India. The company’s critical communications and enterprise safety
applications include Mass Notification, Incident Management, Safety
Connection™, IT Alerting, Visual Command Center®, Crisis Commander®,
Community Engagement™ and Secure Messaging. Everbridge serves 9 of the
10 largest U.S. cities, 9 of the 10 largest U.S.-based investment banks,
all 25 of the 25 busiest North American airports, six of the 10 largest
global consulting firms, six of the 10 largest global auto makers, all
four of the largest global accounting firms, four of the 10 largest
U.S.-based health care providers and four of the 10 largest U.S.-based
health insurers. Everbridge is based in Boston and Los Angeles with
additional offices in Lansing, San Francisco, Beijing, Bangalore,
Kolkata, London, Munich, Oslo, Stockholm and Tilburg. For more
information, visit www.everbridge.com,
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Jim Gatta
Everbridge
jim.gatta@everbridge.com
215-290-3799
Jeff Young
Everbridge
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