BANG are pleased to announce they have selected Callmy as their new communications partner.

BANG are a not for profit group of Business Continuity Managers from Government and some of the UK’s leading businesses. BANG meet on a regular basis to discuss and debate current Business Continuity issues and to learn through shared experience. BANG’s activities also raise money for worthwhile causes, which include; the British Red Cross, Help for Heroes and CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young)

Steve Yates, BANG Chairman, commented, “It was proving increasingly difficult to maintain communications with our 1,900 members and this became an important issue we needed to address. Using Callmy will mean we no longer have to maintain a contact database, which was difficult when our members email and phone numbers seem to change on a regular basis. With Callmy members simply download the Callmy app and chose to follow us – simple”.

BANG have a vibrant LinkedIn group, which is a valuable resource for general information and for discussion around current business continue themes. However, this is restricted to only sending one message per month to the entire group, creating a problem if there is urgent information to communicate. Steve continues, “ Callmy messages also have the benefit of being free to deliver, are not constrained by length and we can ask for our members to respond if required”.

If you would like to join BANG go to the BANG LinkedIn group, or for information on events and activities please click here.

https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=2766846 link to BANG London

Callmy are pleased to be exhibiting at this years BCI World Conference.

BCI World is the largest business continuity (BC) conference & exhibition in the UK, and one of the largest globally. The varied conference programme, themed this year How to rise to the resilience challenge, will include thought leadership discussion and debates, new research, practical demonstrations, and real-life application of continuity and resilience activities.

Visitors to Callmy’s stand (42) will be able to discuss why Mass Notification play’s a vital role in supporting Business Continuity response and also see the latest version of Callmy action – the most cost effective and simple to use Mass Notification capability on the market.

The exhibition, which is free to attend, is on the 10/11 November and takes place at the Hilton London Metropole.

We look forward to seeing you there.

The University of Wolverhampton has today announced it is deploying the Callmy Mass Notification service across its entire community – this spans 21,000 students from more than 50 countries.

The investment in Callmy demonstrates the University’s commitment to security and looking after the well being of its students, staff and visitors.

The Callmy service enables the security team to post text and voice messages, via a web portal or telephone call, which are delivered to a dedicated smartphone app. Callmy messages stand apart from the congested email, SMS and Social Media inboxes – meaning recipients are more likely to act.

Sandy Shaw, Head of Security at Wolverhampton comments, “we are reserving Callmy for communicating important messages that may require a fast response. Being app based ideally suits the student demographic and there is also no need for us to build and manage a database of contacts – our users simply opt-in and choose to follow us”.

Control communicationwith Callmy

Situational Awareness is a key consideration during a crisis and Callmy provides an ideal solution to manage this. Sandy continues, “certain situations require us to maintain complete control of the information being socialised regarding an incident. However, this becomes problematic when well meaning individuals start forwarding messages and posting comments in the public domain. A high message response rate can also put a considerable strain on resource allocation”.

Callmy provides a web portal with live management information – this displays how messages are being consumed. When a message is posted, the administrator can request the followers to confirm receipt or respond with some appropriate details. This information is presented in an on-line report and all comments remain private, only being displayed within the administration portal.

If a situation changes, the administrator can also delete a message, which removes it from the end users app – a record of the message is retained for auditing purposes in a separate archive folder.

A simple to use solution

“We do not want complexity in a crisis” comments Sandy “and Callmy is not only simple to use, it doesn’t restrict the amount of characters we can post, unlike Twitter and SMS”.

Callmy also enables voice messages to be broadcast by simply dialling an out of area DDI number, allocated to the University’s Callmy service. This is vital for Business Continuity Planning and mitigates the risks of the Internet not being available or local telecommunications failures.

Cost Effective

“We’ve designed a highly resilient and secure service, using the latest cloud based hosting architecture”, comments Tony Watson, CEO and Founder of Callmy. “The efficiency of the delivery means we can offer Callmy at a cost point, which to date, has not being available for this type of service. We are excited to be working with the University of Wolverhampton and will be supporting them with their deployment of Callmy”.

Please click here for more details on how Callmy can help your organisation.

Callmy are proud to be supporting War Child at this years Childcare Expo event.

More details available here:

https://www.childcareexpo.co.uk/london/visiting/london-competitions.htm

War Child UK is a specialist child protection charity working with children whose lives have been devastated by conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Syria, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo.  They are providing life-changing support to the most vulnerable children whose families, communities and schools have been torn apart by war.

 War Child is a UK registered charity number 1071659

Visit www.warchild.org.uk for War Child news and information.

Become a friend of War Child on Facebook:www.facebook.com/warchilduk Or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/warc

Callmy are pleased to be exhibiting at the AUCSO 2015 Conference – to be held at Loughborough University, Holywell Park Conference Centre and Burleigh Court Hotel.

The Association of University Chief Security Officers, AUCSO, is the primary association for Security Professionals working in Universities, Colleges and Institutions of Higher and Further Education in the UK and Europe.

The Association provides a forum for its members to exchange knowledge, information and best practice relating to security management within the sector.

AUCSO also has links with the International Association of University Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) with most members based in the USA and Canada but with members from around the world.

Each year the Association holds a conference, exhibition and AGM for its members. This years event will provide a useful showcase for Callmy’s capabilities and will provide delegates an opportunity to discuss how they support communications resilience.