Varolii Corporation has announced the general availability of what it claims is the industry’s first complete workforce continuity software suite.

Comprising four Varolii applications: First Responder; Enterprise Business Continuity; Employee Accountability; and Pandemic Planning; the Workforce Continuity Suite helps organizations share critical information and gather real-time updates through all stages of a crisis.

The Workforce Continuity Suite couples speedy deployment with proven best practices to give organizations much-needed confidence in their emergency communications system.

“Varolii workforce continuity applications go beyond the generic advantages offered by other automated emergency notification systems,” said Steve Zirkel, vice president and general manager of Business Continuity for Varolii Corporation. “Instead of selling a technology platform that companies must configure with little historical knowledge to guide them, we offer four on-demand applications that take the guesswork out of implementing an effective solution, testing to ensure it’s ready, and then optimizing for performance when it’s needed most.”

Each application includes specific processes and communication templates, as well as training and deployment recommendations specific to each incident stage :

Varolii First Responder: Quickly notifies response team members and executives of an incident, fosters cooperation with real-time status, and then effectively communicates when the incident is over.

Varolii Enterprise Business Continuity: Rapidly expands communication from the first response team to a worldwide workforce.

Varolii Employee Accountability: Combines outbound notifications with inbound messaging capabilities so companies can keep employees informed, collect and act upon real-time information about employees’ status, determine where assistance is needed, and minimize downtime by gaining a clear picture of staff availability.

Varolii Pandemic Planning: Notifies employees of the company’s pandemic plan, supports telecommuting and other HR procedures, communicates healthcare-related information and gathers status from individual employees throughout the course of a pandemic. Because pandemic impact is typically more global in nature, organizations can use this application to communicate with partners, suppliers and customers worldwide.

The Workforce Continuity Suite can currently service more than 150 countries.

For more information, please visit
www.varolii.com/applications/business-continuity/

•Date: 24th April 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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