Cutting edge co-ordination, control and compliance
Multi-channel communications
Send messages rapidly via multiple communications channels.
Interface with existing email systems.
Target specific groups of people.
Location specific information
Deliver maps showing cordons and routes.
Delivery reports & audits
Securely manage contacts.
Filter information.
Time stamp with every message.
Resilient Technology
Enjoy a secure hosted solution.
Fully redundant and resilient.
Dual site locations for high security.
- Top Features
- Multi-channel Communications
- Location Specific Information
- Delivery reports & audits
- Resilient Technology
Get the Message Through:
Send messages rapidly and internationally via multiple channels: SMS, email, website, text-to-voice and multiple devices: landline, satellite, mobile phone, pager, PDA, fax.
Interface as Usual:
Interfacing with existing communications like Outlook, Exchange and Notes via computer or Blackberry.
Broadcast Groups:
Sending broadcasts targeted by group or creating channels ‘on the fly’
Two Way Messaging:
Share information with optional 2-way SMS messages.
- Top Features
- Multi-channel Communications
- Location Specific Information
- Delivery reports & audits
- Resilient Technology
Maps Critical Points:
Integrated map-based information such as rendezvous points, cordons and escape routes.
Maps to Mobile:
Related maps are sent with email and SMS for a visual picture.
Map to Your Assets:
Add your own private and secure geographical information like office locations, ERVs and other key assets.
- Top Features
- Multi-channel Communications
- Location Specific Information
- Delivery reports & audits
- Resilient Technology
Secure Management:
Allow users to securely manage contact details.
Auditable:
Full audit reports per message.
Live Roll Call:
Roll call responses date and time stamped.
- Top Features
- Multi-channel Communications
- Location Specific Information
- Delivery reports & audits
- Resilient Technology
Securely Hosted & Resilient:
Enjoy a resilient, fully redundant service hosted in the UK's most secure Tier 4 Data Centre (a former Nuclear Bunker) link here to resilience page with geographically separate dual site secure locations, and benefit from Direct Tier 1 connections to all 5 mobile carrier networks and BT telephone network (PSTN) for ultimate resilience.
Overview
Beacon is the ultimate 2-way communications system, enabling you to quickly get the right information to the right people at the right time and receive feedback via multiple devices and channels.
It puts you in control of communications by enabling you to work smarter, mobilise faster, get the message through and maintain compliance.
Beacon is also an effective and essential communication tool for responding to an incident or disruptive event and for everyday communications, to inform teams and mobilise disparate workforces.
Beacon has proven to be fast, powerful and flexible in action, with a fully integrated web interface. Direct connections to all five UK mobile carriers and multiple internet backbone connections means messages will always get through. It comes as a shared or dedicated service, with seamless upgrades and enhancements, and with the ability to link to existing HR systems and other databases.
Key Benefits
Beacon enables essential mobilisation and effective response allowing you to deliver the right information at the right time to mobilise teams quickly. Swift and effective responses and feedback mean better business continuity response and cost savings to the business. Beacon allows you to:
Work smarter and more effectivelyBeacon promises you savings via enhanced efficiency, as well as better protection of staff and assets, enabling:
- Increased efficiency and cost savings through faster, more accurate, consistent communications.
- Key personnel to be freed up for other critical tasks.
- Reduced recovery time through automation of previously manual tasks.
Mobilise faster with visual information
During fast moving situations it’s critical to communicate time-sensitive information quickly and visually. Beacon’s ‘maps to mobile’ delivers this and other mobilisation benefits including:
- An intuitive, easy to use and configure interface.
- The ability to send consistent messages within minutes to inform staff, supply chain and partners.
- Delivery of messages via multiple devices (SMS, MMS, pager, email) or via the web.
- “maps to mobile” providing visualisation of information through annotated maps sent to web and mobile phone (email and SMS).
When an incident arises, delivering timely information to the right people is paramount. Beacon’s communication benefits include:
- Increase accessibility and message visibility through multiple communications channels.
- Reduce the chance of miscommunications.
- Private, branded, secure website provides a central place to share messages with staff, partners and supply chain in chronological order.
Beacon ensures you are compliant with regulatory bodies, Health & Safety and Duty of Care to staff. Compliance benefits include:
- Providing real-time and historical reporting with a full audit trail.
- Ensuring accountability.
- Supporting business continuity planning and disaster recovery objectives.
