NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 12/27/12 -- Send Word Now, the leading provider of on-demand alerting, response, and incident management services, announced today that the company was highly commended at the BCI Middle East Awards in the category of Business Continuity Provider of the Year 2012. The company had been short-listed under the categories of Business Continuity Innovation of the Year and Business Continuity Provider of the Year.

The BCI Middle East Awards recognize the outstanding contribution of business continuity professionals and organizations living in or operating in the Middle East. The Business Continuity Provider of the Year award recognizes an outstanding product designed for use by those working within the BCM industry. Products may include, but are not limited to: IT related products such as hardware, software and SMS solutions; training and education products including conferences and publications; and insurance. In their selection process, the judges looked for a first class product backed up with excellent customer support.

"We are very proud to have been honored at this year's BCI Middle East Awards," said Tony Schmitz, CEO and President of Send Word Now. "Send Word Now has demonstrated strong leadership in the emergency notification market in feature development, international support, and system security, and we look forward to continued growth in these areas!"

About Send Word Now

Send Word Now is the leading provider of on-demand alerting and incident management services for both routine and emergency communication. The easy-to-use, web-based emergency notification service is used by government agencies, municipalities, universities, non-profit organizations and businesses, including many Fortune 500 companies, to ensure fast, effective, two-way communication in real-time. Send Word Now's Alert Tracer® provides a full audit trail of messages sent and received for after-action reporting and follow-up. Designed to reach anyone, anywhere, anytime, with any device over any type of connection, Send Word Now's mass notification system is capable of transmitting hundreds of thousands of voice and text messages in minutes. The company is headquartered in New York City. Visit Send Word Now on the web at http://www.sendwordnow.com or email us at info@sendwordnow.com. Follow Send Word Now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sendwordnow and check out our new blog for industry news and insights at http://www.sendwordnow.com/Company/Blog.

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