Press Release

August 11, 2009

TechRadium Reaches Agreement With Blackboard Inc. to Cross-License Notification Patents

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- TechRadium, Inc. today announced that it has recently reached an agreement with Blackboard Inc. to cross-license several patents and patent applications, allowing each company to continue to provide mass notification technology and services to clients.

 

TechRadium and Blackboard each provide mass notification solutions to clients in various markets, enabling institutions and organizations to quickly reach a mass audience with urgent and non-urgent messages to increase safety and awareness. Interest in mass notification has grown in recent years as organizations in education, government, business and other fields have looked to use technology to strengthen communication and outreach in their communities.

 

Ryan S. Rodkey, CEO of TechRadium, stated: "This agreement will allow both TechRadium and Blackboard to continue developing ground-breaking enhancements for public safety. By cross-licensing our patent portfolios, our companies now have stronger resources to further innovate the mass notification market." He also stated that TechRadium and Blackboard each have several patents pending that will continue to enhance the mass notification market.

 

For more information about TechRadium, please visit http://www.techradium.com.

 

About TechRadium, Inc.

TechRadium, Inc. is a leading provider of high-speed communication services to educational institutions, corporations, non-profits and government entities worldwide. TechRadium gives organizations the ability to disseminate emergency and non-emergency information via voice and text to thousands of people simultaneously with its easy-to-use mass notification service, IRIS. Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, TechRadium is the owner of six United States Patents and multiple patents pending.