Valcom and Kokomo24/7 Deliver School Safety Operations Ecosystem

ROANOKE, Va. and NORTHBROOK, Ill. — IP-based communications, emergency notification and life safety solutions provider Valcom and School Safety Cloud creator Kokomo24/7 today announce a strategic partnership that “brings together on-premises communications infrastructure and cloud-based school operations into one unified safety ecosystem. The partnership between Valcom and Kokomo24/7 “deliver[s] one of the industry’s most comprehensive school safety ecosystems that connects critical communications with the operational workflows schools depend on every day,” the announcement says. “School safety requires more than a panic button or a paging system. It requires every technology to work together,” says Ray Butler, president of Valcom, in the joint announcement. “Our partnership with Kokomo24/7 creates a trusted unified ecosystem functioning as one solution, so schools gain faster response times and streamlined operations every day.” “Districts are looking for less fragmentation and more connected solutions,” says Daniel J. Lee, founder and chief executive officer of Kokomo24/7, in the joint announcement. “By integrating Kokomo24/7 with Valcom, we’re helping schools bridge the gap between physical infrastructure and cloud software. “Our partnership combines the versatility of a proven software platform, trusted by the second largest school district in the country with an industry-leading communications platform. We’re helping schools to address all stages of safety management, operate more efficiently, and increase interoperability across existing infrastructure and third-party systems and services,” he says. Why Are Valcom and Kokomo24/7 Partnering? Together, Valcom and Kokomo24/7 “provide one of the industry’s most comprehensive school safety ecosystems, combining resilient on-premise communications with configurable cloud software that helps districts address all aspects of safety (prevention, mitigation, protection, response and recovery),” according to the joint announcement. Under the partnership, Valcom “provides the mission-critical communications infrastructure schools trust, including IP paging, intercom, emergency notification, visual alerting and the V-Guardian Alert wearable panic button solution,” the announcement says. Kokomo24/7 provides the cloud platform supporting visitor management, student attendance, reunification, behavioral threat assessment, incident management, digital accountability and operational efficiencies, according to the joint announcement. “Working together, the two platforms enable schools to immediately communicate during an emergency while simultaneously launching coordinated digital workflows that account for students, staff and visitors, support incident command, simplify reunification and accelerate recovery,” the announcement says. The post Valcom and Kokomo24/7 Deliver School Safety Operations Ecosystem appeared first on Security Sales & Integration.