In the digital age, it is extremely helpful to have Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tools in place to maximize team productivity. SaaS tools are great because they take essential work tasks, and slim them down into user-friendly web and mobile applications. Below I have...
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Push, text and voice notifications from Google Forms
SIGNL4 offers easy-to-use interfaces for triggering notifications, e.g. email and Webhook. In some scenarios you might want to send signals manually from a Web portal. Google Forms is one option to add this feature to SIGNL4. The following steps show you how to setup...
May 2018 Update: Text and Voice Calls, Geo Location, Flood Protection, AppConfig enhancements
We are incredibly proud to announce the May 2018 update, which adds the following new features to SIGNL4: Persistent alert notifications via text and voice call In-app triggered alerts transmit current geographic location Alerts can be enriched with maps and...
April 2018 Update: API Enhancements, Duty Length, Countries, Splunk
The April 2018 update adds the following new features to SIGNL4: New methods and method enhancements for the REST API and webhook A new duty & shift length of 14 days Availability in new countries Happy exploring! Outbound webhooks: Correlate alert-status changes...
Mobile ChatOps built-in
When a critical problem needs attention, advice from peers and experts is often valuable. While a phone call might be the fastest way to communicate, there can be circumstances where it doesn't work or isn't appropriate. That is why we built a chat feature into...
Android settings for making SIGNL4 an even better paging app
The problem with push notifications as an alarm channel is that they don't really alert you when the phone is set to "Do not disturb". The mobile phone will vibrate only, if at all. Important alarms will be missed. That might turn into a true disaster for critical...
February 18 Update: Alert Audit Trail, Management of 3rd Party Apps
The February 2018 update adds the following new features to SIGNL4: CSV alert protocols, e.g. for Excel import and analytics Management of linked third-party applications, e. g. Alexa Skill CSV audit trail log of all alarms and notifications With the help of the CSV...
Shift Scheduling with StaffHub – Alerting with SIGNL4
Microsoft StaffHub is deprecated. You can use SIGNL4’s built-in scheduling for your shifts and on-call planning. Or, you can also use the REST API (e.g. with Microsoft Power Automate) for integrating with your own scheduling tools. We live in a somewhat paradoxical...
Mobile Business Notifications with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM
Managers and executives are always interested in current company data and KPIs ("key performance indicators"). This includes information about the current monthly and annual turnover. But also promising customer requests (A leads) that may require the collaboration of...
Amazon Alexa – Send Alerts and Notify your Response Team
With Amazon Alexa, the Internet giant, Amazon, has quickly established itself as a leading company in the field of digital assistants with speech recognition. We here at Derdack SIGNL4 believe that speech recognition will play an enormously important role in the near...