// EntryDate = new Array; EntryText = new Array; // // // To add an item to the website history, just create the // next available number record for the EntryDate and the // EntryText variables. The website will figure out // how many entries to display from there. // // EntryDate[79] = 'July 19th, 2010'; EntryText[79] = 'The SIMS Mini-User Conference will be held August 27th and 28th, 2010.  Click here for more information.'; EntryDate[78] = 'June 29th 2010'; EntryText[78] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in North Carlolina'; EntryText[78]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone/network issues.'; EntryText[78]+= ' Signals were sent to the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center, and our staff dispatched for about 2.5hrs.'; // EntryDate[77] = 'June 29th, 2010'; EntryText[77] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Montreal '; EntryText[77]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone line issues.'; EntryText[77]+= ' No signals were sent to the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center, as their lines came back up before they could be forwarded to us.'; // EntryDate[76] = 'June 22nd, 2010'; EntryText[76] = 'In observance of Independence Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday July 5th, 2010. '; EntryText[76]+= 'We will re-open on Tuesday July 6th, 2010. '; EntryText[76]+= 'Have a fun but safe, Fourth of July!'; // EntryDate[75] = 'June 14th, 2010'; EntryText[75] = 'Visit us at booth 403 at the CANASA Security Canada West show.'; // EntryDate[74] = 'May 10th, 2010'; EntryText[74] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Oklahoma '; EntryText[74]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to local damage from tornadoes very close to their office.'; EntryText[74]+= ' No signals were sent to the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center, but we were placed on standby while they checked the damage.'; // EntryDate[73] = 'May 9th, 2010'; EntryText[73] = 'In observance of Memorial Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday May 31st, 2010. '; EntryText[73]+= 'We will re-open on Tuesday June 1st, 2010.'; // EntryDate[72] = 'March 8th, 2010'; EntryText[72] = 'In observance of Good Friday, SIMS will be closed on Friday April 2nd, 2010. '; EntryText[72]+= 'We will re-open on Monday April 5th, 2010.'; // EntryDate[71] = 'February 4th, 2010'; EntryText[71] = 'Visit us at ISC-West in Last Vegas, March 24th-26th 2010 at Booth 2038. '; //EntryText[71]+= 'Click on the image below for free registration courtesy of SIMS.
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'; EntryDate[70] = 'December 1st, 2009'; EntryText[70] = 'As is tradition, SIMS will be closed between Christmas and New Years. This year we will close at noon on Thursday December 24th, 2009 and '; EntryText[70]+= 'we will re-open on Monday January 4th, 2010. Emergency support will be available during this time according '; EntryText[70]+= 'to standard "After Hours" procedures.'; EntryDate[69] = 'November 3rd, 2009'; EntryText[69] = 'In observance of Thanksgiving, SIMS will be closed on Thursday November 26th and Friday November 27th, 2009. '; EntryText[69]+= 'We will re-open on Monday November 30th, 2009.'; EntryDate[68] = 'August 31st, 2009'; EntryText[68] = 'Visit us at ISC-East in New York, October 28th & 29th 2009 at Booth 848. '; // EntryText[68]+= 'Click on the image below for free registration courtesy of SIMS. '; // EntryText[68]+= '


'; EntryDate[67] = 'August 26th, 2009'; EntryText[67] = 'In observance of Labor Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday September 7th, 2009. '; EntryText[67]+= 'Have a fun and safe holiday weekend!'; EntryDate[66] = 'July 29th, 2009'; EntryText[66] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Oklahoma '; EntryText[66]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone line issues. '; EntryText[66]+= ' SIMS staff dispatched for them for approximately seven hours.'; EntryDate[65] = 'July 24th, 2009'; EntryText[65] = 'Some statistics regarding SDR activations has been posted on our website. '; EntryText[65]+= ' Click here to view it.'; EntryDate[64] = 'July 12th, 2009'; EntryText[64] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Rhode Island '; EntryText[64]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to a lightning hit.'; // EntryDate[63] = 'June 18th, 2009'; EntryText[63] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Alberta Canada '; EntryText[63]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone line issues.'; // EntryDate[62] = 'May 26th, 2009'; EntryText[62] = 'Just a reminder that June 1st marks the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. '; EntryText[62]+= 'Even if you are not in an area effected by hurricanes you should you have a Disaster Recovery plan '; EntryText[62]+= 'in place. Since February 2004 when the SDR was announced, it has been activated 22 times and only '; EntryText[62]+= 'five of those were weather related. Roughly 72% of the activations were telco issues which could effect any '; EntryText[62]+= 'central station at any time. Are you prepared?'; // EntryDate[61] = 'May 25th, 2009'; EntryText[61] = 'In observance of Independence Day, SIMS will be closed on Friday July 3rd, 2009. '; EntryText[61]+= 'We will re-open on Monday July 6th, 2009. '; EntryText[61]+= 'Have a fun but safe, Fourth of July!'; // EntryDate[60] = 'May 14th, 2009'; EntryText[60] = 'In observance of Memorial Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday May 25th, 2009. '; EntryText[60]+= 'We will re-open on Tuesday May 26th, 2009.'; // EntryDate[59] = 'March 31st, 2009'; EntryText[59] = 'In observance of Good Friday, SIMS will be closed on Friday April 10th, 2009. '; EntryText[59]+= 'We will re-open on Monday April 13th, 2009.'; // EntryDate[58] = 'February 19th, 2009'; EntryText[58] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Florida has '; EntryText[58]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone line issues.'; // EntryDate[57] = 'January 28th, 2009'; EntryText[57] = 'Visit us at ISC-West in Last Vegas, April 1st-3rd 2009 at Booth 16138. '; //EntryText[57]+= 'Click on the image below for free registration courtesy of SIMS. '; //EntryText[57]+= '


'; // EntryDate[56] = 'January 22nd, 2009'; EntryText[56] = 'The website chat feature and customer support forums will be unavailable from Thursday January 22nd through Sunday Janyuary 25th, 2009 as they '; EntryText[56]+= 'are upgraded and moved to new servers. We apologize for any inconvenience.'; // EntryDate[55] = 'December 1st, 2008'; EntryText[55] = 'As is tradition, SIMS will be closed between Christmas and New Years. This year we will close at noon on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 and '; EntryText[55]+= 'we will re-open on Friday January 2nd, 2009. Emergency support will be available during this time according '; EntryText[55]+= 'to standard "After Hours" procedures.'; // EntryDate[54] = 'November 14th, 2008'; EntryText[54] = 'Due to telephone equipment issues, a SIMS family central station in Ohio activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. '; EntryText[54]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals remotely for about seven hours. '; // EntryDate[53] = 'October 13th, 2008'; EntryText[53] = 'In observance of Thanksgiving, SIMS will be closed on Thursday November 27th and Friday November 28th, 2008. '; EntryText[53]+= 'We will re-open on Monday December 1st, 2008.'; // EntryDate[52] = 'September 17th, 2008'; EntryText[52] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in California has '; EntryText[52]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone line issues during a move.'; // EntryDate[51] = 'September 11th, 2008'; EntryText[51] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations on Galveston Island has '; EntryText[51]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center and evacuated prior to Hurricane Ike's arrival.'; // EntryDate[50] = 'September 2nd, 2008'; EntryText[50] = 'SIMS will be closed on Monday September 29th, 2008 for the SIMS User Conference. '; // EntryDate[49] = 'August 19th, 2008'; EntryText[49] = 'In observance of Labor Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday September 1st, 2008. '; EntryText[49]+= 'Have a fun and safe holiday weekend!'; // EntryDate[48] = 'July 25th, 2008'; EntryText[48] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in Missouri activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. '; EntryText[48]+= ' Before the telephone company could get the lines forwarded their lines came back up. '; // EntryDate[47] = 'July 16th, 2008'; EntryText[47] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in Indiana activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. '; EntryText[47]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals remotely for about four hours. '; // EntryDate[46] = 'June 19th, 2008'; EntryText[46] = 'In observance of Independence Day, SIMS will be closed on Friday July 4th, 2008. '; EntryText[46]+= 'We will re-open on Monday July 7th, 2008. '; EntryText[46]+= 'Have a fun but safe, Fourth of July!'; // EntryDate[45] = 'June 18th, 2008'; EntryText[45] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in Indiana activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. '; EntryText[45]+= ' Before the telephone company could get the lines forwarded their lines came back up. '; EntryDate[44] = 'May 15th, 2008'; EntryText[44] = 'In observance of Memorial Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday May 26th, 2008. '; EntryText[44]+= 'We will re-open on Tuesday May 27th, 2008.'; // EntryDate[43] = 'April 25th, 2008'; EntryText[43] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station that is experiencing phone line issues has activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. ' EntryText[43]+= ' They still have Internet access and are dispatching for their own signals remotely. '; // EntryDate[42] = 'February 27th, 2008'; EntryText[42] = 'Visit us at ISC-West in Last Vegas, April 2nd-4th 2008 at Booth 1049. '; // EntryText[42]+= 'Click on the image below for free registration courtesy of SIMS. '; // EntryText[42]+= '


'; // EntryDate[41] = 'February 24th, 2008'; EntryText[41] = 'In observance of Good Friday, SIMS will be closed on Friday March 21st, 2008. '; EntryText[41]+= 'We will re-open on Monday March 24th, 2008.'; // EntryDate[40] = 'November 27th, 2007'; EntryText[40] = 'Due to telephone line issues, the same central station that activeated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center yesterday, re-activated it again today. ' EntryText[40]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched for their own signals remotely. '; // EntryDate[39] = 'November 26th, 2007' EntryText[39] = 'Due to telephone line issues again, a SIMS family central station in Alabama activated the the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. '; EntryText[39]+= ' The site still had Internet access and was prepared to dispatched their own signals via the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center however '; EntryText[39]+= ' their phone lines came back up before they were able to forward all their phone lines. '; // EntryDate[38] = 'November 12th, 2007'; EntryText[38] = 'As is tradition, SIMS will be closed between Christmas and New Years. This year we will close at noon on Friday December 21st, 2007 and '; EntryText[38]+= 'we will re-open on Wednesday January 2nd, 2007. Emergency support will be available during this time according '; EntryText[38]+= 'to standard "After Hours" procedures.'; // EntryDate[37] = 'October 29th, 2007'; EntryText[37] = 'In observance of Thanksgiving, SIMS will be closed on Thursday November 22nd and Friday November 23rd, 2007. '; EntryText[37]+= 'We will re-open on Monday November 26th, 2007.'; // EntryDate[36] = 'October 18th, 2007'; EntryText[36] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in the New York area activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center in the early morning hours today. ' EntryText[36]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched for their own signals remotely for a total of about fifteen hours. '; // EntryDate[35] = 'October 5th, 2007'; EntryText[35] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in Indiana activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center yesterday afternoon. ' EntryText[35]+= ' The site still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals via the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center for just under 24 hours until the issues were corrected.' // EntryDate[34] = 'August 29th, 2007'; EntryText[34] = 'In observance of Labor Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday September 3rd, 2007. '; EntryText[34]+= 'Have a fun and safe holiday weekend!'; // EntryDate[33] = 'August 17th, 2007' EntryText[33] = 'Due to telephone line issues again, the same site that activated SIMS Disaster Recovery Center this morning, came back online for another hour and a half. ' EntryText[33]+= ' The site still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals via the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center again.' // EntryDate[32] = 'August 17th, 2007' EntryText[32] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in the New York area activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center this morning. ' EntryText[32]+= ' The site still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals via the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center.' // EntryDate[31] = 'June 6th, 2007'; EntryText[31] = 'In observance of Independence Day, SIMS will be closed on Wednesday July 4th, 2007. '; EntryText[31]+= 'We will re-open on Thursday July 5th, 2007. '; EntryText[31]+= 'Have a fun but safe, Fourth of July!'; // EntryDate[30] = 'April 20th, 2007' EntryText[30] = 'Due to power issues, a SIMS family central station in the New York area activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center early this morning. ' EntryText[30]+= ' The issue was resolved quickly and only a handful of signals were sent through to the Disaster Recovery Center.' // EntryDate[29] = 'April 9th, 2007'; EntryText[29] = 'In observance of Memorial Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday May 28th, 2007. '; EntryText[29]+= 'We will re-open on Tuesday May 29th, 2007.'; // EntryDate[28] = 'March 26th, 2007'; EntryText[28] = 'In observance of Good Friday, SIMS will be closed on Friday April 6th, 2007. '; EntryText[28]+= 'We will re-open on Monday April 9th, 2007.'; EntryDate[27] = 'February 1st, 2007'; EntryText[27] = 'Information on the US/Canada Daylight Savings changes has been posted to our website for months now but many of you still have not implemented the needed changes. '; EntryText[27]+= 'Consult tech-note# 051001 for general information and #061002 for information on making the appropriate changes.'; EntryDate[26] = 'January 8th, 2007'; EntryText[26] = 'Visit us at ISC-West in Last Vegas, March 28th-30th 2007 at Booth 8097. '; // EntryText[26]+= 'Click on the image below for free registration courtesy of SIMS. '; // EntryText[26]+= '


'; EntryDate[25] = 'December 11th, 2006'; EntryText[25] = 'SIMS now has a local Australian phone number which forwards via VOIP to our office in Plano, Texas. '; EntryText[25]+= 'Customers in Australia can dial (02) 8231-5704 and reach SIMS as if you dialed our Texas phone numbers directly. '; EntryDate[24] = 'December 1st, 2006'; EntryText[24] = 'As is tradition, SIMS will be closed between Christmas and New Years. This year we will close at noon on Friday December 22nd, 2006 and '; EntryText[24]+= 'we will re-open on Tuesday January 2nd, 2007.'; EntryDate[23] = 'November 27th, 2006'; EntryText[23] = 'Customers in Western Australia whose Daylight Savings dates have been changed, should check '; EntryText[23]+= 'your email for important update instructions. If you did not already receive this email then contact '; EntryText[23]+= 'the SIMS Technical Support staff for more information.'; EntryDate[22] = 'November 6th, 2006'; EntryText[22] = 'Customers in North America whose Daylight Savings dates are changing in 2007 should read '; EntryText[22]+= 'the message posted to the Chit-Chat area in the SIMS Community Forums section of our website for important information.'; EntryDate[21] = 'October 9th, 2006'; EntryText[21] = 'In observance of Thanksgiving, SIMS will be closed on Thursday November 23rd and Friday November 24th, 2006. '; EntryText[21]+= 'We will re-open on Monday November 27th, 2006.'; EntryDate[20] = 'August 20th, 2006'; EntryText[20] = 'In observance of Labor Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday September 4th, 2006. '; EntryText[20]+= 'Have a fun and safe holiday weekend!'; EntryDate[19] = 'August 8th, 2006'; EntryText[19] = 'A new poll on telephone systems has been postted to the Chit-Chat forum '; EntryText[19]+= 'in the SIMS Community Forums area of the web site. Click '; EntryText[19]+= 'on Customer Support then Community/Forums if you are logged into our web site, to access it.'; EntryDate[18] = 'June 29th, 2006'; EntryText[18] = 'SIMS has announced that we will not be holding a SIMS User Conference '; EntryText[18]+= 'in 2007. We have decided to skip a year so our time can better be spent '; EntryText[18]+= 'on other projects. The dates for 2008 will be announced at a later time.'; EntryDate[17] = 'June 15th, 2006'; EntryText[17] = 'In observance of Independence Day, SIMS will be closed from 5pm on '; EntryText[17]+= 'Friday June 30th until 9am on Wednesday July 5th. '; EntryText[17]+= 'Have a fun but safe, Fourth of July!'; EntryDate[16] = 'June 12th, 2006'; EntryText[16] = 'Steve Ryckman has passed the CSAA Operator Level II Training course.'; EntryDate[15] = 'June 1st, 2006'; EntryText[15] = 'Today marks the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. SIMS Customers should access the Community Forums on our website '; EntryText[15]+= 'for more information.'; EntryDate[14] = 'May 20th, 2006'; EntryText[14] = 'Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 21-27th. Is your central station prepared ?'; EntryDate[13] = 'May 15th, 2006'; EntryText[13] = 'In observance of Memorial Day, SIMS will be closed on Monday May 29th, 2006. '; EntryText[13]+= 'Have a fun and safe holiday weekend!'; EntryDate[12] = 'May 1st, 2006'; EntryText[12] = 'Tom Utley has passed the CSAA Operator Level I Training course. '; EntryText[12]+= 'This gives us five trained operators for the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center.'; EntryDate[11] = 'April 21st, 2006'; EntryText[11] = 'Our new website went live today. Hopefully you will find that it is '; EntryText[11]+= 'easier to use and is nicer to look at. We have also added a brand new "Community" area '; EntryText[11]+= 'which has replaced the newsgroups and has many more capabilities. Access it through the Customer Support menu.'; EntryDate[10] = 'April 13th, 2006'; EntryText[10] = 'The SIMS Disaster Recovery Center was activated again for the same SIMS Family Central Station '; EntryText[10]+= 'that was experiencing telco issues earlier. They had Internet connectivity so they dispatched their own signals remotely until '; EntryText[10]+= 'the telco completely resolved their issues. They activated around 5:45pm and were on Disaster Recovery until later that evening.'; EntryDate[9] = 'April 13th, 2006'; EntryText[9] = 'The SIMS Disaster Recovery Center was activated today shortly after noon for a SIMS Family Central Station '; EntryText[9]+= 'that was experiencing telco issues. The SIMS staff who are CSAA certified operators dispatched for them '; EntryText[9]+= 'for about three and a half hours.'; EntryDate[8] = 'Feb. 28th, 2006'; EntryText[8] = 'Photos and copies of most of the presentations from the SIMS 2006 User Conference '; EntryText[8]+= 'have been posted to our website. We think everyone agrees, this was the best conference we have ever held. Click here to view the conference information.'; EntryDate[7] = 'February 24th, 2006'; EntryText[7] = 'The SIMS Disaster Recovery Center was activated this morning '; EntryText[7]+= 'for a SIMS Family central station in the Boston area due to localized telephone line failures. Prior to switching over'; EntryText[7]+= 'their lines came back up so we never took over.'; EntryDate[6] = 'January 19th, 2006'; EntryText[6] = 'The tentative agenda for the SIMS 2006 User Conference has been posted. You can view it by clicking on the User Conference link above, or go directly to it here: < View Agenda >'; EntryDate[5] = 'October 25th, 2005'; EntryText[5] = 'Recently communicated with SIMS Technical Support? Please take a moment '; EntryText[5]+= 'and complete our satisfaction survey. < Click here to access it on our Secure Webserver >'; EntryDate[4] = 'October 14th, 2005'; EntryText[4] = 'SIMS now accepts Discover Credit Card payments in addition '; EntryText[4] = 'to VISA, Mastercard and American Express. Payments can be made online or over the phone.'; EntryDate[3] = 'September 26th, 2005'; EntryText[3] = 'Both sites that were utilizing the SDR have now resumed operations and the Disaster '; EntryText[3]+= 'Recovery Center is once again idle. Both sites had sub-contracted with other SIMS Central Stations located outside the effected area, one in '; EntryText[3]+= 'Oregon and the other in Toronto, to peform their dispatching for them during that time. Even though the dispatchers were '; EntryText[3]+= 'thousands of miles away from our facility, they were still processing the signals that were forwarded to us '; EntryText[3]+= 'by the customer as if they were sitting in the customers central station. While they were using the Disaster Recovery Center, over 98,000 signals were processed.'; EntryDate[2] = 'September 22nd, 2005'; EntryText[2] = 'Today another member of the SIMS family of central stations decided to evacuate their '; EntryText[2]+= 'facility ahead of Hurricane Rita making landfall. 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