Twisted Pair Solutions Partners with E•Sponder to Offer Enhanced Incident Command and Control

Seattle, Washington, USA – February 3, 2009 – Twisted Pair Solutions (www.twistpair.com), a pioneer in unified group communications software built to open standards, today announced that it will partner with E•SPONDER, a leader in emergency response and incident command software, to offer tightly integrated voice and data solutions to first responders and other State and local government agencies .   Solutions that combine Twisted Pair’s WAVE® VoIP software technology with E•SPONDER’s command and control software will deliver unmatched, mission-critical emergency management and communication capability for groups and organizations that demand it.

“Incident commanders and response teams are seeking simple and integrated ways of accessing, collating and digesting information in order to make the most informed decisions,” said Tom Guthrie, President and CEO at Twisted Pair Solutions.  “Complete situational awareness and the ability to respond quickly and appropriately to new information is critical to effective incident management and we welcome the opportunity to partner with E•SPONDER to help deliver that capability.”

WAVE is the industry’s only pure software-based unified communications solution that enables real-time, secure, group communications over an IP network. WAVE connects users of disparate and often incompatible communications technologies, including two-way radios, personal computers, cell phones and IP phones, into a single, interoperable and easily manageable communications system.  The E•SPONDER solution provides groups and organizations with the ability to plan and respond to both events and unplanned activities based on NIMS/ICS standards.. When linked with WAVE and other applications such as mapping, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and resource tracking, E•SPONDER provides a fully integrated command and control capability.

“Integrating WAVE with E•SPONDER allows us to provide an unmatched level of collaboration and communications.  The partnership creates an unparalleled solution for our customers” says Robert Wolf, President and CEO of E•SPONDER, LLC.   

In 2008 E•SPONDER software was selected to provide planning, tracking and reporting of all security-related activities for Super Bowl XLIII.  Over 60 Federal, State, regional, local and municipal authorities have been planning the security details for Super Bowl for over a year and E•SPONDER will be providing critical data to authorities  including tracking of all activities, mapping and 3-D displays and, through its use of WAVE,  integration of two-way radio communications.

WAVE software is widely deployed by the US Department of Defense and other large Federal agencies, as well as by State and regional authorities in public safety and law enforcement deployments.