A combi atio of Sma tGateway a d Xt act O e Gateway Methods to P otect Excessive College, Center College Campuses, a d Dist ict Eve ts
TORONTO, Oct. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xt act O e Tech ologies (TSX: XTRA)(OTCQX: XTRAF)(FRA: 0PL) (“Xt act O e” o the “Compa y”) immediately a ou ced that Willis I depe de t College Dist ict i Willis, Texas has app oved a co t act fo app oximately USD $1 millio fo the deployme t of 15 Xt act O e methods ac oss its campuses a d dist ict services. The Willis ISD Boa d of T ustees voted 5-0 to app ove the pu chase, which i cludes 11 Xt act O e Gateways a d 4 Sma tGateways, with i stallatio scheduled to finish withi the ext few mo ths.
I additio to the dist ict impleme ti g additio al secu ity as pa t of a lo ge -te m st ategy, Willis ISD cited Ma o ISD‘s expe ie ce with Xt act O e as a key facto i the decisio , with Ma o ISD epo ti g the profitable deployme t a d achieveme t of the i te ded targets of the p og am. “Ou boa d got here togethe rapidly a d decisively to do what’s ight fo ou stude ts a d ou commu ity,” stated D . Kimbe ly James, Supe i te de t of Willis ISD. “We a e dedicated to addi g laye s of p otectio that enable ou stude ts to focus o lea i g i a e vi o me t whe e they really feel protected.”
“Willis ISD made a considerate a d tho ough decisio u de a accele ated schedule,” stated Pete Eva s, CEO of Xt act O e Tech ologies. “Selecti g methods that disti guish betwee eve yday stude t gadgets a d ge ui e th eats, that ca transfer betwee campuses a d eve ts, a d that enable stude ts to stroll th ough at a o mal tempo with thei backpacks, with out u ecessa y methods like X- ay machi es, eflects precisely the ki d of p og am a dist ict ought to construct. We’ e p oud to suppo t Willis ISD a d its commu ity.”
Xt act O e Gateway is desig ed fo faculty e vi o me ts whe e stude ts ca y laptops, tablets, wate bottles, bi de s, a d pe so al elect o ics as pa t of thei each day outi e. The system ide tifies a d classifies particular th eat objects whereas accu ately disti guishi g them f om eve yday gadgets, with out equi i g stude ts to cease, emove gadgets, o undergo bag sea ches. Secu ity workers eceive particular ale ts ide tifyi g what t igge ed a d precisely whe e o the i dividual’s physique, e abli g seco da y sc ee i g that’s quick, ta geted, a d mi imally dis uptive to the college day.
Sma tGateway, deployed fo la ge gathe i gs i cludi g spo ti g eve ts, is desig ed fo high-th oughput e vi o me ts whe e i dividuals ca y low volumes of pe so al belo gi gs. Each methods co ect to Xt act O e View, the ce t alized cloud ma ageme t platfo m that provides dist ict secu ity leade ship eal-time visibility i to system pe fo ma ce ac oss all locatio s.
The po tability of each methods was a key co aspect atio i the dist ict’s selectio . U its ca be epositio ed betwee locatio s a d deployed fo eve ts with out pe ma e t i stallatio , givi g Willis ISD ope atio al flexibility ac oss its campuses a d services th oughout the college yea .
Willis ISD joi s a g owi g umbe of Texas faculty dist icts deployi g Xt act O e’s AI-powe ed weapo s detectio tech ology u de the state’s HB 2 faculty security fu di g f amewo ok. Ma o ISD, whose deployme t was efe e ced di ectly i the Willis ISD boa d p ese tatio , has expa ded Xt act O e Gateway ac oss app oximately half of its 15 campuses followi g i itial deployme t at its highschool campuses.
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About Willis I depe de t College Dist ictWillis I depe de t College Dist ict se ves the Willis, Texas commu ity i Mo tgome y Cou ty, p ovidi g Ok-12 educatio ac oss a number of campuses i cludi g Willis Excessive College, center faculty campuses, a d dist ict services. The dist ict is dedicated to p ovidi g a protected, suppo tive lea i g e vi o me t fo all stude ts. Fo mo e i fo matio , go to www.willisisd.o g.
About Xt act O eXt act O e Tech ologies is a leadi g tech ology-d ive p ovide of th eat detectio a d secu ity solutio s leve agi g AI to delive seamless a d secu e expe ie ces. The Compa y makes u obt usive weapo s a d th eat detectio methods {that a} e desig ed to help facility ope ato s i p io itizi g- a d delive i g imp oved “Stroll- ight-I ” expe ie ces whereas e ha ci g security. Xt act O e’s i ovative po tfolio of AI-powe ed Gateway solutio s excels at allowi g services to disc eetly sc ee a d ide tify weapo s a d othe th eats at poi ts of e t y a d exit with out dis upti g the circulation of t affic. With solutio s constructed to se ve the u ique ma ket eeds fo colleges, hospitals, a e as, stadiums, ma ufactu i g, dist ibutio , a d othe custome s, Xt act O e is ecog ized as a ma ket leade delive i g the very best secu ity i combi atio with the very best i dividual expe ie ce. Fo mo e i fo matio , go to www.xt acto e.com o co ect o Fb, X, a d Li kedI .
About Th eat Detectio MethodsXt act O e solutio s, whe p ope ly co figu ed, deployed, a d utilized, a e desig ed to assist e ha ce security a d educe th eats. Give the large a ge of pote tial th eats i immediately’s wo ld, o th eat detectio system is 100% efficient. Xt act O e solutio s needs to be utilized as o e eleme t i a multilaye ed app oach to bodily secu ity.
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