PARAMUS, New Jersey,
November 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) today announced that it
participated in the National Emergency Number Association's
(NENA's) ICE 8 Industry Collaboration Event, a forum that promotes
progress towards Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1). During ICE 8,
NICE was able to confirm interoperability of its NG9-1-1 recording
solutions with a spectrum of i3 interfaces, an essential capability
for logging IP-based NG9-1-1 emergency communications in the form
of voice, video and text.
NENA ICE 8 took place November 4-8,
2013 on the Rice Campus of the Illinois
Institute of Technology. Representatives from more than two
dozen public safety service providers came together to test the
features that would enable 9-1-1 centers across the country to keep
pace with consumer technologies and introduce multimedia "call"
capabilities, allowing text, images, and real-time video to be sent
from those in need of emergency assistance directly to 9-1-1 call
takers.
The NENA ICE 8 Industry Collaboration Event focused on testing
interfaces for logging of processing events and recording NG9-1-1
multimedia and call data, as well as interfaces for retrieving and
reproducing both. NENA's i3 NG9-1-1 standard specifies the system
interfaces that were tested at ICE 8.
"Through the ICE initiative, NENA is proud to provide a space
for all relevant players to come together in an open, collaborative
atmosphere to test the products and services that will ultimately
enable Next Generation 9-1-1 and improve emergency responses for
all citizens in need," said NENA President Bernard Brown, ENP. "We thank the Illinois Institute of Technology for hosting this
critical event and INdigital for assisting in establishing the
network connectivity between participants."
"The key to a successful evolution to NG9-1-1 is standards and
interoperability, and we are pleased with the progress we have
achieved through our collaboration with NENA and other industry
partners," said Eric Hines, Vice
President of the NICE Security Group. "The interoperability testing
we have conducted will ultimately give public safety agencies the
flexibility to implement a myriad of NG9-1-1 solutions without any
concerns about interoperability challenges."
Additional ICE program details are available at
http://www.nena.org/ice.
About NENA: The 9-1-1 Association
The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) serves its
members and the greater public safety community as the only
professional organization solely focused on 9-1-1 policy,
technology, operations, and education issues. The association works
with public policy leaders; emergency services and
telecommunications industry partners; like-minded public safety
associations; and other stakeholder groups to develop and carry out
critical programs and initiatives to improve 9-1-1; to facilitate
the creation of an IP-based Next Generation 9-1-1 system; and to
establish industry leading standards, training, and certifications.
Find out more at http://www.nena.org.
About NICE Systems
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) is the worldwide leading provider of
software solutions that enable organizations to take the next best
action in order to improve customer experience and business
results, ensure compliance, fight financial crime, and
safeguard people and assets. NICE's solutions empower organizations
to capture, analyze, and apply, in real time, insights from both
structured and unstructured Big Data. This data comes from multiple
sources, including phone calls, mobile apps, emails, chat, social
media, video, and transactions. NICE solutions are used by
over 25,000 organizations in more than 150 countries, including
over 80 of the Fortune 100 companies. http://www.nice.com.
Trademark Note: NICE and the NICE logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of NICE Systems. All other marks are
trademarks of their respective owners. For a full list of NICE
Systems' marks, please see:
http://www.nice.com/nice-trademarks.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements, including the statements by Messer Hines, are based on the current
expectations of the management of NICE-Systems Ltd. (the Company)
only, and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that
could cause the actual results or performance of the Company to
differ materially from those described herein, including but not
limited to the impact of the global economic environment on the
Company's customer base (particularly financial services firms) and
the resulting uncertainties; changes in technology and market
requirements; decline in demand for the Company's products;
inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies,
products and applications; difficulties or delays in absorbing and
integrating acquired operations, products, technologies and
personnel; loss of market share; pressure on pricing resulting from
competition; and inability to maintain certain marketing and
distribution arrangements. For a more detailed description of the
risk factors and uncertainties affecting the company, refer to the
Company's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form
20-F. The forward-looking statements contained in this press
release are made as of the date of this press release, and the
Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise them, except
as required by law.
NICE Corporate Media Contact
Erik Snider, +1-877-245-7448,
erik.snider@nice.com
Investors
Marty Cohen, +1-212-574-3635,
ir@nice.com, ET
SOURCE NICE Systems Ltd.