PIER Joins GSA Schedule - immixGroup

Business Wire, Sept 17, 2008

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- PIER Systems is pleased to announce that it has joined immixGroup's GSA IT Schedule 70 under Contract # GS-35F-0330J.

With GSA approval, PIER is providing access to federal and state agencies to procure its industry-leading technology to get the right information, to the right people, right now.

PIER, an acronym for Public Information Emergency Response, combines the best of technology to help customers push information, pull information, and interact with those who matter most.

Although PIER was originally designed to serve public information requirements, PIER clients are using the application across a broad spectrum of business activities.

Clients have discovered that PIER's ability to serve as a redundant IT infrastructure, robust data storage and friendly web access, work collaboration utility, and communication strengths are instrumental to meeting business continuity planning requirements. Whether communicating with employees and customers, or sustaining company operations during disasters such as Hurricane Ike, PIER provides a single, easy-to-use interface for organizations and reduces the burden on company IT staff and resources. PIER is data and device agnostic, which makes sending and receiving information highly flexible.

"We are thrilled to be joining immixGroup's GSA Schedule, which will make access by federal and state agencies to our offerings significantly easier and in the best interest of the government," said PIER Founder and CEO Gerald Baron. "We have been serving the U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Agriculture for years, and are excited about the potential opportunity to support additional federal, state and local agencies through the GSA Schedule."

For more information about how PIER was used by multiple organizations in Hurricane Ike, visit www.piersystems.com.

About PIER Systems, Inc.

The Public Information and Emergency Response (PIER) System is the world's first and only full spectrum on-demand communication management web-application. PIER is designed to put all critical tools needed by communicators into a single, easy-to-use communication platform, allowing communicators and an extended team to work together from anywhere at anytime to fully complete and manage a wide range of critical communication tasks. PIER is used by many of the world's leading oil and energy companies, by major federal agencies, by leading universities, major corporations and a large number of smaller government agencies, non-profits and commercial enterprises. PIER is a product of PIER Systems, Inc. For more information, visit http://www.piersystems.com/.>

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