HOUSTON, May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One month after the deaths
 of students and professors at Virginia Tech University, a growing number of
 governors across the United States are ordering statewide studies of
 security methods on university and college campuses, with authorities
 expected to examine new safety systems.
     TechRadium, Inc., of Sugar Land, Texas, which holds patents on cutting-
 edge electronic emergency notification systems, says it will take part in
 as many studies as possible and will demonstrate its Immediate Response
 Information System -- IRIS -- to show how even the largest campus
 populations can be alerted immediately in emergency situations.
     In Florida, Governor Charlie Crist has created a task force to explore
 campus security in the aftermath of the slayings at Virginia Tech.
 TechRadium's IRIS is already in use in public schools in several Florida
 counties with 750,000 students, staff and faculty.
     In Virginia, Governor Tim Kaine has ordered an investigation of the
 killings at Virginia Tech, and officials in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
 Illinois and numerous other states are also looking at improved security
 methods.
     IRIS is in use in a number of Texas school systems, both public and
 parochial, and in other states in addition to Florida. Following the
 Virginia Tech tragedy, TechRadium has received increased interest in IRIS,
 regarded as the most advanced and comprehensive emergency notification
 system available in the United States today.
     "TechRadium's patented IRIS system has already proven successful in
 seven counties in Florida using the system," Ryan Rodkey, President and
 Chief Executive Officer of TechRadium, said. "Indeed, one public school
 system in the Tampa Bay area put the system into emergency use only a few
 days after Virginia Tech."
     A high school near Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida, used its IRIS
 system to alert parents who had heard widespread reports of a shootout in
 the school area.
     "Fortunately, the rumors proved to be false -- there was no shootout --
 but it was very important to notify parents and students of the situation,
 and IRIS performed well in every respect," Mr. Rodkey said.
     The Tampa Tribune, reporting on the incident, quoted a school official
 on the emergency use of IRIS: "After Virginia Tech, I don't think anybody
 has any patience for security issues. We pushed the button."
     With hundreds of students leaving school, the principal was able to
 alert parents and students immediately that the rumor of a shootout was
 false and that the school was safe. "That's the best possible use of our
 system, assuring safety," Mr. Rodkey said.
     Florida's legislature recently approved new multi-million dollar
 allocations that will enable to Florida Department of Education to expand
 its present pilot programs from the seven counties using IRIS to a
 considerably larger number of schools systems over the state. TechRadium
 will seek to put IRIS in service in each of the additional counties, Mr.
 Rodkey said.
     TechRadium's patented system is distinguished from other conventional
 alert programs by a number of features, including not only instant
 notification but also instant response, enabling authorities to know
 immediately who received messages and who didn't. IRIS sends messages
 through not one but multiple communications devices including telephones,
 cell phones, e-mail, pagers, faxes, PDAs, satellite devices, LED signs and
 virtually any communications device connected to internet or telephone
 networks. IRIS's information is sent in eight other languages in addition
 to English, including Spanish, French and Chinese.
     TechRadium's system is not only available to educational institutions,
 but is also targeted to government groups and buildings, corporations,
 local businesses and others. TechRadium recently announced an agreement
 with Qwest Communications International, Inc., to supply IRIS to federal
 offices and other government facilities. The company also announced an
 agreement with ADT Security Services to distribute IRIS to universities,
 colleges and schools.
     (To contact TechRadium about IRIS, please call 866-270-0120 or
 866-894-5474.)
 
 

SOURCE TechRadium, Inc.