According to the study conducted by telecom analyst firm, Berg Insight, machine-to-machine (M2M) global revenue is expected to increase to $12 billion by 2012 from the $4.3 billion figure achieved in the year 2008. In line with this prediction, Alertcaster has now deployed its alert services within the developer community globally thus enabling them to incorporate device, sensor and M2M alerts into their applications by simply plugging in the Alertcaster API to send trigger alerts to one or many people, worldwide.

More than a billion computer remote management and monitoring devices, sensors and apps that are interconnected via the internet can now be enabled using the Alertcaster service with the system and people that monitor those devices through voice, SMS text and e-mail alerts. Examples of the M2M devices include sensors that monitor refrigeration units at restaurants, device heating units in office buildings, smart meters devices in the utility industry, medical equipment device monitoring, systems that monitor sump pumps in a vacation house as well as home or business security system devices. Using services such as a voice call, a SMS text message and/or an e-mail, Alertcaster will be able to connect these devices to the monitoring systems which can either be based locally or globally.

In a press release, Brian Gratch, CEO of Alertcaster, said, “The beauty of Alertcaster is its simplicity and clean integration to applications of all types. From applications that monitor devices, M2M systems, sensors and secure enterprise installations developers can now bring a new feature set to their work.”

Few of the highlights of the Alertcaster services include sending instant multiple alerts, easy dashboard for alert management, simple integration for developers with support for iPhone (News - Alert), Android, .NET, Linux, IBM etc as well as developer API for device and application connectivity. Developers can now easily activate, deploy Alertcaster service for monitoring purpose by customizing messages, setting up contact lists, adding new features, all of which is accomplished with minimum effort.

Alertcaster service is offered at three levels as per developers needs with the basic service available for free that includes a fully functional API and dashboard with the ability to send alerts (SMS or email) to one person. The second level or the silver tier provides all the basic features plus full customization of messaging, sending alerts to five recipients as well as replies to those alerts. The top Gold tier includes all of the silver features plus replies to alerts with a higher number of alerts sent per month and voice alerts.