Competition

911 Headcount vs. the Competition

Competitive Features 911 Headcount Differentiation
Live, Real-Time Checklist of Personnel Most competitive systems lack the ability to generate a real-time, on-screen checklist during an emergency. 911 Headcount rapidly conducts an on-screen electronic checklist of all employees and visitors. The list is automatically populated and refreshed every 5 seconds.
System Launch Capability in Emergencies Competitors often require that alerts are launched from a desktop, which in an emergency may not be available. 911 Headcount easily launches from a cell or PDA. This is critical when evacuating during crisis situations.
Visitor Tracking Visitor Tracking is largely ignored by competitors. 911 Headcount accounts for visitors, customers, contractors, temps—anyone on premises
Power & Systems Redundancy Competitors often depend on company power & systems. If power fails & cell phones are overwhelmed then notifications systems are nullified 911 Headcount is designed with TRIPLE REDUNDANCY. 911 Headcount promises 99.9999% reliability in any emergency.
Lineage All competitive systems are almost all based on Business Continuity applications built to address marathon processes over days and weeks. 911 Headcount is designed to sprint in an emergency when injuries and lives are counted in seconds.
System Independence Most leading MENS are solely designed to be integrated with the employer’s IT departments. 911 Headcount is a hosted, Internet-based system that is unencumbered by large, bureaucratic, IT organizations and restrictive rules.
Currency & Accuracy of Contact Information Many notification systems depend solely on the “currency” of company databases. But contact info that is not current results in notification failures. 911 Headcount contact info is obtained by 911 Headcount’s hosted system direct to the employee and visitor. Contact info is current and accurate.
Speed of System Start-Up Competitive MENS are typically dependant on cumbersome start up with IT departments. This often leads to significant employee involvement, delays and costs to implement the system. 911 Headcount is specifically designed to be quickly implemented by non-technical personnel.
Robust Communication Message communications are often delivered on bandwidth-restrictive voice ports. 911 Headcount message communications uses a high bandwidth, Internet-driven VOIP architecture.
Compliance with the Law Competitors fail to adequately address the legal and compliance obligations of emergency planning. 911 Headcount is specifically designed to answer the Police/Fire Chief’s question, “Can you account for all your people now?” Federal law requires this.
Patent Protection The proprietary basis of competitor systems in unclear. 911 Headcount has filed a patent-pending application that asserts a number of claims concerning the basic architecture of MENS.
Multi-Platform Support Competitive systems often support multi-platform message receipt. 911 Headcount also supports message initiation across ALL multiple platforms.

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