SMS/Email Based Notification Systems

[bitchstewie]

We're looking at how we alert key people in the event of some situation/emergency affecting our business that means traditional email/phones aren't accessible.

So far I think I'm looking for a service that will, ideally, let us setup multiple sender logins under a single master login, and which would allow us to create groups of recipients, some of which may be email addresses, some mobile numbers.

Ideally we'd be able to control which groups a sender can send to.

When the st hits the fan, depending on the incident the designated person can login, choose a group as the recipient, and send a message.

I'm struggling in that I can find lots of bulk SMS providers, but most tend to only provide SMS functionality and ideally we want a single web portal to handle all this.

Open to suggestions on either services, or how other companies handle this in case we're going about it all wrong

[surveyor]

most of the sms portals will let you send a text as email - eg [e-mail]

So all you need is a way to send emails - separate google apps account or similar perhaps?

[jammy_basturd]

Twilio can do that, but you'd need a custom applet created. I use the service myself and it is to notch.

Alternatively, this site may do what you want - https://ifttt.com/wtf

[silverous]

I looked at this system a few years ago...seemed to do what you want:

http://www.mir3.com/

It can also accept responses from the recipients and I think had an app for iOs and the other device platforms.