deal with the situation,” Romani said.
For employees, it provides the added ben-
efit of booking trips or meetings. For in-
stance, for a professor going from one
building to the next for a 10 o’clock meet-
ing, the systemwill send out an alert if he or
she does not arrive at the appointed time,
perhaps due to a safety threat. “It’s really
geared towards linking personal protection
to campus security. So if something were
to take place, it captures as much infor-
mation and transfers that to the security
people on site so that they can deploy as
quickly as possible,” Romani said.
Innovative security solutions don’t just ap-
ply to serious situations; the latest tech-
nology can be applied towards incorporat-
ing convenience into life. One of the most
recent ventures SSS has embarked on is
a partnership with y!kes, a company that
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