University introduces alerts

Another tragedy has shaken a college campus. A University of Memphis football player was shot and killed Sunday night on campus. Because of incidents like this, campuses across the country are taking new steps to ensure safety, reports KXLY.com.

Just a few weeks ago, WSU installed a siren and notification system on campus, and Eastern Washington University is a month away from testing its new emergency mass notification system.

Simply put, in case of an emergency, man-made or natural, Eastern will send out a text message to your cellphone, BlackBerry or e-mail advising you whether it's safe to be on campus.

Using BlackBerry handsets in hospitals everyday, thousands of text messages are sent across the US, but now hospitals are using text messages to cut down the wait time in ERs and hopefully save a few more lives, reports WNDU.com.

A Texas hospital is using the text message system to cut a patient's wait time in half in the ER, as BlackBerry handsets now grace the hips of x-ray technicians at Baylor Dallas hospital.

The new technology could cut the old pager out of the equation. Using a BlackBerry, a patient's wait time is cut down, when even seconds matter.

Proofpoint, a provider of unified e-mail security and data loss prevention solutions, says Lake Michigan Financial Corporation is using the Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway appliance to defend against inbound spam and virus threats, reports Earth Times.

The Proofpoint deployment makes it easy for Lake Michigan Financial to follow best practices for data protection and to comply with data security regulations, such as the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act.

With Proofpoint, spam messages are stopped right at the gateway with extremely high accuracy, and Lake Michigan Financial Corporation has one cohesive, easy-to-manage system to ensure end-user in-boxes stay spam-free.