Late sleepers got a wake-up call Wednesday morning when Information Technology Services sent out a test text message at 9 a.m. through the University’s emergency notification system.
 
John Borne, chief IT security and policy officer, said he considered the test successful.
He said the message was sent to everyone subscribed to the system — more than 35,000 people — and nearly all received it.
 
“It was comparable to the one in the fall,” Borne said. “The success rate was in the 97 or 98 percentile.”
 
Borne said IT schedules a test every semester, and the one in the spring is usually conducted in February.
 
He said IT hasn’t found any obvious problems with the last few tests conducted — a sign it is doing something right.
 
Borne said subscribers usually receive messages five to seven minutes after the texts are sent out.
 
 
 
 
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