Cathedral High School, an Indianapolis-based private high school with over 1000 students, faced recurring issues with its outdated phone system, experiencing frequent outages that disrupted daily operations and impeded communication with parents. Level365, a leading provider of unified communications services, was brought in to address these challenges and deliver a reliable, efficient, and modern communication solution.

Rauland's Responder® Enterprise solution has been selected as winner of the “Best Clinical Administration Hardware Device” award in the 8th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global digital health and medical technology market.

Buildings are becoming increasingly complex with countless people move through them all the time. Not all of them will be familiar with the building or in a physical condition to escape a danger zone. Tailoring to this complexity with visual, acoustic and voice alarming is essential to protecting lives and complying to safety standards.

Communication Company will sponsor a breakfast session about Lithium-ion Battery Fires and Detection on June 6th, 9:00-10:30 am CST at the Dean and Barabara White Center in Merrillville. Participants can earn 1.5 CPD credits. Danish and coffee will start at 8:30 am CST.

Communication Company completes fire alarm and life safety systems inspections for acute healthcare facilities in accordance with NFPA and applicable sections of ACHC/HFAP (Chapter 13 Life Safety) Standards.

The acute care environment represents a dynamic hub of activity, with nurses positioned at its epicenter. Nurses spend long hours managing patient care, coordinating resources across interdisciplinary teams, and providing support to patients’ family members.

Salient’s open cloud video data platform is simple, flexible, and scales with your business needs. The systems empower you to view, record, and use your video data to drive business operations with actionable insights while going beyond your safety and security needs. Salient’s platforms include VMS, Cloud, Analytics, and Appliance solutions that are simple, scalable, and flexible.

The primary task of technical equipment in data centers is to ensure maximum availability of data. Fire safety plays a major role in this context. The figures cited in the manual “Designing and Operating IT Rooms and Data Centers” [1] are eye-opening: If a company’s data center is destroyed by fire, the very existence of the business is at stake. 70 percent of all affected businesses are forced to shut down. Only 23 percent are fully operational again after one year. Minimizing the risk of fire damage is therefore a top priority. Early detection of incipient fires and swift initiation of countermeasures are critical basic requirements for maximum system availability.

According to stats compiled by Axon, there were 27,300 crimes reported on postsecondary education campuses over the course of 2019 and 2020, or almost 19 crimes per 10,000 students. These include assaults, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts, among others. To help deter these incidents, many campuses in the United States employ the use of blue emergency phones (also known as emergency blue light phones or blue light boxes).

On November 8-11, 2024 Communication Company will be at booths #83-84 at Union Station in Indianapolis for the Hoosier Educational Computer Coordinators (HECC) 2023 conference. See Jordan Moss to enter a chance to win a $250 gift card. 

Put this event on your calendars. The Communication Company team will be at the 2023 MWHCEC Midwest Healthcare Clinical Engineering Conference. You can visit team members at booth #604 at the Indianapolis, Indiana Convention Center on November 14th when the expo portion of the program will be open. The conference runs from November 12-14.

This year, our CEO, Dan Schmidtendorff of Communication Company, became the board president of the NSCA, an industry association leader in all things systems integration. This year, the Pivot to Profit 2023 conference by NSCA introduced exciting ideas related to critical market factors like AI, and the mission-critical nature of what integrators provide to customers has made pivoting even more vital in 2023 and beyond. Read more now.

The risks of fire and explosion in the food and beverage industry are often underestimated. Especially in this sector, however, minor fires can cause significant material and consequential losses. But process interruptions caused by false alarms are also costly. The best remedy is detection as early and as reliably as possible using innovative, false alarm-proof fire alarms.

In 2022, Communication Company started introducing its managed service suite of programs to ensure customers’ systems are up-to-date, serviced, and functioning at all times. Many customers, however, need to understand why these services are critical. It has become a matter of not “if” a managed services contract is in place - it’s recognizing that these are services you shouldn’t be without.

Communication Company and vendor partners Siemens, Xtralis, and RSI have created the Northern Indiana Fire Safety Forum events which will tour in three Northern Indiana cities August 7, 8 and 9. The agenda below explores the latest fire safety technologies presented by speakers from Siemens, Xtralis, RSI, and Communication Company. Two CEU credits are earned by participants attending this event. The same agenda will be covered at each location from 8:00AM to 2:00PM.

Dan Schmidtendorff, president and CEO at Communication Company and current NSCA vice president, assumes the role of NSCA Board of Directors president on July 1, 2023.

Bi-directional amplification (BDA) systems are increasingly becoming the standard for new school construction projects with their ability to improve overall communication and safety in the educational environment. Depending on a school’s location, the implementation of BDA systems may also be mandated by law and local code. In this blog, we will discuss the role and key benefits of bi-directional amplification systems in school environments and why they’re so important today.

Classroom Audio Technology (CAT) has been employed for more than 20 years to enhance listening and learning environments. This technology is designed to provide a high level of speech intelligibility and evenly distribute sound throughout the classroom, helping teachers and all students benefit from the amplified learning environment.

Clear Touch is a leading provider of technology and services to help streamline communication within schools. Their innovative products and support allow educators to increase student engagement, diversify the learning experience and improve teacher productivity.  

IntelliSee is an innovative AI risk-mitigation platform transforming healthcare safety. By seamlessly integrating into existing surveillance systems and employing powerful, deep-learning technology, IntelliSee can detect and mitigate potential threats, including unauthorized persons, vehicles, weapons, and more.