improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article reads like a news release or is otherwise written in a promotional tone . please help by either rewriting this article from a neutral point of view or by moving this article to wikinews . when appropriate blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with db spam . september 2015 this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message nixle llc . type private industry emergency notification and community engagement founded 2007 headquarters san francisco california website http www.nixle.com nixle offers free and paid notification services for local police departments county emergency management offices municipal governments and their agencies . the nixle service allows government agencies to send messages to local residents via phone email and web . information is delivered almost instantly . nixle serves government agencies and organizations in all 50 states . by june 1 2014 over 7 100 agencies and over 2 000 000 subscribers were registered to use the nixle service . nixle was founded in san francisco ca in 2007 by firas emachah and craig mitnick . in january 2015 the company s strategic assets were acquired by everbridge . 1 contents 1 history 2 security 3 geographic targeting 3.1 municipal wire 3.2 secure group text messaging 3.3 near time position targeting 4 references 5 external links history edit in june 2008 nixle partnered with the non profit organization nlets a computer based message switching system that links together all local state and federal law enforcement agencies throughout the united states . under the relationship nlets houses nixle servers in their secure facilities and integrates nixle technology into their network . 2 nixle tested its technology in the winter of 2008 in chula vista california . the test included publishers from the chula vista police department communications department and other chula vista municipal agencies . after the 45 day test the city of chula vista formally became the first municipality to adopt the nixle platform . 3 4 in the spring of 2009 agencies in eight states tested the new communication platform . 20 municipalities in california gained secure access to the service for testing including beverly hills pasadena napa san diego sonoma national city escondido 5 6 and walnut creek . by the summer of 2010 los angeles baltimore chicago virginia beach minneapolis and another 4600 other cities in all 50 states had adopted the program . 7 in july 2011 it was announced the company s chief product officer eric liu was promoted to chief executive officer and the appointment of scott mason as chairman . 8 security edit nixle s servers are located at nlets providing security from would be hackers . this enables police departments nationwide to send alerts and advisories using their secure police terminals . nixle does not access nlets law enforcement information they access their infrastructure . nixle is designed on an emergency grade platform hosted directly at the nlets data center in phoenix arizona which features an on site diesel generator for power failover a cisco firewall system and secured and regulated physical access to the facility . nixle s partnership with nlets allows nixle to provide access to police and fire agencies across the united states on their private network in their vehicle or handhelds without internet access . geographic targeting edit nixle s technology platform creates a database of community information that builds upon itself . as municipal and community oriented groups push out their location specific information directly to communities the system also archives . this creates the foundation for databases of local news and information . information is disseminated to any point or address in a geographic area . this technology is also available to consumers . municipal wire edit the municipal wire delivers information exclusively from public safety agencies and municipal governments . advertising and other sets of information are not comingled within the municipal wire so as not to diminish the integrity of public safety and government information . secure group text messaging edit nixle s private messaging application allows agencies and organizations to use the same nixle platform for public messaging to communicate internally via private groups . agencies and organizations can define custom groups and use mobile phone texts messages sms to keep group members up to date with real time messages on mobile phones . nixle s private messaging application was rolled out at the multi nation multi agency g 20 summit in pittsburgh in september 2009 . near time position targeting edit in january 2011 nixle released an iphone application 9 which periodically updates a user s location in its system . this potentially allows for greater hyperlocality of messages particularly in relation to users entering their home or business address although only a tiny fraction of mobile phones are iphones that support background location updates . references edit http article.wn.com view 2015 01 06 everbridge acquires strategic assets of nixle to redefine co f8 partnerships . retrieved 2009 09 22 . december 16 2008 cvpd partners with nixle to beta test new public notification software system . . retrieved 2009 03 27 . cvpd using e mail and texts to communicate with public . . archived from the original on april 5 2009 . retrieved 2009 03 31 . march 31 2009 tech message service coming to escondido . . retrieved 2009 03 31 . march 31 2009 community notification system . retrieved 2009 03 31 . october 22 2009 nixle inc. provides business update . retrieved 2009 11 23 . nixle names veteran technologist ceo eric liu named as chief executive officer ; scott mason assumes role of chairman . retrieved 2012 04 09 . iphone application external links edit http www.nixle.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nixle & oldid 743699386 categories companies based in san franciscoprivately held companies based in californiahidden categories articles with a promotional tone from september 2015all articles with a promotional toneorphaned articles from march 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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